Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-06-Speech-3-335"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Water policy2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000906.12.3-335"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-06-Speech-3-3362
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2002-03-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the commitment that has been obtained on the text of the new Water Framework Directive is generally positive, even though it contains certain controversial aspects, worthy of criticism, which can nevertheless be ironed out when the various studies, action plans and draft regulations provided for in the text we have just approved are drafted. It is a positive development that water management requirements are to be integrated into a single system – hydrological basin management, which is based more on geographical and hydrological areas than on administrative and national borders. This is a particularly important issue for Portugal, whose main rivers are shared with our neighbour, Spain. Equally positive is the statement that water is not a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other. This means, of course, that special measures must be put in place to protect a commodity that is publicly owned, whilst safeguarding the interests of the population, in particular, domestic water supply and agricultural activity, especially small farms and family-based holdings. The final text does state that Member States can attend to the social and economic effects on the affected area as well as the geographic and climatic conditions. This will enable Member States to deal with their different situations by means of established exceptions, which may nevertheless prove to be insufficient to cope with agricultural situations in the South, particularly where Portugal is concerned. We shall nevertheless pay close attention to the way this policy is implemented in practice in the years to come."@en1

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