Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-20-Speech-3-081"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000920.7.3-081"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-20-Speech-3-0822
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne E. Jensen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as a number of speakers have already mentioned, falls from heights are among the most serious categories of industrial accident and, by means of this report which is a stage in the elaboration of the directive on minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment, we are setting to work on doing something about the problem. On behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, I should like to say that, overall, we regard the result as progress. The main features of the rules we are proposing to introduce in this area seem to be clear and, at the same time, appear to take due account of the fact that businesses will have to be able to make the rules work in practice and on a day-to-day basis. For we need to remember that, however commendable and laudable the purpose behind what we are adopting, the consequences will not necessarily always be as we hope, and our objective must therefore always be to formulate rules which are as simple and precise as possible and to ensure that there is room for the flexibility needed in the labour market. I believe that our rapporteur, Peter Skinner, has striven to find this balance between the desire for clear rules and the need for flexibility and diversity. He deserves a lot of thanks for this, as well as for his method of working. aimed at building consensus. However, I believe that it will also be important in the future to work on reducing the risk of accidents by acquiring greater knowledge of how such accidents happen. How many accidents are we talking about? When do they occur? How do they happen? What can we do to prevent them? I believe that the work begun with the European Agency for Health and Safety in Bilbao will make a positive contribution to a reduction in the accident figures as we find the answers to these questions and use them constructively. This is a proper path to go down: the authorities cooperating with the two sides of industry."@en1

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