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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:COM in hops2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991217.5.5-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-17-Speech-5-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexandros Baltas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2000-05-02)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Mayer was so charming that I would like to extend the offer by suggesting that we have that beer in Bavaria itself, not here. I shall now come to the point. Hops are not a typical enough example for us to understand the importance of the common agricultural policy for farmers in the European Union. They do, however, show the extent to which it actually helps our farmers. As Mr Mayer said, hops are a traditional product which is particularly important to the quality of beer produced, although production is very limited; some 4 000 hectares of land throughout the whole of Europe. Yet a sufficient number of farming families in the countries where hops are produced, particularly in Bavaria, make their living from that product alone. These families should not be left to the mercy of continual price falls, neither should they be forced to desert specific rural areas because of difficulties arising from irregularities within the market. There have been a number of changes to the main regulation relating to this particular product as a result of the market fluctuations and the changing needs of farmers, the most recent being the Council decision to set a uniform level of aid to producers for a period of five years. This latest decision alters the obligations of the Commission arising from the previous regime, that is of having to grant annual aid and Members States no longer need to grant aid for setting up production teams. This development means that certain articles of the old regulation need to be revoked which, rightly so, is carried out in the new regulation for which we will be voting, together with Mr Mayer’s amendments, noting that the proposed regulation will not in any way affect the budget."@en1

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