Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-02-Speech-3-276"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transit system for heavy goods vehicles through Austria in 20042
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030702.8.3-276"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-02-Speech-3-2772
lpv:speaker	lp:Theodorus J.J. Bouwman2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 chair; EMPL (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to make a couple of short remarks about the proposals currently on the table. I think that there is more than one aim; emissions are not the only factor. Some facts have just been presented that show that the issue of emissions on the one hand, and the facts and the proposals to limit the European standards for heavy goods vehicles on the other, is somewhat problematic. Noise, too, constitutes a nuisance. For that reason, I do not think that it is a good idea, for example, to replace the clause relating to Austrian territory as a whole with the Austrian passes, as the Council is proposing. An arrangement should be put in place that applies to all Alpine regions, not just a couple of passes. In my opinion – and I hail from the Netherlands, one of the countries from which transit traffic originates – this will undoubtedly result in people looking for secret routes through the Alpine region, which may then be exempted. That will not help matters at all. Some people say that there is no place for the ecopoint system of exemptions within the framework of freedom of movement. I would point out that we should like to see a different system, which would apply across the board: that is to say, pricing. This was agreed on in the White Paper, but, having now participated in the debates in this House tens of times in my four years as a Member, I do not anticipate a conclusive approach just like that in the very short term or even the longer term, and, in that context, some caution is in order. I think that, all things considered, Parliament is going a long way in the right direction. It is very clear that we are anxious to find a solution. Let us then proceed to conciliation: the positions of the Council and the countries concerned still differ, as everyone is aware, and that means that we have to find a satisfactory solution in conciliation by the end of this year."@en1

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