Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-15-Speech-2-044"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Electrical and electronic equipment2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010515.3.2-044"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-15-Speech-2-0452
lpv:speaker	lp:Heidi Hautala2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vihreät (1999-07-20--2003-03-25)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to join all those who have thanked the rapporteur here. He could actually be called Mr Producer Responsibility, as this was the second historical directive, the second historical achievement, in which the producer’s responsibility will be significantly incorporated in the European Union’s environment and product legislation. In this way we are also moving towards a new phase in environmental policy, which is one of already taking account of the demands of the environment at the product design stage. I have found that, as a result of this directive, large companies are now discussing how, for example, GSM telephones could be lighter - although they are certainly light already - how they could be easier to dismantle, and how all the harmful substances could be removed and then responsibly sent off as treatable waste. I would like to return to these harmful, hazardous substances. Our group would have liked to see rather more determined action to try to get rid of especially hazardous chemical substances. I will mention one example. Much has been said about product safety, which is a very important issue, and fire safety particularly so. There has been discussion on whether halogenated flame retardants should be banned in future. In our opinion, it is quite obvious that they are toxic, as they have, for example, led to a situation where mother’s milk contains double the amount of these halogenated chromium compounds every five years. There are alternatives to them, and we would like to see them banned more quickly and companies in this way being encouraged to start using harmless alternatives without, however, compromises being made with regard to product safety."@en1

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