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"Mr President, I welcome the Commissioner and wish to pick up on something he referred to rather poignantly: development aid through trade. As a member of the Committee on International Trade, I believe very strongly in this and we welcome the 2006-2015 reforms to the Generalised System of Preferences. They cover areas such as textiles, which is a particularly big area. However, there are potential dangers for developing countries in this revision; one country that has been mentioned already is Sri Lanka. I feel therefore that graduation is needed for some countries that are now independently competitive in this area.
In connection with graduation, it is important to extend the scheme to new products. One of our concerns relates to the new products the Commission proposes to add to the GSP system. The proposals appear to be rather vague and the graduation extension must be fully explained in the Commission’s legislative process.
We also need to bear in mind that the GSP system was designed for the least-developed countries. I agree with the Commissioner that resources should therefore be focused on them. This brings me to a point that Mr Van Hecke raised: first of all we must try to ensure that rules of origin take into account second-stage products, which help countries to industrialise, and particularly ones such as cotton. However, we need to ensure that when the detailed proposals are set out on the rules of origin, which allow countries to industrialise without the scheme being too far-reaching, we also look at the way in which countries apply them. There has been some dispute as to whether countries have been apply them to transit products, thereby adding value to these. This is something about which we feel very strongly.
Finally, Commissioner, the Commission Communication itself suggests self-regulation for LDCs under the GSP. We argue against this in the resolution, because the time is not yet ripe. We request technical assistance in the implementation of new schemes, especially with regard to self-policing. It is important that the Commission shows how this is to be done."@en1
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