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EU urges Romania to implement health rules faster
BUCHAREST, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Romania must implement European Union veterinary and food safety rules faster if it wants to enter the bloc in 2007, EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said on Tuesday.
The EU has repeatedly warned the Balkan state in recent weeks it must tackle key reforms before a crucial European Commission monitoring report in October or face the risk of a one-year delay in its accession.
"My presence here is to alert, to ring a bell of alarm that time is running out but also to encourage Romanian authorities to continue the effort," Kyprianou told journalists after his two-day visit to Bucharest. "Every day, every week counts."
He said Brussels was happy with the progress Romania had made in bringing its rules on animal health and food safety into line with EU legislation, but said implementing them would be much more difficult for the ex-communist state.
Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria, both hoping to join the bloc in 2007, are both under pressure from the EU, mainly for failing to fight endemic corruption and crime.
The Commission's report, due out on Oct. 25, will evaluate their progress, but EU diplomats say a decision on when they will join will probably be made next spring.
Kyprianou said the hardest health challenge for Romania will be the fight against swine fever, which has killed hundreds of pigs this year. The lack of food testing facilities is also a problem, and many meat processors will probably be unable to meet EU standards, he said.
EU countries have had several outbreaks of highly contagious animal diseases in recent years such as bird flu, foot-and-mouth disease and Classical Swine fever, leading to widespread slaughter of livestock.
(Additional reporting by Marius Zaharia)
09/13/05 15:50 ET
BUCHAREST, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Romania must implement European Union veterinary and food safety rules faster if it wants to enter the bloc in 2007, EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said on Tuesday.
The EU has repeatedly warned the Balkan state in recent weeks it must tackle key reforms before a crucial European Commission monitoring report in October or face the risk of a one-year delay in its accession.
"My presence here is to alert, to ring a bell of alarm that time is running out but also to encourage Romanian authorities to continue the effort," Kyprianou told journalists after his two-day visit to Bucharest. "Every day, every week counts."
He said Brussels was happy with the progress Romania had made in bringing its rules on animal health and food safety into line with EU legislation, but said implementing them would be much more difficult for the ex-communist state.
Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria, both hoping to join the bloc in 2007, are both under pressure from the EU, mainly for failing to fight endemic corruption and crime.
The Commission's report, due out on Oct. 25, will evaluate their progress, but EU diplomats say a decision on when they will join will probably be made next spring.
Kyprianou said the hardest health challenge for Romania will be the fight against swine fever, which has killed hundreds of pigs this year. The lack of food testing facilities is also a problem, and many meat processors will probably be unable to meet EU standards, he said.
EU countries have had several outbreaks of highly contagious animal diseases in recent years such as bird flu, foot-and-mouth disease and Classical Swine fever, leading to widespread slaughter of livestock.
(Additional reporting by Marius Zaharia)
09/13/05 15:50 ET
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