Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-13-Speech-2-019"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-05-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environmental liability2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030513.2.2-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-05-13-Speech-2-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Francesco Fiori2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to start by expressing my heartfelt thanks – not just a routine thank-you – to Mr Manders, the rapporteur, and to Mrs Niebler for the enormous amount of work they have done. I would then like to make two points: one specific and the other general. The specific point is also a response to some of the previous speeches. If I am not mistaken, the farming world welcomed the proposal for a directive on environmental liability, particularly because the Commission had opted for a horizontal approach. During the work in Parliament other viewpoints emerged in committee and, as a result, it is now very difficult to accept the idea of farmers being liable for environmental damage the causes of which are beyond their control. In this regard, any extension of the directive’s scope – a compulsory financial guarantee, reversing the burden of proof and, most importantly excluding some means of exemption – would make it extremely difficult for farmers to manage their activities. In practical terms, a farmer might be forced to pay compensation for environmental damage caused by an activity, even though he has been issued with a permit to perform that activity and has observed all the relevant legal provisions. I am sure that farmers are willing to shoulder their responsibilities, but not when they have no control over the cause of the damage. This is the reasoning underlying our work in the Committee on Legal Affairs, and we have adopted this approach, developing a line which will not have serious consequences for the farming world or for the rural environment in general. I hope that the rapporteur will agree with this position and that the European Parliament will endorse it. As regards the general point, it too reflects a fear. Extending the directive’s scope beyond that of the Commission’s original proposal would, as I see it, be likely to jeopardise the certainty of the legal framework proposed and the resulting insurance guarantees, thus making it difficult to enforce a principle useful to European society in general."@en1

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