Statements by Dacian CIOLOS (Romania), Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Rural Development, during his hearing at EP in Brussels.

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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

CIOLOŞ, Dacian (Renew, RO)

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2010 Commissioners' hearings (T)

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Hearing of Dacian CIOLOS (Romania), Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Rural Development: extracts

Arrival in to the meeting room, handshake, (4 shots)

SOUNDBITE (Romanian), Dacian CIOLOŞ Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and rural development: "the Common Agricultural Policy does need to be reformed and needs to adopt better to present circumstances. With an EU of 27 member states the European agriculture sector of, the rural part of Europe has changed very much. We still do have diversity in agriculture and the farmers income need to be protected. Reform doesn't mean reducing financial support or giving up on certain instruments. For me it means adapting the system to new challenges".

SOUNDBITE (Romanian), Dacian CIOLOŞ Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and rural development, Regarding the milk sector, I think in the future we are going to have new mechanisms in order to not have an administrated control but a natural regulation within inside the sector. From this point of view the high level experts group taking place now within the EC it is essential to me. We have to involve the different sectors, the different actors, and find together the solutions".

SOUNDBITE (Romanian), Dacian CIOLOŞ Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and rural development,  Regarding the milk sector, I think in the future we are going to have new mechanisms in order to not have an administrated control but a natural regulation within inside the sector. From this point of view the high level experts group taking place now within the EC it is essential to me. We have to involve the different sectors, the different actors, and find together the solutions".

SOUNDBITE (Romanian), Dacian CIOLOŞ Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and rural development, On the investments measures and the adaptation of the farmers to the new challenges, its an important element because this kind of adaptation don't have to decrease the competitiveness of agriculture, so investment for modernisation. I also think that is the 1st pillar the manner that we will equilibrate the distribution of the direct payments could also contribute on this and in the international negotiations I think that we have to give the opportunity of our farmers to better use the opportunities on the international market.

SOUNDBITE (Romanian), Dacian CIOLOŞ Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and rural development, On the consumers have to be able to choose between GMO's and GMO's free products, and the farmers have to have the choice to plant with or without GMO's. This is a member states competence. Its the member states responsibility to implement and supervise and decide on the coexistent rules and to, implement those rules.

SOUNDBITE (Romanian), Dacian CIOLOŞ Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and rural development, Well, a farmer, he is actually a producer himself, and he can sometimes sell on loose if he could compensate with what he had win the previous years , and remain in activity. I think that there we have to find mechanisms so the farmers are not obliged to sell bellow production costs, but once again direct financial assistance is designed to help in such cases".