Portal de Lorca

www.portaldelorca.com

Lorca - SpanishLorca - English
detail of Lorca

 

Hall and food industry believe that the new agreement from EU producers Lorca "sold" and sentenced to a "total wreck" (22/02/2012)

Around 7,000 families living in the agricultural sector lorquinas.

We are talking of 3,000 farms, which produce 400 million kilos of food products.

The new agreement will mean the destruction of 90% of this wealth and jobs.

February 22, 2012.

Councilman Agriculture Hall of Lorca, Angel Mecca, appeared at a press conference this morning with President of Alimer, Julian Diaz, and the President of the Irrigation Community, Julian Marin, with whom he has offered the balance of the meeting held in the afternoon yesterday in the Municipal between the City Council and representatives of food industry (Coag, Upa, Asaja Proexport unexport, Community of Irrigators and almost all agricultural cooperatives).

Angel Mecca noted that the situation facing producers in our region is described by the professionals themselves as "total destruction".

Councilman stated that "the general feeling is anger. The meeting we had in yesterday afternoon served to us to have a clear definition of the situation we face. We are in an extreme context. All products exported from Guadalentín the valley are hurt, which is a mortal blow to our agriculture. "

The stakeholders and the City have agreed a motion, the text will be written by those affected, and that requires the EU to prepare an economic impact report that this agreement will have.

Angel Mecca recalled that "from the public and industry representatives, and ask at the time (before the ratification of this" cursed "agreement) that the EU should develop a document of this type. It is inexcusable that has been ratified pact without even evaluating the consequences will be. We want to assess this impact for two reasons, first because we have a document on which to work to know what we hold (although we can already glimpse what will happen) and, secondly, we want the EU to realize the disaster that is going to lead and be aware of the temerity to have committed.

The motion, which will be raised to the next full City Council, also will travel to the Autonomous Region, Ministry of Agriculture and European Union.

Among its agreements also contemplates the requirement that products arriving in Spain have all the phytosanitary requirements.

Also be required, inter alia, on the EU to report on what working conditions are producing foods that are going to come from now, because consumers have a right to know what they are eating, where it has occurred and what conditions.

The industry requested a further meeting of the Observatory for the Defence of Agriculture

Councillor of Agriculture has reported that, at present, "around 7,000 families living in the agricultural sector lorquinas. We are talking of 3,000 farms, which produce 400 million kilos of food products. The new agreement will, as planned we handle the destruction of 90% of this wealth. This agreement will generate a lot of unemployment, since, in addition to direct employment (labor farmgate and further handling), also be destroyed and indirect jobs induced (transport, plant, workshops, administration ...). "

Mecca Angel said in this connection that "the new agreement makes it impossible for us to compete with the arrival of new products. In Lorca sector producers meet all health requirements and labor while away from Spain all know how is occurring and under what conditions. not taken into account working conditions which exist in those countries. In this situation we can not compete with products such as artichoke, melon, watermelon, broccoli, tomato, lettuce and citrus (among others). First the situation created, the food industry officials have asked us to meet the Observatory for the Defence of Agriculture to serve as speaker of their claims. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

Notice
UNE-EN ISO 9001:2000 - ER-0131/2006 Región de Murcia
© 2024 Alamo Networks S.L. - C/Alamo 8, 30850 Totana (Murcia) Privacy policy - Legal notice - Cookies
Este sitio web utiliza cookies para facilitar y mejorar la navegación. Si continúas navegando, consideramos que aceptas su uso. Más información