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"Mr President, Commissioner, the recent review of the memorandum of understanding with China, which took place on 5 September, is perhaps today a lesser evil rather than an actual success. This review stems from the Commission’s apparent inability to guarantee compliance with the international agreements to which it is signatory. The flood of textiles since January 2005 had been on the cards and it is appalling that the Commission was neither ready for it, nor sufficiently flexible to react to it.
Furthermore, the practice of reviewing in September an agreement to which it had signed up under oath three months earlier does the Commission no credit on the international stage and severely weakens it in future negotiations. The Commission’s fragility is alarming and has, worse, instilled among European businesses, producers and importers alike, an atmosphere of uncertainty in terms of marking out strategies, which we must act quickly to dispel. I should therefore be grateful, Commissioner, for direct answers to the following four questions:
One: the Commission continues to regulate production in the EU, for example with the Reach Directive. What specific plan does the Commission have in order to ensure that the opening up of Europe’s markets will actually be accompanied by international compliance with minimum rules on human rights, the environment and workers’ rights?
Two: the high-level textiles group has recommended a range of political measures aimed at speeding up the process of revitalising the competitiveness of European textile regions, a recommendation accepted by the Commission. You referred to these initiatives, albeit very briefly. What exactly is the state of play with regard to these measures and to what extent does their implementation depend on the financial perspective?
Question three: what guarantees can the Commission give us that the September agreement will not suffer the same fate as the June agreement? What capacity and/or desire has the Commission acquired since that time to monitor the agreement and ensure that it is honoured?
Question four: given that the problems facing the footwear industry are similar to those of the textiles sector, can the Commission confirm the rumours that anti-dumping measures are in the pipeline for implementation in 2006? Thank you very much in advance for your answer, Commissioner."@en1
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