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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021010.1.4-012"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-10-Speech-4-0132
lpv:speaker	lp:Bill Newton Dunn2
lpv:spoken text	". – Mr President, I am not going to speak about lobsters, but I share the interests of the two previous speakers. Mr President, you know everything by definition, so you already know the opinion of the Industry Committee. In case there are any colleagues here who do not know, it is my role to report it. There was a broad spread of opinions in the Industry Committee, as I shall briefly describe. I will summarise a number of key points which our discussions centred around. First of all, perhaps most importantly, should the scheme be compulsory or should there be opt-outs or exemptions? There were a number of voices from certain national quarters asking for exemptions. Other committee members believed that if we allowed exemptions, everyone would ask for one and there would be no directive, so there was a dilemma there. There was also a concern that the benefits that the cutbacks already achieved in certain Member States will not necessarily be rewarded adequately. This should be taken care of. There was general agreement that from 2008 the directive should be compulsory. Regarding allocation of allowances, the Committee is against auctioning. It seems to be a waste of resources when the industry should be using it to cut back. The Committee is interested in including other sectors, even perhaps in transport and private housing, although this will be difficult to achieve. We are in favour of including the other five greenhouse gases, although measurement is an important question. On comitology and whether the Commission should be allowed to decide the future details, we are firmly, unanimously against. We want full co-decision for the next directive when it is proposed. We want the other parts of the world to pay attention because what we do is useless unless the Americans, Russians and Asians are involved as well. Finally, a personal point, the public should be allowed to buy quotas because we want to involve the citizens in European activities and in saving the world."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2000-11-29--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (2000-11-29--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Newton Dunn (ELDR ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy"1

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