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"Mr President, in conclusion, I can but welcome the fact that we have reached this stage. As some of you have mentioned, so that it can be said that both sides are happy, the issue of BSE must also be finalised on the US side.
What happened on 9 March was a step in the right direction. Ms McGuinness mentioned the question of treatment with lactic acid. The European Commission has said several times – in fact, at every opportunity when dealing with the United States – that this issue of lactic acid has to be dealt with scientifically, rather than as a bargaining chip.
In the same way that we are also asking for the issue of BSE to be treated in a scientific manner. When there is scientific proof that we have this disease under control, this measure should not be used as a non-tariff barrier. As regards lactic acid, this is the method that the European Commission has chosen to handle this issue. The EFSA has carried out scientific studies on the treatment of carcasses with lactic acid. The European Commission will come to a position on the basis of the scientific analysis and I hope that this issue is not going to hold up the United States’ decision on BSE.
As regards the most practical regulation for the quota system, some might find it is not perfect but, unfortunately, we do not have a perfect system. We are actually in the process of analysing, in the wake of complaints from various importers, how these systems can be improved for greater transparency and predictability. Here too, however, we are restricted by the methods with which we are familiar.
Ms Băsescu, as regards the geographical indication quality system, we are still in negotiations with the United States to reach a mutual recognition of geographical indication quality systems, other than for alcoholic beverages and wine, for which we have the elements of a specific agreement. However, we are also hoping to achieve recognition for this geographical indication system at the World Trade Organisation. Moreover, with some countries, some large countries like China, for example, but also with others, we always deal with the issue of recognition of geographical indication systems in bilateral agreements. We are also hoping to make progress with the United States on this issue.
A good sign that things are moving forward is the recently concluded agreement on the mutual recognition of our certification systems for organic products. European products can now be exported to the US market with a European organic certification, and this is also the case for US products on the European market. This shows that negotiations and agricultural and food industry diplomacy can also produce good results.
My thanks once again to Ms Quisthoudt-Rowohl for the reports and thanks also to the European Parliament for showing once again that the codecision system not only gives legitimacy to the decisions taken at European level, but it also allows it to be done quickly and effectively."@en1
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