Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-10-Speech-4-020"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Detergents2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030410.1.4-020"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-10-Speech-4-0212
lpv:speaker	lp:Torben Lund2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3,3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I too think that this is a good proposal. It is important for us to guarantee free movement for detergents, but I think it is still more important that the detergents we put on the market should damage neither the environment nor people’s health and that, as consumers, we should always know the nature of the everyday items we buy in the shops. I am able to support the proposals concerning bans on the use of carcinogenic and other poisonous substances in detergents, and I am also able to support the supplementary proposal to the effect that the ban should include those chemicals that are difficult to break down, together with hormone-disturbing chemicals. I agree with the rapporteur that those Member States that have implemented restrictive rules governing the use of phosphates in detergents must be able to uphold these rules, and I think it is important for us now, at EU level too, to address the issue of phosphates. Where labelling is concerned, it is naturally important for us, as consumers, to be provided with information about the characteristics of substances included in detergents, including substances that cause allergies. With regard to the system of EC environmental labelling, I would point out that these substances are covered by this system, but apparently not all manufacturers think it worthwhile participating in it. To a large extent, they use their own labels, and I am therefore able to support Amendment No 48, based on the idea that, if other environmental labels are used, it must be stated in what way they differ from the EC’s official environmental label. Finally, I would say, on the subject of animal experiments, that I am fully able to support the amendments designed to restrict animal experiments. To the extent that there are any alternative methods at all, we must naturally try to use these and, ultimately, I also think we should put pressure on industry and manufacturers to develop alternative methods in those cases in which these still do not exist, so preventing as many animal experiments as is humanly possible."@en1

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