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13-03-<strong>2002</strong> 45<br />

Some Members of this House took a ridiculous approach in saying I should be recommending that people eat more<br />

oranges and vegetables. Take the ex<strong>am</strong>ple of pregnant women. They would have to eat a lot of broccoli to get the <strong>am</strong>ount<br />

of folic acid they actually need, so such an argument is ridiculous. What has happened here today has played right into the<br />

hands of the pharmaceutical industry, which will now have more customers because more people are going to fall ill.<br />

It is also an assault on individual Member States' policies. If the Member States do not have a lenient policy in their<br />

countries they should change it and not force the rest of us to drag our standards down to theirs.<br />

3-127<br />

Banotti (PPE-DE). - Mr Presi<strong>den</strong>t, I supported the <strong>am</strong>endments to the Müller report, though every fibre of my being<br />

wanted to deliver a body blow to Dr Rath - spelled r-a-t? - and his minions, who have placed this Parli<strong>am</strong>ent under siege<br />

not just for the past few months, but for a year. I would also join with Ms McKenna in saying that vit<strong>am</strong>ins - which I<br />

personally, as a nurse, do not regard as a food supplement - are on free sale in our country and that I have never yet heard<br />

of anybody overdosing on vit<strong>am</strong>in C or any other vit<strong>am</strong>in.<br />

For that reason - regretfully, because I would have done anything to defeat Dr Rath's purpose - I voted for the <strong>am</strong>endments<br />

which, unfortunately, were not passed. I agree with Ms McKenna that so far the free sale of these products - which, I<br />

repeat, I do not regard as food supplements - has not caused any problem, and I see no reason to interfere with that sale.<br />

3-128<br />

Thors (ELDR). - Mr Presi<strong>den</strong>t, may I just say that the whole discussion on this directive shows that there is an urgent<br />

need to make laws and rules clearer. There is a huge misunderstanding about how this is to be interpreted, when Article 4<br />

makes reference to annexes and other things. I urge us all to support better regulation.<br />

3-129<br />

Borghezio (NI). - Signor Presi<strong>den</strong>te, il Parl<strong>am</strong>ento europeo ha deliberato contro il diritto dei cittadini europei di poter<br />

usufruire senza alcuna restrizione di medicine naturali che sono del tutto sprovviste di effetti secondari. Si è cercato di far<br />

dimenticare a noi parl<strong>am</strong>entari europei una semplice verità, cioè che a memoria d'uomo nessuno è mai morto a causa delle<br />

vit<strong>am</strong>ine assunte, mentre è certo che lo stesso non può affermarsi in riferimento ai prodotti di sofisticati laboratori delle<br />

multinazionali del farmaco, come insegna il caso della Lipobay. Vi sono decine di migliaia di malati di cancro che stanno<br />

curandosi efficacemente con la vit<strong>am</strong>inoterapia associata a sostanze naturali come gli <strong>am</strong>minoacidi lisina e prolina.<br />

Questa direttiva, per sostenere richieste di una potente lobby delle multinazionali farmaceutiche, va pertanto contro un<br />

diritto sostanziale e l'interesse diffuso dei consumatori europei. Non a caso nella Commissione europea siede un membro<br />

del consiglio d'<strong>am</strong>ministrazione della numero due delle multinazionali del farmaco, il signor Bolkestein. Non è detto da<br />

nessuno che, certo, non è estraneo a questa direttiva che, in un colpo solo, colpisce a morte le piccole e medie imprese,<br />

sane, degli integratori alimentari e la libertà di scelta di cura di quattrocento milioni di europei.<br />

3-130<br />

Bordes et Laguiller (GUE/NGL), par écrit. – Nous sommes pour tout ce qui va dans le sens d'un rapprochement des<br />

législations nationales, particulièrement en ce domaine, si cela se traduit par une <strong>am</strong>élioration pour les consommateurs.<br />

Mais, ici, ce qui inspire le rapporteur et les auteurs de la plupart des <strong>am</strong>endements, ce n'est pas cela : ce sont d'abord, sinon<br />

exclusivement, les intérêts des groupes capitalistes produisant des compléments alimentaires. Et c'est si évi<strong>den</strong>t que, par<br />

exemple, le syndicat patronal français de ce secteur a adressé un fax à tous les députés européens dont l'intitulé est d'un<br />

franc cynisme puisqu'il dit ceci: "Les professionnels français des compléments alimentaires remercient d'avance leur<br />

représentation au Parlement européen de voter en faveur de la directive".<br />

Eh bien, que ceux qui sont "la représentation" de ces gens-là votent ce rapport et la directive ! Nous, nous n'avons voté<br />

qu'un seul <strong>am</strong>endement : celui qui rejetait ce texte en bloc.<br />

3-131<br />

Grossetête (PPE-DE), par écrit. – De nombreux citoyens européens consomment des vit<strong>am</strong>ines et des compléments<br />

minéraux.<br />

Aussi, dans le cadre d'une politique européenne en faveur du consommateur, il convient d'éviter toute dérive sur<br />

l'utilisation de ces substances, et de veiller à la qualité des produits proposés au consommateur.<br />

Cette recommandation répond à ces souhaits, not<strong>am</strong>ment en proposant un cadre juridique européen adéquat qui n'entrave<br />

pas la libre circulation de ces produits tout en garantissant pour le consommateur une protection accrue de sa santé et la<br />

garantie d'une information correcte et appropriée sur les produits disponibles.<br />

L'un des éléments déterminants concernant la sécurité de ces produits consiste dans le taux maximum de minéraux qu'ils<br />

contiennent. Aussi, la fixation de quantités maximales de vit<strong>am</strong>ines et de minéraux autorisés dans les compléments<br />

alimentaires est importante pour une utilisation mesurée de ces produits. En effet, les avis scientifiques montrent que

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