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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Dangerous substances and preparations (c/m/r)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021010.3.4-047"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-10-Speech-4-0482
lpv:speaker	lp:Giuseppe Nistico'2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (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--2002-10-20)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I will be very brief, for we have discussed this report at length, and just highlight new points which have emerged from a very heated debate in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy. This is actually the twenty-third amendment of Council Directive 76/769 relating to restrictions on the marketing of substances classified as carcinogens, mutagens or substances toxic to reproduction – a directive, therefore, which seeks to protect consumers’ health and to harmonise the common market in products with the same characteristics. As stated in Annex I, the proposal relates to 25 new substances classified as category 2, 14 of which are considered to be carcinogens – cobalt salts, some cadmium salts, benzopyrene and some azoic dyes which have been recorded for years in literature as having carcinogenic properties have, at last, been included – three of which are considered to be mutagens and eight of which are considered to be toxic to reproduction. As well as substances such as these, the ban is extended by the Commission to preparations, that is to mixtures or solutions of these substances. The Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, particularly Mrs Schörling and a number of other Members, would like to see the ban extended to the marketing of products and articles containing these substances, such as toys, textiles or flooring, too. I would stress that I am opposed to the idea of extending the ban to products as well. Consider the damage it would cause, not just in economic, commercial and industrial terms but the psychological damage too, should people learn that one of these substances – an azoic dye, for example – is present in an elegant tie, whereas, in actual fact, the carcinogenic substances are never released from that tie and the health of the person wearing it is therefore never placed at risk. I will therefore confirm our position. We are opposed to Amendment No 1, tabled by Mrs Schörling, which was only endorsed by the Committee on the Environment by a very small majority and which states that ‘the Commission should extend the ban on substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction...to products...’. We are also opposed to the first part of Amendment No 2 – the first seven lines – which states once again that ‘...the ban should be extended...to products...’. However, we accept the second part of Amendment No 2, which seeks to put pressure on the Commission, recommending that the Commission submit a proposal to prohibit the use of products containing mutagenic or carcinogenic substances where there is scientific evidence that these dangerous substances are actually released from the products and absorbed and accumulated by the human body in concentrations with mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic effect. I believe that this recommendation will contribute greatly to the protection of consumer health and the environment, and I hope, Mr President, that the Commission and the Council will be able to incorporate it."@en1

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