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"Mr President, Commissioner, rapporteur, I shall be brief for two reasons. Firstly, I find it rather silly having the same debate here with exactly the same people for the third time in plenary. The second reason is perhaps more important, however, and strikes a very positive note. This can scarcely be called a debate; these are statements by people who actually agree with each other to a large extent. That is the nice thing about the procedure we have been through since, during the first reading, that was absolutely not the case. During the discussion we have gradually come closer together. In that respect, we are a strong Parliament and a strong delegation in the negotiations. As a result, the major aspects that we put forward have actually emerged. It is no coincidence that the rapporteur should have dwelt at length on the concept of individual producer responsibility. I shall not expand on it yet again, but it is of crucial importance. It constitutes a precedent and it is the way in which we must proceed in the months and years ahead in our environmental policy. And yet, I should like to set that straight. It is not a matter of collective organisation, but of collective funding.
I should like to mention a few other points that are important because none of them have been fully achieved. I am thinking, for example, of binding targets. It is true that we have binding targets, but we had to rein in the level of these. We went from 6 to 4 kilograms. I do not wish to make a particularly big issue of this, for the simple reason that I have seen how in my country, Belgium, we have managed, in one year in Flanders, to collect 4 kilos and are increasing that figure at an extremely fast rate. I am also saying this to my British fellow MEPs. I should like to invite them to Belgium. We are not top of the class in the environmental field, but, as regards waste prevention and waste recycling, we are. We are doing that to tight deadlines. If the political will is there, you can meet tight deadlines. That is why binding targets are good in themselves.
What I find particularly deplorable is the question of exporting. We simply export a host of problems. In that respect, we have not achieved our target for legal reasons. I accept this regretfully, but I think we must ensure that this problem is solved through other means.
I conclude with a final point that I personally have always defended, namely recycling. The principle is contained in the directive. I hope that, next time, we shall be able to achieve concrete targets regarding recycling too. It remains for me to thank the rapporteur and my fellow MEPs most warmly for the pleasant cooperation we have enjoyed in the course of the night. I learned a lot and enjoyed myself greatly."@en1
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