Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-21-Speech-2-180"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Time (Commission)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031021.6.2-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-21-Speech-2-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Minerva Melpomeni Malliori2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, I am of course sorry that we do not have more specific details to show us the extent and gravity of the problem. Allow me, therefore, to tell you that the turnover from the electronic trade in pharmaceutical products exceeds EUR 5 billion, while we do not know who is selling the pharmaceutical products. Inquiries conducted into the matter have shown that they are people engaged in criminal activities. Similarly, we do not know the place of origin of the pharmaceutical products, because they often do not come from places such as the USA or Canada, but from India or Brazil, with the result that the composition and content of the pharmaceutical product are very harmful and bear no relation to the indications. There is also a circuit of counterfeit, fictitious medical opinions, which result in a threat to the life of the person accepting the pharmaceutical product. This too has been observed in Great Britain. Unfortunately, in 2003 alone, more than 600 British subjects purchased pharmaceutical products over the Internet. Do we really have to allow this advertising, especially when it concerns young ages? The pharmaceutical products which have the greatest market penetration via the Internet are for the overweight. So they concern very young ages. I think that, irrespective of national legislation, we absolutely must take steps at Community level also."@en1

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