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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the EC and Israel on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (CAA) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121023.17.2-301-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-10-23-Speech-2-302-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Maria Badia i Cutchet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (2009-07-21--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2012-02-02--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when a subject arouses such deep feeling and poses important challenges to the European Union’s effectiveness, consistency and credibility as a world player, it is not easy to take decisions calmly and with the desired consensus, especially when the decision concerns the Middle East, with a stalled peace process and elections due to take place in Israel. I think that, right now, we in Parliament need to keep a cool head and attend fully to our responsibilities, ensuring that the European Union negotiates and implements its agreements effectively, consistently and, of course, in accordance with the Treaties, Court of Justice case-law and international law. As far as I am concerned, the Protocol on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products that we are debating today presents some legal, technical and institutional difficulties for the European Union, which are significant enough for no one in this Chamber to be able to deny. Parliament’s Legal Service has confirmed that if Israel appoints a Responsible Authority competent throughout Israel for the application of this protocol, it will not be possible for the European Union to recognise it or for the protocol to be applied, as we cannot ignore the fact that, under Israeli law, Israeli territory includes territories beyond its 1967 borders. For that reason, the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament has drafted and supports amendments calling for the Council to make an interpretative declaration that avoids implicit recognition of Israeli sovereignty over these territories. In the event, the Council itself informs us that it is impossible for this interpretative declaration to provide a full guarantee that these territories will be clearly excluded from the scope of the protocol. Furthermore, if this protocol were adopted as it stands, it could be amended and extended to cover other industrial products without the need to consult Parliament, which would again pose a problem as regards compliance with international law. In view of these two issues, I think we essentially have no choice but to request that this protocol be referred back to the Committee on International Trade and, in the event that…"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1
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