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"Mr President, I too should like to thank the Commissioner for the statement he has made. Whilst he, the past few years, has become well-versed in the field of epidemics and animal diseases, the big question is: What have we learnt from them? One of the Commission's most important conclusions with regard to the fight against FMD was that the external borders have to be protected. What has been done about this conclusion? When I enter, let us say, Amsterdam or Dublin, I can still see a major difference in comparison with, to take one example, the United States of America. In my view, control procedures have hardly changed over the past few years. I could be wrong, but I should like to hear from the Commissioner what specific measures have been taken. Why is it that I read in the paper that at Schiphol in Amsterdam, disinfectant mats have been put in place, while this is not being done anywhere else in Europe? Why is it that entirely different measures are being taken in Belgium? What official recommendations does the Commission give the Member States and how is this advice being acted upon?
Imports from Thailand and other countries have been suspended. This weekend, there were rumours in the Dutch press that chicken meat from those countries would enter the European Union after all via a side entrance, namely via the new acceding countries. Is this true or not? Mrs Roth-Behrendt has already spoken about the need for further research, vaccines and testing methods, among other things. The point is that this Parliament has given the Commission the opportunity of using this extra money twice in the past two years. I am not talking about the resources in Category 3 for research, but extra resources in Category 1a of the agricultural budget. The Commission has chosen not to spend them. Why not, despite the fact that the self-same Commissioner has declared in this plenary that that would be the case? The Commission has failed to meet a request from the budgetary authority, and I should like to know why that is?
Crisis management: the Commission has already stated that there is an emergency plan. I gather that there are indeed certain plans afoot, but what is the situation as regards human health? The flu medicine that could help the public is now available to a limited extent. Has the Commission consulted the Member States on how it will be used in the different countries if there are inadequate supplies of this medicine in certain other countries?
Finally, a word about the OIE. Trade depends on trust and many aspects cannot be monitored by the Food and Veterinary Office in Dublin alone, which is dependent on the information that countries pass on to the OIE. It has now transpired that Indonesia, Vietnam and possibly China, have probably waited many months before informing the OIE. What does the Commission intend to do in this context in order to enhance the provision of information, and to ensure that trading can take place under fair conditions, with no risk of our suddenly being faced with illegal imports of products of this kind?"@en1
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