Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-21-Speech-2-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031021.4.2-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-21-Speech-2-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". On the whole, I support the derogations that are being put to the vote in favour of the so-called ‘outermost regions’. These derogations are justified on account of the endeavour to give those islands a starting position that is more comparable to the mainland, by compensating them for the inevitably higher costs of transport over long distances to the centre of the State of which they form part. That kind of derogation does not apply in this case. What is necessary to protect the Azores or Martinique is much less relevant in the case of Corsica, which is less remote. Cigarettes are produced on that island and the price is kept down for local consumers and tourists. The 32% tax is nearly half the rate applied in France, and also lower than the 57% minimum rate laid down for the EU as a whole. This derogation is a remnant from the regime of the Emperor Napoleon I – who hailed from that island – from 1811. Continuing this derogation until the end of 2009 is not in the interests of public health. I certainly do not begrudge the inhabitants of Corsica, who speak a language other than French, greater autonomy and even the right of secession, but I am not willing to buy their favour by keeping the price of an unhealthy stimulant artificially low."@en1

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