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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Substances that deplete the ozone layer2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991213.10.1-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-13-Speech-1-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Guido Sacconi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2001-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there is no doubt that the regulation in question is extremely important. With this regulation, the European Union is establishing the means and time periods for the progressive elimination of the substances which deplete the ozone layer, and I can assure you that I do not underestimate the danger of the current situation at all. The drive to further speed this up, set in motion by Parliament at first reading, has been broadly accepted by the Council. Despite this, Mrs Hulthén’s report again re-submits amendments which were not adopted, which indiscriminately anticipate the dates of bans on the production, marketing and use of the various substances. In general, it is a question of an approach, or rather, a commendable intention consistent with the Montreal Protocol which, however, at the same time, does not take some facts into account: firstly, the fact that the other countries that are signatories of the Protocol, including the United States, anticipate longer time periods for ending the production of hydrochlorofluorocarbons; secondly, hydrochlorofluorocarbons are, given the current state of knowledge, the only real alternative in the field of fire-fighting, to halogens, the main destroyers of the ozone layer, which are still widely used in developing countries. We are not convinced either, by the inflexibility that the report wants to maintain regarding methyl bromide. I am sorry that the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection did not want to seek a reasonable compromise based on the principle of realism. At times, we have the impression that, according to one interpretation of protecting the environment, the asserting of principles, if not flying the environmental flag, is ultimately more important than the actual result. The European Union has to be at the cutting edge, it has even been said this evening, but, as regards restoring the ozone layers in the stratosphere, and similarly, controlling the greenhouse effect, the result cannot be measured on the basis of Europe’s speed, but only by taking an overall view. For these reasons, the common position of the Council, even if it is not completely satisfactory, certainly seems more balanced."@en1

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