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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:COM in the sugar sector2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010312.8.1-127"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-12-Speech-1-1282
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, as a member of the Committees on Budgetary Control and on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, I follow the developments of our ailing agricultural policy closely, yet with a passion. Anyone who reads the Court of Auditors’ special report on the reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar will be astonished to learn, paragraph by paragraph, about the shortcomings of this common organisation of the market. Rapporteur Daul does not breathe a word about this report by the Court of Auditors. The new European Commission, on the other hand, did. It had the courage to come up with a reform proposal and adjustments, but I notice that our Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development has dismissed those proposals and has instead embraced a short-sighted policy and opted in favour of short-term success. It has capitulated before the interests and the sweet-voiced lobbying of the sugar industry. It is a policy which clashes with the interests of the farmers themselves and is mainly directed at the industry. Ladies and gentlemen, I cannot endorse this report. It makes a mockery of sound financial management. The net costs of over-production in 2000 amounted to EUR 800 million, almost as much as the sum which we agreed on a few weeks ago to combat the BSE crisis. The average supply of white sugar accounts for 14% of the production quota of 2 million tonnes. That is the case, even though the Commission is of the opinion that only 0.4 million tonnes, or 3%, is necessary to accommodate unexpected shortages. This translates into an annual cost of EUR 30 million. Moreover, the consumer is faced with a market in which only five companies hold more than 50% of the EU quota. In most sugar-producing Member States, the entire national quota is in the hands of only two companies. Talk about competition! This policy is opposed to the interests of the consumer, the environment, high-quality production and the developing world. I would ask you to reject this report and at least to take into account the remarks made by the Court of Auditors."@en1

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