Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-01-Speech-1-072"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-07-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Biofuels2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020701.5.1-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-01-Speech-1-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Jaime Valdivielso De Cué2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, firstly, I would very much like to congratulate Mrs Ayuso on the excellent work she has done. As you know, the aim of this directive in terms of taxes is to establish a Community framework which allows Member States to apply a differentiated tax system which favours biofuels. In terms of the content of its directive, the European Commission is proposing a series of measures which, on the whole, are balanced and well-structured. However, I believe that we should allow each Member State the greatest possible freedom to set the level of reduction of special taxes, that is, to promote this type of fuel and not to establish a minimum level of tax. I believe that each country of the European Union is going to try over the next few years to achieve the reduction in CO2 emissions we have set for 2020 within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol and, according to their circumstances, some will put more emphasis on the use of biofuels and others on wind power, etc. For this reason, I believe it is essential to make this directive more flexible. Furthermore, it goes without saying that each Member State is sovereign when it comes to deciding the extent to which in their particular case it pays to lose income via special taxes if that leads to a reduction in CO2 emissions. In the same way, I fear that this will be the only way to move this proposal forward within the Council, where, as you know, there is a great divide on this issue. With regard to the policy on interinstitutional information and transparency, in general, I am very much in favour – particularly on issues relating to the environment, with regard to which there is great sensitivity, which seems doubly important – of our all being informed punctually of the development of the various programmes."@en1

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