Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-05-Speech-3-357"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000705.10.3-357"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-05-Speech-3-3582
lpv:speaker	lp:Karin Scheele2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, EMAS is to be revised, and my Group and I are very much in favour of its scope being extended. I do believe, however, that the examples of Austria and Germany to which the previous speaker, Mr Schnellhardt, has already referred, show that it is no coincidence that the countries where participation levels are highest are among the proponents of the tabled position, in which adherence to the existing environmental provisions and the use of the best available technology are seen as key instruments for improving companies' efficiency in the use of natural resources and their protection of the environment. Accordingly, I should like to give my wholehearted support to those amendments that call for the use of the best available technology as well as to canvass your support for Amendment No 12, which lays special emphasis on compliance with existing environmental provisions. I am well aware, of course, that there must be incentives to encourage wider participation in this scheme. For all that, I believe that the credibility of this eco-audit scheme can only be guaranteed if we set our own high standards rather than pursuing the opposite strategy of alignment with the ISO standard. My Group also attaches particular importance to the participation of employees and their representatives. I accept the rapporteur's proposal – we came to an agreement on this today – that an oral amendment be moved tomorrow in order to make it clear that we also accept the compromise on the involvement of employees and their representatives, in other words the reduction of such involvement to the works level. In my view, this will represent a major step forward in the implementation of EMAS, not only in terms of its democratic credentials but also from a managerial point of view. I shall waive the remainder of my speaking time, which should certainly put me in the President's good books!"@en1

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