Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-06-11-Speech-1-073-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Scheme of generalised tariff preferences (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120611.19.1-073-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-06-11-Speech-1-074-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Jaroslav Paška2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2010-02-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; REGI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2012-01-19--2013-02-26)3 unknown; Slovenská národná strana (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) is one of the most important instruments for implementing EU policy in relation to developing countries. The rules currently in force were established by a Council regulation in 2008, and, due to the dynamic pace of social and economic development, it is understandably necessary to update these rules. In connection with the application of new legislative procedure mechanisms under the Treaty of Lisbon, the regulation must also go through the proper procedure in the European Parliament. Even though the draft regulation submitted by the Commission is based on a proven structure applying three separate preference regimes – 1) the standard GSP, 2) the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance known as ‘GSP+’, and 3) the Everything But Arms (EBA) arrangement – the rules and criteria for granting preferences have been changed, which also results in a different structure of beneficiaries. The list of beneficiaries is reduced first by countries with another agreement on preferential conditions, such as a free trade agreement, secondly, by Overseas Countries and Territories of the EU, the US and Australia and thirdly, by countries which have been classified by the World Bank as a high-income or an upper-middle income country during three consecutive years, such as Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Brazil. In addition, however, the new classification proposed by the Commission would exclude most Caribbean islands, most Latin American countries and even Namibia, Gabon and Algeria. Meanwhile, economies as powerful as those of India, China, Indonesia and Thailand would temporarily continue to be eligible for the GSP. I therefore think that the Committee on International Trade’s proposal is sensible and correct, recommending as it does the introduction of a transparent system combining a number of indicators for objectively justifying the provision of GSP benefits to selected countries."@en1
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