Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-15-Speech-4-132"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011115.5.4-132"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-15-Speech-4-1332
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Moreira Da Silva2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-11--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2000-02-17--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	"I am delighted, not only with the content of the European Commission’s new policy on chemicals, but also with the importance it is attaching to this policy, as clearly demonstrated in the strategy approved by the European Union for the ‘Rio+10’ Conference, which is due to take place in 2002. I welcome, in particular, the following points: 1) A complete ban, within a generation, in other words by 2020, of discharges and emissions into the environment of all dangerous substances. 2) The creation of a single system for the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH), replacing the current system that treats new substances and existing ones differently. 3) The adoption of the precautionary principle, through reversing the burden of proof for substances that cause great concern. It will now fall to the manufacturer to prove that a product is not dangerous. I welcome the Schörling report but prefer, where the tonnage threshold is concerned, the position of the European Commission. This system, if it proves feasible, will protect Europe’s citizens. Using the same system to evaluate substances produced in volumes below and above one tonne per year will make the system too cumbersome and, therefore, contrary to objectives that have been defined."@en1

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