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". – Mr President, honourable Members, we all agree that agribusinesses in the EU should maintain their commitment to satisfy the legitimate expectations and demands of both the farming community and consumers. The marketing of compound feedingstuffs today has certainly improved in terms of traceability and transparency of composition – two issues of great concern for our major customer, the European citizen. These principles can apply to all feeds to animals. Mr Graefe zu Baringdorf says farmers must know what is in their feed, Mr Kindermann applies this to slops and waste and catering waste and I fully agree with those statements. This piece of legislation is one of the milestones needed to build certainty and confidence. Farmers are entitled to basic information to be able to properly inform their customers.
From the very beginning, the Council encountered great difficulties in agreeing on a common position. Most Member States were opposed to this obligation and the positions of Parliament and the Council were quite far apart. At the time, with a view to reaching a compromise, the Commission accepted the Council's position which finally had the unanimous support of all the Member States. This led to a difference in view between Council and Parliament after the second reading in April. I am pleased, however, that an acceptable solution has been found in the conciliation with the declaration of all feed materials under their specific name indicating the exact percentages with a tolerance level of around 15%.
However, as regards the demand for a positive list of feed materials, I have already on several occasions outlined the Commission's reservations. This concerns especially the deadline of presenting a proposal by the end of next year. This task is very complex. The Commission has already launched a feasibility study on this issue. The call for tenders was published last June and the contractor is currently working on the matter and will also contact Members of this Parliament.
I accordingly undertake to send the report on the outcome of this study to the Council and Parliament as soon as possible and in any case before 31 December, 2002. I cannot, however, guarantee that I will be in a position to present a legislative proposal on the establishment of a positive list. For this reason, it has been necessary for the Commission to make a declaration on this subject."@en1
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