Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-12-Speech-1-063"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Air safety and the EU-US agreement on the transmission of personal data relative to transatlantic flights2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040112.6.1-063"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-12-Speech-1-0642
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, the accident involving the Egyptian aircraft has shocked people in Europe. The tragic death of these tourists, most of them French, has demonstrated that there are still insufficient safety measures in place. The public wants to know how it is possible, when safety regulations are international, widely known and should be widely applied, for an aircraft that is not allowed access to Swiss airspace to be allowed to fly in other European countries. The Commission took an initiative more than six years ago, and I am delighted that the Commissioner gave us another account of those events. Unfortunately, we are still waiting for the directive. A dispute about Gibraltar between Spain and the United Kingdom has held this directive up for years. After 11 September, and especially in view of the ensuing crisis in aviation, people have again begun to realise how very important safety is. As the rapporteur for the safety of aircraft from third countries, I am pleased with the promptness with which at least this Parliament has acted and has accepted a number of amendments at first and second reading which we still need to debate. I am delighted that the Commissioner has pledged her support to Parliament and I am convinced that the trialogue will be very fruitful. I hope that the Council's response will also be very positive. The most significant difference of opinion between the Commission and Council concerns information to the public. We thought that the Commission was rather reserved in this respect. As rapporteur, I take the view that we must ensure that every European citizen who boards a plane at one of our airports should have the certainty that this aircraft has been inspected according to the same standards and that regulations are also being complied with. This is why we need more European solutions. The European Aviation Safety Agency should also be able to play its role to the full so that our citizens can be informed. We must question whether keeping data anonymous is not a culpable omission at a specific point in time. I cannot accept that a company that is branded unsafe should not be made known to the public. I am sorry I had so little time, but I would like to thank the Commissioner and my fellow-Members for the support that they wish to express in the context of this report, and for the initiative they are taking. I will certainly come and listen."@en1

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