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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Electrical and electronic equipment2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020409.11.2-255"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-09-Speech-2-2562
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2002-06-30)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Thank you, Mr President. I should like to congratulate Mr Florenz on his report. I support the thrust of his approach. However, there are a few points with regard to which we must continue to keep a check on reality. I am talking about light bulbs, television tubes and fire retardants. Light bulbs only have a limited impact on the environment. The separate collection of these is not environmentally effective. It is therefore not sensible to ban lead in the glass of light bulbs. This would result in light bulbs becoming very fragile, which would be a problem, particularly during manufacture. For reasons of safety, I am in favour of the use of lead in television tubes. If we were to prohibit lead in these, we could definitely expect more accidents to happen. In actual fact, the same applies to fire retardants. I am in favour of the ban on brominated fire retardants, which have clearly been demonstrated to be harmful. However, I believe that to prohibit all fire retardants would be taking matters one step too far. The disposal of gases with a considerable global-warming potential is not very effective. The contribution which would be made to controlling the greenhouse effect is virtually zero. Moreover, I should like to call attention to the risk of electronic waste being dumped in countries outside the European Union under the guise of re-use. The Member States must therefore ensure that only usable electrical and electronic equipment which will actually be re-used is exported to countries outside the European Union. Finally, I should like to ask the European Commission, namely Mrs Wallström, when she will be reviewing the batteries directive. The European Commission’s argument has always been that this review proposal could become a reality as soon as the proposal for a directive on electronic waste has been drafted. I hope that this is now the last time I will have to prompt the European Commission on this matter."@en1

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