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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, in Portugal, and more precisely in the Algarve region, which I represent here, recreational craft and jet skis are an undeniable fact of everyday life due to the abundance of bathing resorts and the tourist activities associated with them.
With the aim of updating Directive 94/25/EC (16.06.1994), the European Commission has decided to keep up with technological developments in engines and the most recent environmental protection requirements.
We welcome the European Commission’s original initiative of making craft more compatible with environmental laws currently in force, specifically those concerning:
exhaust and particulate emissions that degrade the quality of bathing waters;
and also engine noise, which damages both the environment and the well-being of local populations and holiday-makers.
I therefore have paid particular attention to the work that led to the report now before us. I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr Callanan on the quality of his report, on which I have already had the opportunity to express my position, at the second reading in the European Parliament in September 2002.
I welcome the final outcome of the conciliation procedure, in which the European Parliament was able to impose its views, for example applying the three-decibel noise emission allowance to all engine types.
Nevertheless, I must add that I support the idea of a system of exemptions for craft designed for competitions and for commercial passenger transport, which are both important aspects in developing tourism, the main activity in my region.
With regard to competitions, I shall simply give the example of the annual staging in the Algarve of one leg of the World Formula 1 championship in Motonaútica, which attracts thousands of tourists from Portugal and from abroad to the region."@en1
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