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"Mr President, my fellow Members have already pointed out that the consequences of lifting the quotas has been immediate, and the threat facing the European textile and clothing industry is indeed a real one. By way of example, I would also like to refer my own region, which has been seriously affected by the decline of the textile industry.
The district of Castres-Mazamet acquired its industrial nature from the wool pulling and leather industry. For many years now, the SMEs in this sector have been closing down one after another. Some of them have been able to switch to other fields, thanks to skills developed in international trade, industrial technology and the development of new products. But do we have the right to write off those who want to ply their trade in textiles and clothing?
Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, do we not have a duty to protect the European textile and clothing industry? Pending implementation of the High Level Group's recommendations, on which Parliament will state its position, the European Union has defined a strategy for coping with changes resulting from the end of quotas, which translates, it would seem, into specific commitments: producing a draft protocol on the rules of origin, adopting guidelines regarding the textiles-specific safeguard clause for China, putting in place the Community preference system, the likely establishment of a 10% threshold with the aim of preserving the market share of traditional providers of the EU, negotiating at the WTO in order to obtain substantial concessions from emerging countries that maintain high tariffs, as well as erecting non-customs barriers in the textiles and clothing sector and, finally, adopting strategic plans at local level to improve the allocation of public funds. I have in mind in particular funds from the flexibility reserve within the framework of the structural funds and of the 'regional competitiveness and employment' Objective. Within what timeframe and following what timetable are you planning to apply these specific measures?"@en1
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