Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-12-11-Speech-1-157"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-12-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community Customs Code – Customs 2013 programme (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061211.15.1-157"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-12-11-Speech-1-1582
lpv:speaker	lp:Zbigniew Kuźmiuk2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2006-01-05--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; UEN (2005-12-13--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Union’s customs system should serve two main purposes. Firstly, it should protect the Community’s economic and financial interests and secondly, it should facilitate legal trade exchanges and the acceleration and simplification of customs formalities. Unfortunately, despite the existence of the Customs 2007 Programme and the allocation of almost EUR 150 million, these aims have not been fully achieved. One only has to consider the negative impact on the Community market of large-scale smuggling of alcohol and tobacco products, and recently also of liquid fuels. Not only does the scale of this organised smuggling destabilise the internal market, but the Union’s budget also suffers as it is deprived of the hundreds of millions of euro it should obtain from customs duties. This state of affairs also has an impact on the trade in foodstuffs. Products often appear for sale on this market at prices significantly lower than the cost of production, which indicates that the customs system has been evaded. This happened recently on the poultry market in Poland, and over the last two years there have also been problems with frozen strawberries from China. The second purpose of the customs system, namely facilitating trade exchanges, is not being fulfilled. This is particularly obvious along the European Union’s eastern border with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Tiresome procedures, corruption and queues of vehicles stretching back for miles all contribute to making it unattractive to export goods from the European Union. I very much hope that the EUR 323 million allocated for the implementation of the Customs 2013 programme will allow significant improvements to be made."@en1

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