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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	I take issue with the reference to fisheries being a sector in decline. If you want the continuance, take every reference to Vivian Smith out of that book. Take out the reference to the future time they've come from. Take out any reference to Edward Skur? The EESC takes the reference to simplification as an indication of the Commission's intention to improve the quality as opposed to the quantity of the information provided to consumers. I trust that all Europe's media will now take up your reference to Ilma Kaulina from Riga, who believes in Europe's future. I can accept Amendment No 9 to the extent that I can take up the reference to the new framework regulation. Publication shall take the form of references to such ESARRs in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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I take issue with the reference to fisheries being a sector in decline.
If you want the continuance, take every reference to Vivian Smith out of that book.
Take out the reference to the future time they've come from.
Take out any reference to Edward Skur?
The EESC takes the reference to simplification as an indication of the Commission's intention to improve the quality as opposed to the quantity of the information provided to consumers.
I trust that all Europe's media will now take up your reference to Ilma Kaulina from Riga, who believes in Europe's future.
I can accept Amendment No 9 to the extent that I can take up the reference to the new framework regulation.
Publication shall take the form of references to such ESARRs in the Official Journal of the European Union.