Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group. – (ES) Mr President, the Commission has made a great effort to adapt the internal system for bananas to changing circumstances. I believe that we must congratulate the Commission on that effort, which will essentially make it possible for Community banana producers to survive in very difficult circumstances.

As Mr Fruteau, the rapporteur for this report, pointed out, there is still concern about a possible future change to the common organisation of the markets in bananas externally.

The Commissioner has mentioned certain guarantees with regard to the Commission’s monitoring of this issue, but as a Member of this Parliament I feel obliged to point out our concern, which is enshrined in certain amendments that have been presented in the Fruteau report and that I hope will be approved by Parliament tomorrow.

In short, Mr President, I believe that Parliament will be able to approve this report tomorrow and probably some of the fundamental amendments, but the most important thing — I repeat — is that we can count on the Commission to carry on protecting the banana sector in the future.