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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Energy efficiency for ballasts for fluorescent lighting2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000120.4.4-055"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-20-Speech-4-0562
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are discussing a report on a very technical subject, but it is of immense importance, both for energy conservation and, furthermore, for employment in Europe. The rapporteur has worked hard to discover the effects of energy policies in the report but, at the same time, has paid insufficient attention to the fact that if the recommendations in the report were adopted the result for Europe would be unemployment, mostly in Germany, but also in Finland, Austria, Italy and Spain. Fluorescent lighting uses two types of reactor, which have an effect on energy efficiency. Magnetic reactors produce a lot of light and heat. In northern countries this heat conserves heat energy and is not just wasted. Electronic reactors produce more light and less heat, and they are clearly superior to magnetic reactors from the point of view of energy efficiency. Theirs will be the future if they can be made as economically competitive as magnetic reactors. Philips has certainly quite rightly invested in this sort of technology. Its products, however, should not be the only ones to be recognised as European standards through political pressure. Mr Turmes in his report proposes banning magnetic reactors in fluorescent lighting, unlike the Commission or the Council. If the report were adopted, Parliament’s position would destroy the industry as far as Europe is concerned. Elsewhere in the world they would certainly manufacture and use magnetic reactors, which are necessary in the sort of natural environment that I come from. Only magnetic reactors can be used in the cold and damp. The production of magnetic reactors would move from Europe to the developing countries, as a result of the ban. The USA has already experienced this. If we want to keep jobs in Europe, Mr Turmes’ report cannot be adopted with regard to the amendments made by Mr Westendorp y Cabeza. The production costs relating to electronic reactors are many times those of the magnetic ones, and the conservation of nature should also be examined from the point of view of the use and recycling of materials."@en1

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