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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	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021010.1.4-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-10-Speech-4-0292
lpv:speaker	lp:Anneli Hulthén2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-02-13--2003-01-31)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2003-01-31)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2003-01-31)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2003-01-31)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2003-01-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would also like to begin by signing up to Mr Moreira Da Silva’s fan club and thank him for an excellent job. I would also like to thank him for an excellent round table discussion yesterday evening, which I thought was level-headed and balanced and also made a great contribution to the debate. Also, I would like to express thanks for the Commission's document, which provides a very good basis. In view of the limited time available, perhaps we ought to have adopted the proposal unamended. Parliament has, however, proposed a number of amendments. I have some opinions about which aspects should be considered when we discuss systems for trading in emission rights. We have three commitments to take into account. We must ensure that climate change is reduced. We must ensure that our industry, for which this system was created, also has the opportunity to compete on equal terms. In addition, we have international commitments like the Kyoto Protocol to fulfil and maintain, and we cannot therefore change the basic rules. In order for the system to function, I think that the following six points must be complied with. The system must be simple; it must be administratively simple. We cannot create a complicated system that the participants, above all, businesses, do not understand. The system must obviously be mandatory. After all, we cannot create a playing field where some players say: ‘No, I do not want to join in right now, so I am quitting and sitting on the sidelines instead’. We have to know who will be included in the system, and it is obvious that it must involve countries and individual installations. I also think that it would have been desirable to allocate emission rights using an auction procedure. There are many views on how the allocation should proceed. The compromise now to be voted on is based on up to 95% allocation free of charge and 5% by auction during the first period, and I think that this is a good solution. This way, we have at least an element of auction, which fits better with the ‘polluter pays’ principle. It goes without saying that the emission ceiling must be binding and connected to an enforcement system. Just like the rapporteur, I think that the system should include more gases than just carbon dioxide. There has also been discussion as to whether it should be possible to carry over emission rights from year to year, and I think this is right. Enterprises that do not use up their emission rights during one year should be able to carry them over to the next year. We also need to highlight certain aspects and emphasise that this must be in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol. We cannot invent something new. Above all, I wish to urge the Council to ensure that it makes a decision on 17 October."@en1

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