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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Breast implants2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030213.3.4-045"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-13-Speech-4-0462
lpv:speaker	lp:Kathleen Van Brempt2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-02-05--2003-09-28)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2003-09-28)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2003-09-28)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2000-01-13--2003-09-28)3 member; PES (2000-01-13--2003-09-28)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with a few exceptions, including the last speaker – perhaps the fact that he is a man has something to do with it – there is significant consensus among the political groups on this subject. It is for good reason that it is mainly women who are speaking here. I do not think that this has anything to do with personal experience but rather with the fact that we do, after all, feel a close bond with the thousands of women who submitted the petition to Parliament. It was not that we woke up one morning and said: we must regulate this. The question came from grass roots level and on this basis we have already spent a long time working on creating a good Community framework. I would also like to thank Mrs Stihler very much for her excellent report, and also the Commissioner who I hope will soon present the report from the Member States, as he promised a moment ago. I hope that he will also work hard on following up what we recommend today. Without wanting to repeat what has already been said, I would just briefly like to ask what is particularly important, and what our starting points are. Our main aim is to see patients protected. We do not want to patronise them; we want to protect them. That is crucial. We do not want a ban; a woman must be able to decide for herself in good faith whether she wants breast implants or not. What we do want is to ensure that she is properly informed and that she knows what the disadvantages and potential dangers of a breast implant are. We want to guarantee that. That is why we have such a problem with advertising. This is not the same as selling a coffee machine; this is about a medical intervention. We do not want women to be persuaded to change their breasts on the basis of misleading advertising. Why is compulsory registration so important? In Europe we know too little about breast implants, we know too little about the dangers, we know too little about where these women are and what the consequences are. That is why proper registration is essential. Finally, protecting the patient. Yes, protecting young people, yes, making sure that they are given time to think things over."@en1

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