Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-25-Speech-3-200"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Recreational craft2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020925.9.3-200"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-25-Speech-3-2012
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander de Roo2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I hail from a country abounding in water and I also have my home in Amsterdam near water. I can assure you that these boats make a hell of a racket and produce an awful lot of exhaust, much more so than cars. Why is that? Because we have considerably improved cars over the past ten, fifteen years. It is, in fact, on the initiative of the German and Swedish boat industry that this improvement is before us. The improvement, which will reduce noise and exhaust to some degree, has been adopted by the Commission. Unfortunately, we did not go far enough; we could have done much better, as Mrs Schleicher has already pointed out. The new technology is in place. Since it is not being used, we are forced to afford certain environmentally sensitive areas extra protection. I am also in favour of the internal market, but we should have used those very high standards that are technically possible. This will hopefully be done by way of the review clause. I am pleased though that the rapporteur has endorsed my amendments and that we are going to do something about lubricants. As a huge number of boats leak, a great proportion of lubricant seeps out. There is also organic lubricant, which also leaks, but which does not present a problem. Organic lubricant is used on the famous lake in the Alps, for example, which we talked about earlier, where it is compulsory. It should, in fact, be made compulsory, or at least be promoted, in many more cases. This should be feasible by means of a simple tax rule. We suggest that Member States consider this. I also suggest that the Commission considers this when we review this directive, because it would then be possible to provide for clean boats which hardly make any noise or hardly produce any exhaust, which do not leak, do not produce any annoying pools, that are not just ugly to look at but also harm the environment. All these boats combined emit an awful lot of this oil, and something could be done about it without too much effort. I hope that the Commissioner is prepared to consider this matter carefully during the review procedure."@en1

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