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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community agricultural statistics2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991217.4.5-027"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-17-Speech-5-0282
lpv:speaker	lp:Niels Busk2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, technical action plans were established for statistics in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. This is a sign of foresight, but it also shows that developments have been so rapid in recent years that standing still really means going backwards. This area can justly be described by the phrase ‘never finished, always on the way’. The European Union ought, as quickly as possible, to be in possession of common statistical material which is comprehensive in all areas. The Commission says that the Community’s agricultural statistics should continue to be adapted in the years 2000-2002. This means that we are talking here about extending these. If for a moment we look back to 1957 when the Treaty of Rome came into being, it was in fact the agricultural sphere which was the first big area upon which agreement was reached. Today – nearly 43 years later – no completely satisfactory statistics have been established for this area. The debate this week about the registration of animals showed very clearly that 12 out of 15 countries had not even begun preparations for this work. Things are naturally interconnected. Without registration, careful statistics cannot be kept and there are therefore, of course, opportunities for a series of errors regarding payments. The Community makes contributions to offset the Member States’ expenditure in connection with implementing the relevant arrangements. It is therefore necessary that the Commission should now do some tightening up. It cannot be the slowest countries which are to set the pace. The Commission ought to set the agenda to a much greater degree and lead the Member States in accordance with the common resolutions. How can we envisage re-establishing consumer confidence in food following all the scandals when the EU cannot even implement its own resolutions? Food safety, risk assessment and the very concept of safety are such important areas that there is no avoiding them nowadays. Allow me, therefore, quietly to ask: when are we to put our own house in order? Finally, ladies and gentlemen, there is no reason to hesitate. The future belongs to those who prepare themselves for it."@en1

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