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Thursday, 28 April 2005 - Brussels OJ edition

Human rights in the world 2004 and the EU's policy
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  Eugenijus Gentvilas (ALDE). (LT) Mr. President, a very good remark that it is necessary to talk about smuggling into Trans-Dniester. However, I believe that right here, at the edge of Europe, there is another source of smuggling, that is, the Kaliningrad region, from where large amounts of smuggled goods come into European Union countries. So far, they come in very large quantities to Lithuania and Poland. I really do not exclude the possibility, on which the experts also agree, that this contraband can also reach the old Member States of the European Union. First of all, this is contraband of excise goods. Therefore, our suggestion is to also include in paragraph 12 the Kaliningrad region as a particular risk, thus urging a stop to the flow of contraband from this territory into the countries of the European Union. Thank you.

 
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