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Francisco Jodar has confirmed that "the best thing for us is that the agreement be rejected permanently, because their application places the entire food industry in our region in a critical situation."
The mayor lorquino anticipated that it will convene a further meeting of the Centre for Agriculture to move the developments in the field, and indicated that "we must continue to exert maximum pressure to which this agreement is only a bad dream."
Lorca's mayor, Francisco Jodar has described as "excellent news" that the European Union, at the request of the People's Party MEP, has left paralyzed agreements on exports of agricultural products between the EU and Morocco.
It should be remembered that this is of agreements that were very harmful to agricultural food products Lorca, since allowing the entry of larger quantities of agricultural products from Morocco to Spain, also extending the time frame of arrival of these exports.
The situation in which Lorca farmers were under such an environment has been considered by the mayor Lorca as "critical", while the suspension of this agreement is "a victory for the food industry."
Lorca The mayor explained that the cessation of this agreement was made possible thanks to the initiative put on the table by the People's Party MEP in Brussels, this has required an impact study on the impact it could have for Community producers extension of concessions on agricultural exports from that country.
This same group has demanded further that analyze in detail if you really fulfill the agreement currently in force.
An agreement rejected by all except by the Minister of Agriculture and the PSOE
Lorca's mayor has stated that "the pressure of popular Spanish MEPs has been crucial to stay the execution of this agreement. Of course, an agreement that we opposed all, agricultural unions, exporters, industry professionals all but the food ... Minister of Agriculture and the PSOE, which have not kept pace and have failed to defend the interests of Spain and supported a bad deal for our farmers. "
Francisco Jodar has detailed, as has been known for MEP Popular Group sources, most members of the Agriculture Committee of the Parliament are also supporters to reject or postpone the ratification of the new agricultural agreement with Morocco until he is proved how it will affect the Community producers, especially in sensitive products for Spanish agriculture as tomatoes and citrus.
Lorca's mayor has said that "under these agreements, the coincidence of production schedules with Spain, and the proximity of these Mediterranean countries to the EU market are causing great damage to the food sector Lorca. We're talking serious damage producers of tomatoes, peppers, squash, watermelons, stone fruit, grapes, citrus and strawberries, among others.
Jodar, "made no sense to approve a new agreement because it did not even meet the previous"
It should be recalled in this connection that, following a complaint by the Spanish Federation of Producers and Exporters of fruits and vegetables (FEPEX), the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament asked the EU executive to amend the regulation on input prices imports from third countries as it gives rise to irregularities.
He also noted that a 2007 report prepared by the Office of Anti-Fraud Commission (OLAF) confirmed the existence of fraud in Moroccan exports of tomatoes.
Given these facts, Lorca's mayor has asked "what use is a new deal when you know that the former is not met?".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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