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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environmental legislation2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000314.15.2-324"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-14-Speech-2-3252
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Moreira Da Silva2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-11--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2000-02-17--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are too many projects and programmes funded by the EU that do not comply with the objectives of sustainable development and nature conservation required by the Treaties and by secondary legislation. It is easy to demonstrate this: on the one hand, we allocate almost half of our resources to agriculture, but we nevertheless continue to fund an intensive form of farming designed to achieve high levels of productivity, whatever the cost, ignoring the support available for organic farming and extensive farming. On the other hand, we spend a third of our resources on the Structural Funds, but the projects funded under those funds are the first to contravene directives on habitats. Portugal is a perfect example of what I have just been talking about, and as it is a perfect example, it merits a thorough explanation. In Portugal there is not only no definitive list of protected sites of Community importance for inclusion in the Natura 2000 network, but even though it is compulsory, there are no plans, rules or mechanisms for the management and protection of sites that have already been selected. In other words, the Portuguese sites that already form part of the Natura 2000 network are completely at the mercy of unscrupulous groups of financiers and construction companies, because of the lack of instruments to protect them. The most serious case is that of the tourist development that has been approved for the Abano area of the Sintra-Cascais national park, and I call on the Commission to intervene in this as a matter of urgency. In Portugal, however, it is the state itself that is currently preparing to carry out projects, some of which are being funded by the Structural Funds, for sites which have been or will be classified by the EU as part of the Natura 2000 network. Unfortunately, what is happening in Portugal is not unique – it is merely a good example. I therefore hope that the Commission will bring its legal authority to bear and refuse to approve any funding for the third Community support framework until Member States send in their lists for the Natura 2000 network."@en1

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