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Det var en rådsbeslutning, en fælles aktion på mellemstatsligt plan.
It was set up specifically to resolve trade problems, and we must give it a chance to do so.
Hvis fælles aktioner mellem Rådet og Parlamentet udformes sådan i fremtiden, kan jeg forsikre Dem, at De i næste vejsving ikke længere vil få nogen bevillingsoverførsel fra Budgetudvalget.
Through the organization of the market in bananas, we strengthened the hand of European multinationals against their US counterparts, who then retaliated by resorting to the law.
Van den Broek, medlem af Kommissionen. - (EN) Vi har slet ingen vanskelighed med anbefalingerne i hr. Barón Crespos betænkning.
But as we have just heard, it is the ACP countries, the small producers and countries, who are being left out of the picture, unable to intervene.
Sandheden er, at vore fælles aktioner ikke er særlig imponerende.
We must support them in this respect.
Der er for få af dem, og hvor de er blevet udarbejdet, tager de ikke fat på de fundamentale spørgsmål.
I believe this is essential if we are to complete Lomé IV and have a post-Lomé period.
Jeg finder det rent ud sagt forbløffende, at diplomateme fra vore avancerede, erfarne og mægtige lande, hvis fædre og bedstefædre beherskede verden, synes at finde det så svært at gøre noget måleligt indtryk på resten af menneskeheden.
We must ensure that social conditions continue to apply, because in many cases people are totally dependent on this crop, and we must also safeguard organic production and ensure that these producers can lodge an appeal.
Vi har i de seneste uger set, at der ikke findes megen gensidig solidaritet blandt Den Europæiske Unions uden rigsministre, og næsten ikke noget princip, der ikke kan handles bort til fordel for kommercielle fordele på et givet tidspunkt.
Hory (ARE). - (FR) Mr President, the WTO panel's conclusions on the COM for bananas certainly present formidable trading problems for European producers and traditional ACP producers.
Problemet ligger muligvis i beslutningstagningens detaljer og i gennemførelsen af fælles aktioner, men jeg tvivler faktisk på, at det er hele forklaringen. Jeg er bange for, at problemet er mere fundamentalt, og at det ligger i den selvcensurerende modvilje mod at tage fat på store spørgsmål fra et europæisk perspektiv.
With the banana market already in very serious disequilibrium through the extravagant quota favours granted to the multinationals in the 'dollar' area, the system for marketing the various quotas would be modified to the detriment of those who market barely a quarter of the bananas consumed in Europe.
For megen koncentration om Azincourt og ikke nok om Asien, og hvis hr. Barón
In addition, it would begin to undermine economic and social plans with serious consequences for Member States of the European Union.
Også her vil man finde, at Kommissionen støtter Parlamentet i forsvaret af den opfattelse, at udgifter til fælles aktioner af denne art bør betragtes som ikke-obligatoriske udgifter.
A few days after this conclusion by the panel on bananas there was another decision, equally unfavourable to Com munity interests and the interests of consumers: in a preliminary report the World Trade Organization condemns the embargo imposed by the Fifteen since 1
Når det er sagt - og jeg mener, at udtrykket »interinstitutionel aftale« er blevet nævnt - så har vi brug for noget, der minder om en interinstitutionel aftale.
This does not seem acceptable to me. But this new episode in an already lengthy trade war also bears witness to the existence of a conflict between two development concepts, one in the WTO and one in the European Union.
For på den ene side har Parlamentet i betragtning af sit budgetmæssige ansvar visse prærogativer her, som der bør tages hensyn til. Men på den side må Parlamentet respek-
There are those who want to protect producers, farmers, those who live by working the land, in the name of a
Panelet forlanger en tilpasning af bananordningen til forpligtelserne i WTO-licensaftalen og GATT.
The Group of the European Radical Alliance is firmly in the first camp.
tere, at udenrigspolitik er noget, der ofte kræver hurtig handling og ikke kan afvente meget komplicerede og langvarige procedurer, som skal sikre, at der er midler til rådighed. Måske vil løsningen være at finde en slags interinstitutionel aftale, som vil muliggøre hurtig handling, når det er nødvendigt.
Given that we are fighting and investing so that economic and social cohesion in the European Union can be fully applied, this declaration by the World Trade Organisation - if it is maintained - could easily destroy once and for all the main farming production in economic terms of certain European Union regions, in particular its islands and ultra-peripheral regions, which are already highly penal ized by their very status.
Det er mine korte bemærkninger her i dag.
IN THE CHAIR: MR MARINHO Vice-President
De bliver bestemt ikke det sidste bidrag, som vi vil yde til den fortsatte debat om at give vor fælles udenrigs- og sikker hedspolitik mere substans.
Nor can we forget that the aims of the Lomé Convention, in particular an explicit undertaking in Protocol 5, on bananas, aimed to guarantee ACP producers access to the European market and improve both the production and marketing conditions of bananas in ACP countries.
Denne forpligtelse begrunder panelet udtrykkeligt med en henvisning til artikel 16, stk. 4, i Marrakesh-aftalen om oprettelse af WTO.
Medina Ortega (PSE). - (ES) Mr President, this after noon I think Commissioner Fischler has caught Parliament's frequently expressed spirit in defence of the com mon organization of the market for bananas.
At Den Europæiske Union og dens medlemsstater afviser tilpasningen, det er vi vel alle klar over, kunne betyde et aftalebrud og ville i givet fald på, væsentlige områder bringe WTO i fare, som vi har ønsket og været med til at bane vejen for.
We are talking about reasonable organization, giving imports from the large banana producers a 70 % share of the Community market and keeping a small amount, 30 %, for Community producers and traditional ACP producers.
Jeg opfordrer Kommissionen til at tænke over, om det måske ikke i lighed med Helms-Burton er muligt at nå frem til en aftale med USA, før et yderligere forlig får os til at fremstå som dobbelt taber.
The Community banana import régime defined by Regulation 404/93 stipulates that the European Union must respect its undertakings to bananaproducing ACP states.
Jeg vil geme afslutningsvis benytte mig af denne lejlighed til at give udtryk for stor beundring for den bog, hr. Barón Crespo for nylig har skrevet, »Europa ved det nye årtusinds begyndelse« eller noget lignende.
The recent decisions taken by the WTO panel are unac ceptable since they concentrate exclusively on free trade rules and ignore or dismiss the vital considerations of social, cultural, health and environmental orders.
Jeg finder, at alt, hvad han siger i denne bog om de europæiske forhåbninger, sådan som han ser dem, er yderst værdifuldt og inspirerende.
There fore, not only should we consider but in our opinion we absolutely must, Commissioner, ensure that the Commission appeals against these unfair conclusions of the Arbitration Committee of the World Trade Organisation.
Formanden. - Næste punkt på dagsordenen er redegørelser fra Rådet og Kommissionen om afgørelsen fra panelet om den fælles markedsordning for bananer efterfulgt af forhandling.
Over-supply of the Community banana market from the dollar area has caused the price to collapse and ACP bananas are bearing the brunt, under pressure from two main factors: higher production costs and weaker market ing.
I det foreliggende tilfælde klarlægger WTO's panel, at bananer er produkter af samme art i GATT's forstand uanset deres oprindelse fra EU-lande, AVS-lande, rammeaftalelande eller andre tredjelande og derfor skal behandles på samme måde. Det skal prøves, om det er korrekt.
Moreover, account must be taken of the vast damage flagged up both by the small ACP countries which have no other means of survival apart from banana production, and by certain Community re gions where the destruction of mis common organization of the market will have a massive impact.
Rådet som sådant har endnu ikke indtaget nogen holdning til dette punkt, og Rådet skal også først høre opfattelsen i det udvalg, som er ansvarligt for den fælles handelspolitik og den fælles landbrugspolitik.
Need I recall the many occasions we have spoken out in this hémicycle to express our disagreement with the Commission on a number of points which we considered contrary to European interests and those of our allies?
Hvad angår den begunstigede toldsats for AVS-bananer, skal der ganske vist foreligge en krænkelse af den grund læggende ret til mestbegunstigelse.
What we are trying to create, after all, Mr Commissioner and Mr President of the Council, is an international economic order, not an international economic disorder.
Men denne krænkelse er dækket af undtagelsesbestemmelserne for EU's særbehandling af AVS-landene indtil år 2000. EU er derfor principielt berettiget til også at indrømme en begunstiget told for de ikke-traditionelle AVS-bananer.
If social clauses in trade agreements are ignored and every thing is left to the free market - with its exclusive principles of profit of economic benefit of gain - we will end up with very serious problems, both within the Community and in the world economic order.
Vi har den opfattelse, at EU ikke vil bryde en aftale.
So I hope this debate in Parliament will strengthen the Commission er's hand.
Panelet har anbefalet, at WTO's organ til bilæggelse af tvister retter en anmodning til Det Europæiske Fælles skab om at bringe dets importordning for bananer i overensstemmelse med dets forpligtelser i henhold til den almindelige overenskomst om told og udenrigshandel og navnlig med aftalen om administrative procedurer ved import og eksport.
I myself pointed out to the Commission that figures since the second half of 1995 showed that the proposed increase in volume reserved for third countries was unrelated to the consumption needs of the European Union and therefore we were being asked to ratify the marketing of some 265,000 tons of bananas surplus to the European Union's capacity to absorb them.
Vi gik derefter straks i gang med at foretage en detaljeret gennemgang af denne beretning, der er meget omfangsrig, ikke kun med hensyn til konsekvenserne for markedsordningen for bananer og for bananhandelen inden for Den Europæiske Union, men i særdeleshed også i retning af, at denne beretning indeholder forskellige elementer, der går langt ud over det konkrete banantilfælde, således at det altså er nødvendigt også at undersøge, hvilke generelle konsekvenser det vil medføre for handelen inden for Den Europæiske Union.
We also expressed concern about the new distribution of licences proposed to us a little while ago by the Commission, because in our view, if it were to be applied, it would contribute to an imbalance in trade in bananas, leading to massive unemployment, a fall in export receipts and the collapse of certain economies with unprecedented social and political consequences in European regions and ACP banana producing countries.
Eftersom det er et meget komplekst anliggende, vil De forstå, at denne undersøgelse endnu ikke kan være helt afsluttet. Men jeg kan allerede sige til Dem i dag, at der i
Some European Union bodies have been nurturing this ambiguity in analysis and action for too long, determined to impose controversial attitudes which do not respect two fundamental principles, Community preference and prefer-
Kittelmann (PPE). - (DE) Hr. formand, efter Rådets udtalelse, der objektivt ikke kunne forventes anderledes, end at der i dette vanskelige spørgsmål først skal finde en gennemgang sted, er WTO's afgørelse efter min opfattelse en dyb skuffelse for flertallet af Europa-Parlamentet.-
Despite the fact that the European Community's Court of Justice recognized, recently even, the legal validity of the Community banana scheme, the Arbitration Committee of the World Trade Organisation, taking an extremely discretionary and, in our view, intolerable position declared, at the end of April, that this regime was contrary to the rules of international trade.
repræsentanter for de små øer i appelpanelet.
ential access for our historical allies.
Men vi vil geme insistere på, at de små øer i fremtiden får ret til at være til stede ved disse appelpaneler, repræsenteret af hvem de ønsker, som det er normalt for alle andre internationale fora.
This, with the blatant division established within the European Union by favour ing commercial interests outside the Union to the detriment of our moral duty of solidarity, has contributed to helping our competitors and detractors profit from our weaknesses to attack us m ore effectively.
Nogle aspekter i forbindelse med vores præferencebehandling af AVS-bananer samt vores rammeaftale med fire latinamerikanske lande er ligeledes blevet betragtet som ikke forenelig med WTO-bestemmelserne.
Ladies and gentlemen, our words on this dossier should be precise, and our speeches should express the ambition we set ourselves in constructing European Union and also its political weight internationally.
Jeg forventede sandt at sige en form for forklaring, en form for begrundelse for ikke at sige en form for argumentation, der kunne være os til hjælp med at finde den rigtige vej ud af denne blindgyde.
As part of the European Community's organization of the market in bananas, a specific quota should be reserved for fruit that is grown under specific social and environmental conditions.
Vi er i færd med nøje at overveje disse mere vidtgående konsekvenser for at kunne bedømme de mulige indvirkninger på andre fællesskabspolitikker.
This verdict from the panel is only the first in a series of WTO rulings that threaten environmental and consumer protection in the EU.
For det fjerde: Jeg vil geme gøre opmærksom på, at om nogle få uger vil beretningen blive fremsendt til samtlige WTO-medlemmer.
As we say in my country, there are not thirty-six truths, there is only one truth: the panel decision undermines a fundamental principle, the principle of European sovereignty.
I juni vil den så formentlig blive forelagt for WTO-forligsorganet til godkendelse.
That is unacceptable, both in form and in content.
Ved denne lejlighed vil Det Europæiske Fællesskab kunne fremsætte indsigelse for WTO's ankeinstitution.
The banana affair has overflowed its economic context and become a political issue, and the European authorities must now demonstrate their capacity to trade with the rest of the world while protecting their own interests and refusing to be dictated to about their relations with allies, relations prompted by a rich common history which cannot be denied.
På grundlag af vores hidtidige analyse af panelets argumenter og konklusioner samt i lyset af forrige redegørelse synes der at være mange gode grunde, der taler for, at vi rent faktisk fremsætter indsigelse mod denne beretning.
In its next ruling, published at the end of last week, the WTO rejected the import ban on hormone-treated meat from the USA.
Kommissionen lægger særlig vægt på, at der også frem over tages hensyn til de interesser, Den Europæiske Unions bananproducerende regioner samt AVS-gruppen har.
In that case, the USA was the main plaintiff - as with the organization of the market in bananas, even though US banana production amounts to no more than 8000 tonnes.
Derimod må jeg med tilfredshed notere mig kommissær Fischlers ord, idet han har givet udtryk for et ønske for ikke at sige en pligt at komme ud af dette dødvande til fordel for de europæiske producenter. For her ligger hunden netop begravet!
The US corporate lobby drafted the complaint to the WTO in detail and followed its progress through the panel negotiations in Geneva. The WTO must amend its rules so as to give a hearing to weaker parties, developing countries and the environmental lobby.
Hindley (PSE). - (EN) Hr. formand, man kommer til at tænke på adskillige ting i forlængelse af Kommissionens udtalelse.
Vecchi (PSE). - (IT) Mr President, the result of the World Trade Organization's panel on bananas is unacceptable and, quite frankly, of dubious impartiality.
I realiteten består konflikten stadig mellem Fællesskabets producenter og de store verdensomspændende handelsorganisationer.
Sierra González (GUE/NGL). - (ES) Mr President the situation created by the WTO's ruling against the Community banana regime must be appealed, as Commissioner Fischler has recognized.
De ønsker at undertvinge Fællesskabets producenter og udelukke dem fra enhver mulighed for i det mindste at kæmpe på lige fod.
These two questions cannot be dissociated, and I share the view of the Member who made that statement.
Jeg vil koncentrere mig om, hvad kommissæren sagde. Med hensyn til en appel, så forstår jeg hans forsigtighed, men han sagde, at vi kan appellere.
Finally, I want to point out that competition policy is not an end in itself, nor can it be seen only in commercial terms.
Jeg vil gerne gøre det helt klart, at Den Socialistiske Gruppe geme vil insistere på, at der appelleres, hvis den endelige dom går os imod.
Considerations of a social and economic order also need to be taken into account, and above all health and environmental considerations.
Vi vil ikke underminere WTO ved at lave forlig uden for domstolene mellem de store og de gode. Det er vigtigt, at der bliver truffet gennemskuelige afgørelser, som så får generel gyldighed.
In the ACP countries and the EU, bananas are cultivated mainly by small and medium-sized growers, not on vast plantations like those in Honduras and Guatemala.
Vi må som Parlament og som Europæisk Union forud for enhver form for kommercielt ræsonnement indtage en klar og ufravigelig holdning til fordel for dem, der producerer, især når de som nævnt er i mindretal, og vi må først og fremmest holde os til Lomékonventionen, hvori det hed der, at intet AVS-land, der leverer bananer, kan sættes i en ugunstigere situation end den, hvori det befandt sig før indførelsen af den fælles markedsordning.
Well, it really would be a serious matter if the World Trade Organization, in this matter and in other matters, too, were to continue to work and act not in the interests of a more balanced and freer world market as laid down in the Marrakesh agreements, but exclusively for the benefit of certain powerful interests, whether those inter ests be national or representative of multinational enter prises.
For det tredje, så rejser hele proceduren vedrørende denne sag meget vigtige spørgsmål, ikke mindst de små producentlandes manglende evne til fuldt ud at forelægge deres sag på en rimelig og åben måde i selve WTO.
Unfortunately, the organization of the market in bananas was used to trigger cut-throat competition between major fruit importers and corporate interests in Europe and elsewhere.
Den Socialistiske Gruppe forstår, at Kommissionen i sidste instans vil bruge sin indflydelse til at sikre, at der kommer
The quota system led to a situation in which quotas were being artificially inflated before deadlines and a flourishing trade in licences had sprung up. The govern
Det er faktisk indført for at løse handelsproblemer, og vi må som sådan give det en chance for virkelig at gøre dette.
course and appeal to the World Trade Organization in order to gain a just settlement.
Og efter vor opfattelse skal det også fortsat være sådan. Vi må stå fast for at opfylde vore forpligtelser.
Frankly, we are somewhat surprised, and saddened, by the terms in which the Council has expressed itself in this chamber.
De har så slået igen proceduremæssigt.
But the Leviathan does not want that to come about.
Men de, der distanceres, det er, som det allerede er omtalt, AVS-landene, de små producenter, de små lande, som ikke kan intervenere her.
It wants to monopolise all banana trade at European and world levels.
Når vi har en markedsordning på WTO-området, så er man generelt også nødt til at give disse adgang.
We no longer have the excuse that when the Soviet Union existed, it brought down Colonel Arbentz in Guatemala, when he was a nuisance for United Fruit.
Vi er nødt til at støtte dem i det spørgsmål. Det er vores forpligtelse i henhold til Lomékonventionen, og derfor er det rigtigt - hvad der også tidligere er blevet nævnt - at nedfælde bestemmelser i en aftale om klageadgang for disse små øer.
In fact, the two great questions that arise today are these: whether the agricultural and commercial policies of the European Union can have a future within the new world organization; and whether the actions of the European Union in dealings with its partners in the developing countries can bring a new structure and a new framework to the machinery of international regulation, rather than being swept aside by the interests of a few big international undertakings.
Vi skal sørge for, at de sociale vilkår opretholdes, fordi befolkningen tit er 100 % afhængig af denne produktion, at der produceres økologisk, og at de har mulighed for at anke.
As somebody said, the statement from the Council representative was rather perplexing, but hearing the position of the Commissioner, Mr Fischler, I am satisfied that he seems to have recognized the magnitude of the problem.
For det nuværende system er efter vor mening også en ulempe for de europæiske importører.
One representative from Hong Kong, one representative from Switzerland and one representative from Australia.
Min gruppe er af den opfattelse, at vi skal lægge stor vægt på fair trade banana, bananer, som produceres med en bæredygtig produktionsmetode, og som kommer fra lande, hvor menneskerettighederne overholdes osv. Det må kunderne kunne genkende.
I do not want to judge them unfairly, but I have to say that these are three countries which do not exactly have very pro-European feelings, and they certainly would not be accepted without discussion by any court. I do not contest the existence of courts but I should at least like to see impartial judges sitting on them.
Moreau (GUE/NGL). - (FR) Hr. formand, WTO-panelet har netop erklæret, at den fælles markedsordning for bananer ikke er i overensstemmelse med reglerne for den internationale handel, og det er sket på baggrund af en klage fra USA på vegne af deres multinationale bananselskaber, som dominerer verdensmarkedet.
Wynn (PSE). - Mr President, I wish to begin by saying that the statement by Commissioner Fischler is indeed to be welcomed - with the rider given by Mr Hindley. I suggest that the message relayed by the Commissioner be sent forthwith to the traditional producers, simply to give them some encouragement and hope for the future.
Hory (ARE). - (FR) Hr. formand, konklusionerne fra panelet om den fælles markedsordning for bananer skaber naturligvis særdeles store handelsproblemer for de euro pæiske producenter og de traditionelle producenter i de bananproducerende AVS-lande.
The common organization of the banana market has not had a moment's peace in its short life: it has been subject to all kinds of attacks, both in the legal arena and in the battle for public opinion.
Denne beslutning er uacceptabel. Hvis den gennemføres, er det et alvorligt slag mod AVS-landene og de regioner i Fællesskabet, der fremstiller bananer, såsom de franske oversøiske departementer.
During our visit to the Windward Islands last week, Mrs Kinnock, Mr Thomas and myself felt the enormous responsibility that the people of these islands were placing upon us.
Endvidere betyder det store problemer på det økonomiske og sociale plan i Unionens medlemsstater.
They are desperate for help to combat the WTO ruling, an action that had the full might of the American Government behind it
Men denne nye episode i handelskrigen, der allerede har varet længe, viser også, at der er en konflikt mellem to udviklingsopfattelser i WTO og også i Den Europæiske Union.
Euro pean producers have been satisfied, supplies to the mar kets have been guaranteed, prices have been maintained within the logical contingencies of the market and the European consumer has not suffered in any way since the Regulation came into force.