Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-02-Speech-1-056"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Packaging and packaging waste2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020902.6.1-056"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-02-Speech-1-0572
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Grossetête2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2002-08-29--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Démocratie libérale (1999-07-20--2002-11-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Here we are again talking about waste and saying that the 1994 directive has had the desired impact, although the results differ between countries, between regions, between town and countryside. The progress made is clear to see. The Commission’s proposal seeking to improve the directive’s objectives would, nevertheless, appear quite appropriate. I can therefore only support this step for, in view of the difficulties encountered in the field with regard to the treatment of waste, particularly the treatment of packaging waste, it would seem premature to want to undertake a more in-depth review of the text. There is only one essential demand Parliament must make in this matter, and that is for realism, for our goal is to facilitate the treatment of packaging waste as far as we can and, even before packaging reaches the market, to provide for waste packaging which does the least possible harm to our environment. We therefore need an integrated policy for products and their packaging. Moreover, we must look for outlets for our waste. Recycling is often problematic and it is therefore necessary to apply the principle of prevention and to limit the volume of packaging. Our legislation must, quite simply, integrate prevention, but it also needs to be simpler and more flexible. Some of the definitions used in the directive are also clarified, but the main problem at European level remains the harmonisation of definitions. That became quite clear when Parliament was examining the texts. Quite apart from the problem of waste packaging, it is essential that an in-depth reform is carried out and that the answer to a simple question – ‘What constitutes waste?’ – is found. The problem of waste in Europe is fundamental – for the Community institutions, for the national governments, for local authorities, for companies and for our fellow citizens, who have a key role to play. Perhaps we should be working towards a framework directive on waste."@en1

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