Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-05-Speech-4-018"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Animal feedingstuffs/Vegetable proteins2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010405.2.4-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-05-Speech-4-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Sturdy2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I welcome Mr Graefe zu Baringdorf's report although I personally find it quite difficult to support in full. My view is that the common position by the Commission is excellent. Let me just go back to what Mr Pesälä has just said: what is the real problem facing the food industry today? It is usually fraud. If we look back over the recent food scares, if we look at the problem of foot-and-mouth, it was a misuse of swill feeding; if we look at the problems of dioxin, there are sufficient measures there to prevent it. It was the illegal use of an oil in a mixture. Then there was sewage sludge which we had in one other Member State, and BSE which was all to do with changing temperatures. But the legislation is present. The first and primary position of this House is to guarantee that the Commission does everything it possibly can to ensure that the present legislation and the common position are put in place and enforced. Therefore, I call upon the Commission, first of all, to promise us that the present legislation is enforced. Turning now to the protein situation, Commissioner Fischler would not be surprised to hear that I would slightly disagree with his position on whether or not we grow our own proteins or import them. But could he actually give me a guarantee: I understand that the European Union has regulations in place at the moment about the volume of GM crops allowed in and the percentage at present is – and I stand to be corrected on this – about 1% maximum of GM crops. Could the Commission now guarantee that none of the soya entering the Union in current and future imports will exceed the 1% maximum? The US has strict measures and regulations on imports. We in the European Union must follow these regulations and ensure that we follow the same patterns."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sturdy (PPE-DE )."1

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