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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	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021010.1.4-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-10-Speech-4-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Samuli Pohjamo2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Union’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is justified, but the solution – as is often the case with EU decisions – is bureaucratic and costly. More attention has been focused on the minutiae of the scheme than actually reducing emissions. Furthermore, it treats different Member States unfairly, depending on such matters as industrial structure and the structure of energy production as well as how much has already been done to reduce emissions. We all agree about what our aim should be. The Kyoto commitments must be fulfilled. There has been a lot of criticism of the emissions trading scheme. It will be especially difficult for steel mills struggling in the global market that have plans for expansion and have already done a lot to reduce emissions. A poor proposal was put forward by the Commission, the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy made a lot of improvements to it, but they got watered down when the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy debated it. I hope that when we vote we will be able to improve the proposal by approving changes to it that will allow a less rigid opt-out practice and exclude carbon dioxide from raw materials from the calculation of allowances. I do not believe that auctions and burden sharing ceilings by country are appropriate in this connection. The telecommunications sector showed us that auctions are not to be recommended. The problems associated with emissions trading apply to many industrial sectors throughout Europe. Thousands of jobs in industry are involved. The danger is that production will move somewhere else, where it will cause more pollution."@en1

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