Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-13-Speech-2-178"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-13"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011113.9.2-178"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-13-Speech-2-1792
lpv:speaker	lp:Theodorus J.J. Bouwman2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-12-16--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Jarzembowski, thank you for all your work, but we have not reached our goal yet. Particularly since the Green Paper actually asked for something else on behalf of Parliament and its handling than what we have now received, namely a consideration of the competition ports instead of ports. Why? If we look at the various coastlines in Europe, and I can think of a few, there are two, maybe six, seven or eight major ports located within a few hundred kilometres of each other, where competition is mainly generated from that small distance between the ports. Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam, and so it goes on. The same happens in the Mediterranean in the south. However, this leads to distorted competition which does not really benefit us. So that is the first problem. It also leads to overcapacity and the funding of this overcapacity. That too is a thorn in our side, and we should like to see common guidelines in this respect. This, in turn, impacts on the environment, it results in an excessive use of space and generates all kinds of additional problems which we as Greens are also being faced with to a considerable extent. In terms of competition among ports, we would therefore actually like to propose more transparency and that a reasonable amount of thought be given to state aid. We would sooner call for coordination ports, which we would like to add to the objectives of this study along with transparency, and not only the opening of competition ports, which has been the subject of discussion thus far. If we turn our attention to competition within ports, as is formulated here, we would particularly like to see the pilotage scrapped for safety and environmental reasons. I believe that we can rely on majority backing for this. We also believe it would be wise to delete the handling of cargo, since it does not in any way benefit competition. Finally, following on from transparency, we call for autonomous research to be carried out. This research should be autonomous vis-à-vis, yet commissioned by, Parliament."@en1
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