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KOSTOPOULOS (NI). — (GR) Hr. formand, Traktaten om Den Europæiske Union nævner i artikel 129 nødven digheden af at sikre et højt sundhedsbeskyttelsesniveau, og i artikel 129 A nævnes de foranstaltninger, hvormed forbrugernes sundhed og sikkerhed sikres i forbindelse med gennemførelsen af det indre marked.
BRITTAN, Sir Leon, Member of the Commission. — Mr President, in the context of the negotiation which led to the Blair House agreement of December 1992, the Commission and the United States authorities agreed to clarify the terms of trade in corn gluten feed between the Community and the United States.
OK, men jeg kan ikke acceptere at vurdere antallet af medtagne ændringsforslag i forhold til størrelsen af omkostningerne derved.
As a result of improved analytical techniques, it became necessary to clarify the definition of corn gluten feed.
Jeg mener, at det bør vurderes ud fra indholdet, og hvad indholdet angår, er det soleklart, at man ikke kun delvist kan følge en politisk linje.
A fourth step in this clarification was achieved between the Commission and the United States administration in November 1991.
Den delvise løsning, der har fundet sted, er meget alvorlig, specielt hvad angår ændringsforslagene, der vedrører brugen af medicinalprodukter, der anvender genmanipulerede mikroorganismer.
Further clarification was agreed in the margins of the Blair House discussions.
Jeg bifalder oprettelsen af dette europæiske agentur og tror, at vi, hvis ændringsforslagene vedtages, kan sikre udval-
It would, of course, have been helpful for us to have, in context of this dispute, some specific comparative figures to illustrate these trends which you. Sir Leon, believe to be declining.
KOSTOPOULOS gets sammensætning samt over for forbrugerne garantere kvaliteten og sikkerheden.
GORLACH in view of the heated discussion outside the House within the agricultural community.
Det er det ikke, det var det ikke, og det har det aldrig været.
cuts in EC cereal prices referred to previously.
Ideen kom oprindeligt her fra Parlamentet, og det er derfor, vi holder så stærkt fast på, at artikel 100 A fortsat anvendes.
In short, there is no need to treat corn gluten feed as a matter of urgency.
BANGEMANN, medlem af Kommissionen. — (DE) Hr. formand, det er et af de sjældne øjeblikke, hvor Parlament og Kommission er helt i overensstemmelse med hinanden, både hvad retsgrundlag og indhold angår.
LANNOYE (V). — (FR) Mr President, I must straight away refute absolutely what Sir Leon Brittan has just said about corn gluten feed and I shall explain why.
Det er nødvendigt, at ændringsforslag nr. 23 til artikel 52, stk. 1, vedtages. Det drejer sig om Det Europæiske Ekspertkollegium, som skal udpeges af Parlamentet på grundlag af lister over eksperter og disses videnskabelige arbejder.
Were the situation as has just been described to us, namely that the Blair House Agreement on corn gluten feed has not weakened but strengthened the Community position and has not disadvantaged European farmers in relation to this feed, then everything would be fine.
Og hvad angår ensidige prisstigninger, må jeg gøre opmærksom på, at medicinalindustrien og forhandlerne kræver uacceptable forhøjelser, som jeg også gjorde hr. Bange mann opmærksom på under forrige mødeperiode, og altid med støtte fra staten og under påskud af højere priser på europæisk plan.
If it is unfounded, then why has the Commission not yet succeeded in setting people right and providing the correct information to set minds at rest?
Vi har et altomfattende logisk system til godkendelse af lægemidler, og »slutstenen« ville have været agenturet.
It is a problem of cereal substitutes which is imported into the Community free of customs duties and at a low price.
Indholdsmæssigt kan vi stadig få det, men jo så med de betydelige ændringer, som Rådet har villet.
American exporters add residues of corn screenings, of glucose fermentation, at a rate which varies from 5% to 10% and even higher.
Det ville have givet Parlamentet mulighed for under andenbehandlingen at vedtage ændringsforslag, ville have givet os mulighed for at overtage nogle af disse ændringsforslag — men vi er jo altså ikke i den situation.
On 20 November of last year in Blair House there was a redefinition of corn gluten feed which allowed the addition of 15% screenings and 10% glucose fermentation residue together with the suspension of the application of effective control techniques such as the microscope. cope.
Og jeg vil sige, at den på denne måde sætter sygesikringerne i en vanskelig situation, fordi der ikke er nogen form for konkurrence mellem sygesikringerne og medicinalfabrikanterne.
It would be helpful if we as a Parliament could agree, on the basis of these two oral questions, to look again at the whole issue in the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Develop ment and ourselves endeavour to obtain, with the Com mission, specific figures.
Der er ingen form for frie forhandlinger mellem medicinalindustrien og sygesikringerne.
That would certainly be useful in terms of this debate and of providing objective information to farmers.
Endelig bør Rådet acceptere artikel 100 A i Traktaten som retsgrundlag og inddrage det i den fælles holdning, som vil indeholde Parlamentets ændringsforslag.
But for those who have forgotten that the Commission, Parliament and the Council took a very important decision on this quite freely and independently of GATT, I will recap.
Rådet kan til enhver tid under en sag med enstemmighed ændre det af Kommissionen valgte retsgrundlag.
The second interested party is the intensive industrial farmers, especially pig farmers in the European Com munity.
COLLINS (PSE). — (EN) Hr. formand Jeg går ikke ind for at sparke til hr. Bangemann.
When the Commission put forward its proposals for reform of the CAP, the essence of them was a 30% cut in the price of cereals, and thus of cereals for animal feeds too.
Det ønsker jeg at gøre helt klart. Hr. Bangemann er ikke skurken i denne sag.
That Com mission proposal was implemented in a Council decision.
I forbindelse med andre sager kunne jeg måske have et andet synspunkt, men han er ikke skurken i denne omgang.
Without this EC initiative the Blair House Agreement would not have been possible.
Han er blot repræsentant for skurkene, og skurkene burde sidde derovre, men de er ikke blandt os i dag.
The Americans welcomed the cuts in EC cereal prices but naturally felt that their exports of cereal substitutes were somewhat threatened.
Der er ingen til stede fra Rådet, og det er Rådet og ikke Kommissionen, der ønsker at ændre retsgrundlaget.
But they were more or less obliged to agree to this form of rebalancing.
Jeg ved, at man kan være uenig derom, og vi har tit selv været uenige om, hvad der er det rigtige retsgrundlag.
First point: one of the hypotheses for the reform of the CAP was that the reduction in cereal prices would make them more competitive and would increase consumption of animal feed to 12 million tonnes.
Man kan prøve og skal naturligvis prøve på at finde det ud fra objektive kriterier, men der bliver en rest af skønsmæssig vurdering tilbage, og Rådet har så at sige udnyttet denne rest til egen fordel.
This hypothesis is completely knocked on the head if it has to compete with nearly three million additional tonnes of cereal substitutes imported duty free.
Hvad ændringsforslagene om indholdet angår, er der, dersom Domstolen ikke mener, at retsgrundlaget er forkert, ingen anden mulighed end endnu en gang at prøve at overbevise Rådet om, at det, De rent indholdsmæssigt vil, er rigtigt og acceptabelt.
Second point: that will mean a loss of revenue for the Community of ECU 340 million per annum for nonlevying of customs duties.
Jeg vil gerne fortælle en lille anekdote.
The second provision concerns the agreement on oilseeds.
Det er kun lidt mere end fire år siden, at Parlamentet gik med til, at vi burde have et lægemiddelagentur.
The US insisted here that the EC should take corrective measures if EC production of oilseed screenings as a byproduct of non-food oil production rose above one million tonnes.
Vi gik med til det, fordi vi på daværende tidspunkt — og hr. Pimenta var en af ophavsmændene til ideen — ræsonnerede, at der ikke var nogen som helst logik i, at vi i EF på den ene side havde et indre marked og på den anden side havde tolv forskellige registrerings- og godkendelsessystemer.
Third point: the lack of effective controls, as I said, will open the door to fraud and in particular the current fraudulent practices which are recognized as such by the customs authorities will be legalized.
Vi sagde, at hvis den situation fik lov at forblive uændret, ville det føre til en svækkelse af forbrugernes rettigheder og beskyttelse.
Fourth point: industrial pig farming will be encouraged while the new CAP claims to discourage intensive farming for ecological reasons.
Den eneste løsning var at sørge for, at det indre marked blev reguleret ved at foretage en koordinering af de tolv registreringssystemer.
The production of energy crops on setaside land is not controlled and is not challenged by trading partners outside the EC.
Der skal ikke være nogen tvivl om, at udgangspunktet var det indre marked.
So why should production of the cheap byproduct oilseed screenings be subject to international controls?
Og det er indeholdt i Cockfield-Hvidbogen.
For corn gluten feed, however, things look brighter.
Det er baggrunden for det hele, og det er virkelig chokerende, at
But this problem too has become less acute due to the drastic
Det er procedurereglerne, som vi alle, også når vi ikke er indforstået med deres indhold, skal rette os efter.
PRESIDENT. — I have received two motions for resolutions with request for an early vote to wind up the debate. (')
Det forventes, at aftalen vil blive ført ud i livet i nær fremtid.
The vote on the request for an early vote will be taken at the end of the debate.
Når det er sagt, vil jeg geme anmode Parlamentet om ikke at undervurdere det fremskridt, vi har opnået.
In conclusion, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the measure agreed to by the Commission is unacceptable.
Hvis man på topmødet i København kan blive enige om et hjemsted for agenturet, har vi på rekordtid på et delområde indrettet det indre marked således, som vi ønsker det også for andre delområder, og for fremtiden kan man stadig foretage forbedringer.
Through a surreptitious change in the nomenclature — cereal substitutes are being given a different name — a perverse mechanism is being introduced, namely definitions are being adapted to meet the needs of the agro-food lobbies.
Vi bør ikke sige: Hvad Rådet end vil eller agter, så vil vi ikke have dette agentur! Jeg tror, det ville være meget kortsynet.
We had criticized the Commission at the time for not adhering to its mandate.
Men De kan ikke forlange af Kom missionen, at vi skal udtale os derom, som om det var en andenbehandling, for det forhindrer procedurereglerne os i at gøre.
But I think it is one more reason for our saying that the Commission is not respecting its brief.
Hvis vi nu tager fat på den mundtlige forespørgsel fra hr. Pasty og hr. Guillaume, så må jeg sige, at de ærede medlemmer tager fejl, hvis de mener, at Blair House aftalen er en indrømmelse over for De Forenede Staters landbrugsindustri, eller at den vil indebære, at man tillader afgiftsfri import af produkter, som man tidligere krævede afgift af, eller at den vil skade den europæiske kvægfoderstofindustri.
BLANEY (ARC). — Mr President, might I just say in regard to this agreement that I join with those colleagues who have indicated their unease about the manner in which it was brought about. I heard it described as an annex to the Blair House Agreement, but it is a fact that a redefinition of corn gluten has been agreed by our negotiators, so that a zero tariff now will apply to the new corn gluten so described, which heretofore would not have contained — as it is now agreed it will contain — up to 15% or God knows how much more maize.
Denne aftale er ikke en ny ind rømmelse.
Is this not an animal feed, rather than just corn gluten?
Den er blot en gennemførelse af en teknisk tydeliggørelse af nogle handelsordninger, som stammer tilbage fra 1967.
Is this not a means of evading a $79 per tonne levy or duty that would otherwise go on?
Det blev nødvendigt med en teknisk ajourføring af aftalen fra 1967, fordi de moderne analyseteknikker er blevet mere og mere raffinerede, og det blev klart, at de hidtidige definitioner på »com gluten feed« var utilstrækkelige.
Is it not a fact that the Commission's own estimate — and I presume it is a conservative estimate — of an additional 2.9 million tonnes per year of feed or cereal substitutes from America, is already driving our farmers off the land under the provisions not only of GATT but of the CAP reform?
Kommissionen forventer ikke, at stramningen af disse definitioner skal føre til en forøgelse af importen af »com gluten feed«.
PASTY (RDE). — (FR) Mr President, ladies and gentle men. I agree wholeheartedly with what Mr Lannoye has just said.
Endvidere fremgår det af de seneste tendenser, at denne import snarest er faldende.
We obviously do not interpret the Blair House Agreement in the same way as the Commission.
Det følger heraf, at Kommissionen ikke forventer, at aftalen vil blive til skade for den europæiske kvægfoderstofindustri.
If this agreement were of such benefit to the Community farm ers as you claim, Mr Vice-President, then why has the Commission been so reticent on its contents?
FORMANDEN. — Næste punkt på dagsordenen er redegørelse fra Kommissionen om Blair Houseaftalen om »com gluten feed«. (')
How do we know what will be coming in under the guise of the newlydefined corn gluten if the information is correct?
Dette skulle øge Fællesskabets produkters konkurrenceevne i forhold til de importerede varer.
But we have good reason to believe, on the basis of analyses carried out by your own Commission services, that if this agreement were to be applied it would lead in practice to increased imports of corn gluten feed attracting absolutely no customs duties.
Sir Leon BRITTAN, medlem af Kommissionen, — (EN) Hr. formand, i forbindelse med den forhandling, som førte til Blair Houseaftalen fra december 1992, blev Kommissionen og De Forenede Staters myndigheder enige om at tydeliggøre betingelserne for handel med »com gluten feed« mellem Fællesskabet og De Forenede Stater. »Com gluten feed«, som defineres som restprodukter ved produktion af majsstivelse, er blevet importeret til Fællesskabet uden afgift siden 1967, hvor man inden for Kennedy-rundens rammer vedtog en forpligtelse til at arbejde med en nul-afgift inden for GATT.
But the economic and political consequences on the application of the new CAP are considerable and unacceptable. If we disregard the strict definition of corn gluten feed as a byproduct of the starch industry and if we ignore the only control method of preventing fraud, as the Commission has promised the Americans, then the door is wide open to duty-free imports into the Community of cornbased products which are in fact compound animal feed.
Hvis vi endelig ser på det ærede medlems sidste punkt, er jeg naturligvis glad for at kunne oplyse Parlamentet om de fremskridt, der er gjort under forhandlingerne indtil nu.
BRITTAN, Sir Leon, Member of the Commission. — Mr President, a number of points have been raised about this agreement with the United States.
Sagen er blevet diskuteret i artikel 113-udvalget og den særlige landbrugskomité.
The Commission, as I have said, regards this as an important and necessary clarification of a technical matter but not a new policy in any shape or form.
I begyndelsen af juni måned forventer man, at den vil blive taget op i den nomenklaturkomité, som har kompetence til at træffe beslutninger om de ændringer, der er foreslået i forhold til de gamle ordninger.
The allegations that have been made about the effect of this agreement are totally without foundation and it would be quite wrong to seek to stir up opinion in the agricultural community when there is no justification for doing so whatsoever.
Som følge af en forbedring af analyseteknikkerne blev det nødvendigt at gøre definitionen på »com gluten feed« mere entydig.
Is the Commission aware of the impact of concessions made to the United States which will upset the very philosophy of the reform of the CAP, based on the reduction of cereals prices to enable us to win back parts of the animal feed market?
Et fjerde skridt i denne tydeliggørelse blev aftalt mellem Kommissionen og De Forenede Staters myndigheder i november 1991.
Indeed some estimates of the additional duty-free imports are put at between 3 and 6 million tonnes.
Man aftalte en yderligere tydeliggørelse i sammenhæng med Blair House-forhandlingerne. Denne del af disse forhandlinger var derfor en videreførelse af en allerede eksisterende proces med bilaterale rådføringer, og den er ikke en del af forhandlingerne under Uruguay-runden.
The fact that mention has been made of possible conversations with the Americans, as the Vice-President said, will in no way reassure farmers in the Community.
Det ville være nyttigt for drøftelsen og også kunne bruges i den ophidsede diskussion ude blandt landmændene.
Principally, as in the past, import levels will be affected by internally-produced Community cereals for which corn gluten feed was a substitute.
De nye definitioner, man nåede frem til i december 1992, omfattede detaljerede parametre for indhold af stivelse, fedt og protein, og ligeledes forbedrede kontrolforanstaltninger.
I have said and I believe that these will be more competitive as the price cuts introduced by CAP reform take effect.
Hvis det virkelig forholder sig sådan, som vi lige har hørt, at Blair Houseaftalen om com gluten feed ikke betyder en svækkelse, men snarere en styrkelse af EF's position og ikke giver de europæiske landmænd nogen ulempe i
In conclusion, we have no option but to reject this agreement and protest, as Mr Lannoye has done, not only at the lack of transparency but also the off-hand way in which the Commission has dealt with the case, by not informing either the Council or the Parliament. The wish for no transparency is compounded today by bad faith.
Leon Brittan netop sagde om majsglutenfoder, og det vil jeg forklare nærmere.
BRITTAN, Sir Leon the common agricultural policy.
forbindelse med dette foder, ville alt jo være i den skønneste orden.
was agreed in 1967 but that is a wholly different matter.
Alligevel ville vi være nødt til at spørge os selv, hvorfra den store uro, der går gennem landene, egentlig kommer.
The House will be aware that in 1967 the Community felt bound to agree that corn gluten feed should be admitted duty-free.
Hvis den er ubegrundet, hvorfor er det så ikke indtil nu lykkedes Kommissionen at få den rigtige opfattelse og tillige de rigtige tal ud blandt folk, så at denne uro kan bringes til ophør?
And that has been the position since 1967. It is not affected in any way by this agreement, which relates solely to the question of what corn gluten feed is defined as being.
Med majsglutenfoder kommer vi ind på et problem, hvis tilsyneladede tekniske karakter helt tilslører et omfattende politisk spil.
And the definition of corn gluten feed, as I said in my opening statement, is essentially still the definition that has always been used: the residues of the manufacture of starch from maize.
Majsglutenfoder er det, der bliver tilbage af majskomene efter udvindingen af stivelsen.
So, what has to be looked at is: what is the residue of the manufacture of starch from maize?
Det er et komerstatningsprodukt, der importeres toldfrit til EF, og det er billigt.
The fact is that by including references to screen ings and to steep water, which were indirectly referred to in this debate, the definition merely clarifies existing practices.
De amerikanske eksportører tilsætter reststoffer fra majssigtning og glukosegæring i et forhold, der varierer mellem 5 og 10 % eller endog mere.
Therefore, the further definition con tained here is a clarification and in no sense an extension of the definition of corn gluten feed.
Når der tilsættes så meget, er det ikke længere majsglutenfoder, men et blandingsprodukt der burde importeres til EF med en told på 78 ECU pr. ton.
My colleague, Mr Steichen, would be very happy to go further into the matter in committee, as has been suggested.
Man ser straks, hvori problemet består.
The Com mission has nothing to hide.
Enten toldfrihed eller en betydelig told på 78 ECU pr. ton.
The suggestion that it does have is a wholly unwarranted slur.
Den 20. november 1992 foretog man i Blair House en omdefinering af produktet, hvorefter der kan iblandes 15 % sigtereststoffer og 10 % reststoffer fra glukosegæringen, og endvidere afskaffedes effektive kontrolmetoder som brug af mikroskop.
The resolution of an issue which was capable, if unresolved, of causing dissent and argument between the European Community and the United States is something that is in the interests of the Community and its farmers and should be welcomed as such.
Jeg har en anmodning: For mig står nogle ting stadig uklart.
I now go on to the reference to the 15% screenings rate.
Der er tæt tåge og denne aftale er jo også meget kompliceret og vidt forgrenet.
I have already said that screenings were always carried out.
Det ville helt bestemt være gavnligt for denne drøftelse og tillige for en objektiv informering af landbruget.
The 15% figure corresponds to the standard for Yellow No 3 corn used by the starch manufacturing industry.
Det ville være godt, om vi kunne blive enige om noget i den retning.
If Yellow No 2 corn is used, the figure that has to be respected is 10%.
SONNEVELD (PPE). — (NL) Hr. formand, jeg synes ikke, dette er det rette tidspunkt til at indlede en debat om komsubstitutter.
GÖRLACH (PSE). — Mr President, on the procedural issue.
Hvad er da den globale virkning deraf for den fælles landbrugspolitik?
We clearly have here arguments and counter arguments.
Man indser betydningen for amerikansk fødevareindustri af på det europæiske marked at kunne afsætte et produkt, som her kan opnå en ret høj pris.
I have been disturbed above all by what Mr Lannoye has said, but there is no point in our now deciding on an early vote.
Majsprisen i USA er meget lav.
That would achieve nothing.
Det bliver altså til 100 ECU pr. ton på grund af toldfriheden.
We have carefully to examine the arguments and the counterarguments.
Og hvad får man så til gengæld?
We also need figures.
Kun negative virkninger, der strider mod den af EF besluttede reform af den fælles landbrugspolitik.
Nor do we wish to make it so easy for the Commission. We shall therefore be voting against an early vote.
Som afgørende argument blev fremført den nød vendige forbedring af konkurrencepositionen for EF-foderkorn over for de billige importerede komsubstitutter.
The fact is that there will be a quarterly monitoring group and to those who are concerned about fraud I can say that the regular monitoring of imports — which has not up to now taken place in this way — will detect any sudden surge of imports very quickly.
Kommissionens forslag er omsat til en rådsbeslutning.
Should there be fraud I think it will be easy to establish in a way that was not possible before.
Denne EF-holdning har haft en gunstig indflydelse på de stagnerende GATT-forhandlinger med hensyn til landbrugsprodukter.
BLANEY (ARC). — Mr President, may I just ask the Commissioner to clarify why it is that from 1967 to 1992 corn gluten did not require to be redefined?
Uden dette EF-initiativ ville heller ikke Blair Houseaftalen have været mulig.
Is it true that 15% additional will in fact go through from wherever it may come?
Amerikanerne har på den ene side udtrykt tilfredshed med EFs prisnedsættelse, men de føler på den anden side deres eksport af komsubstitutter truet. Men de var nødt til at acceptere rebalancing.
Will this not swamp our market and will other countries not seek the same?
Denne hypotese skrøbeliggøres totalt, dersom der yderligere toldfrit importeres næsten 3 mio tons konkurrerende PSC.
LANNOYE (V). — (FR) I would like to make two points to the House, Mr Vice-President.
Jeg gør opmærksom på, at det nævnte tal stammer fra Kommissionen.
Indeed the first one is really for you, Sir Leon.