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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission policy strategy for 2004/2004 budget guidelines2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030311.3.2-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-11-Speech-2-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Albert Jan Maat2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Thank you, Mr President. To begin with, I am pleased that Mr Mulder is a rapporteur this year. Whilst being a member of the Committee on Budgets, he is very well informed on agriculture, and, as a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, I should also like to express my confidence that we shall enjoy constructive cooperation with the Committee on Budgets and with this rapporteur. The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development would like to make a couple of main points with regard to the guidelines. To begin with, we note that a particular policy is starting to take shape with regard to animal diseases in Europe. Regarding the keeping of animals, the European Union has different legislation from other parts of the world, and our policy makes animals more vulnerable to disease. I note that, in the past, we have had outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease and swine fever in the European Union, and now we have another outbreak of avian influenza. That means that we need a better policy and also need to develop better insurance systems in order to adequately combat precisely this sort of crisis, and, furthermore, must also set aside sufficient funds to enable livestock farmers and livestock farming to survive this kind of crisis. I therefore welcome the fact that Mr Mulder’s report includes what is necessary in that regard. The second point concerns the shift in the sector towards greater market orientation. That means that we must do more for promotion, market orientation and the organisation of the financial policy in this field. The third point concerns the new Member States, in regard to which this is a historic budget. I refer to the report by Mr Xaver Mayer, in which he expressly asks that the Sapard funding be paid out in any case in the new Member States. If this should cause problems of a legislative nature, we shall have to try to find a satisfactory solution, but in any case, these funds must also be paid out in the new Member States in future, especially for the restructuring of agriculture and horticulture. It is also important that policy, especially with regard to food safety, the development of animal welfare, and environmental instruments in agriculture, be geared more towards the development of instruments for financial policy."@en1

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