Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-11-Speech-2-069"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human blood and blood components2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.5.2-069"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-0702
lpv:speaker	lp:Eija-Riitta Korhola2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Suomen kristillisdemokraatit rp (2001-05-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, right at the outset it has to be said that my colleague, Mr Nisticò, as rapporteur, has done some excellent work in his improvement of the articles on the issue of safety in this directive. It is of the utmost importance for all EU citizens that the single market in blood and blood products that has been set as an objective cannot work without reliable safety standards. At the same time, however, it must be said that we have managed to reach agreement on how levels of safety can still be substantially increased by making unremunerated blood donation a fundamental principle. The Council of Europe has undertaken some important work to increase safety with regard to blood donations and promote the principle of non-remuneration. This would not prohibit the payment of travel expenses and compensation for lost working time, which is important for donors of plasma in particular, who often have to travel to another area and give up a lot of their time. It is a good principle for the EU too, but if we are just going to be satisfied with making recommendations to Member States regarding practices in the manner of the Council of Europe we shall have lost something essential in our role as legislator. If, on the other hand, we give Member States the right to refuse imports of blood and blood products that have been donated for payment from second and third countries we shall at the same time be weakening the basis of the original aim of the whole directive, the creation of a single market. Community legislation is generally of a high quality and easily manages to control even the small details of human life – too small, one is tempted to say. One cannot help but wonder why this particular directive was unable to distinguish ordinary blood donations from others, such as plasma donations. In the case of the former, we could have introduced an absolute ban on remuneration without any need for exceptions and, regarding the latter, we could have permitted remuneration as long as the shortage of plasma and other special products make it necessary. I shall wait for the Commission to submit a new proposal in which this important detail can be corrected."@en1

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