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Mr President, I will make a few general remarks followed by replies to specific questions.
The Commission takes every opportunity to reach a satisfactory solution to ensure correct application of Community law and to protect the Community's own resources. That is why the Commission works in close cooperation with the customs authorities of Member States and maintains a constructive dialogue with the Israeli authorities. This approach is generating results; duties are being recovered on goods from the settlements. Somebody asked where the customs duties go. They go to the general revenue side of the Community budget. Israel is willing to cooperate to reach a satisfactory resolution.
Finally, I want to remind you that EU policy towards Israel lies in partnership and cooperation. A specific question was raised about amendment of accumulation of origin. I want to reiterate the statement of the Association Council last November, recalling that in July 2003, at the third Euro-Mediterranean ministerial meeting, ministers endorsed a new protocol on rules of origin which allows the extension of the pan-European accumulation of origin to the Mediterranean countries. The next stage will be amendment of origin protocols in the current bilateral association agreements in order to insert the changes necessary for the application of diagonal accumulation.
I particularly want to emphasise that the EU notes Israel's support for this project. The EU stresses the importance of solving the bilateral issue of rules of origin before the original protocol is amended. The EU's position is clear."@en1
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