Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-13-Speech-2-302"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-13"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040113.13.2-302"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-13-Speech-2-3032
lpv:speaker	lp:Guido Sacconi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2003-03-13--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the procedure in question is clearly important and we all agree on this point. The Council common position offers the basis for an acceptable compromise and yet sufficient account was not taken of some of the areas that were debated and adopted by Parliament at first reading. Therefore, I too believe that this balance should be improved upon, in light of the fundamental objectives of this regulation: health, consumer safety and environmental protection. The amendments that were re-tabled by my group, with the agreement of the rapporteur, seek to guarantee that these objectives are achieved, in the interests of the key principles of the environmental strategy: the precautionary principle, the ‘polluter pays’ principle and the substitution principle. Limiting the scope of the regulation to just the biodegradation of surfactants contained in detergents does not run counter to these principles. In fact, I believe that anaerobic biodegradation, biodegradation of main non-surfactant organic ingredients and the use of phosphates – this in particular – should be subject to special control as a substance that is subsidiary to the detergents regulation. The committee is almost unanimous in its call for a new legislative proposal to be presented that seeks to gradually ban these substances or to limit specific use to three years from the publication of the current regulation. This is what has been agreed in advance by the representatives of Parliament and the Council in view of the attempt to conclude the legislative process at second reading, a package that I consider to be reasonable, above all for swift adoption of the regulation. I therefore believe that adopting any other amendment that moves away from this compromise offers a rather narrow margin for improvement, if it does not jeopardise the entire regulation. I therefore agree that Parliament must not deviate from this balance, and it would be ironic if it were to do so when reviewing the environmental significance of the provision. All that remains for me to do, finally, is to congratulate the rapporteurs and the shadow rapporteurs from all the political groups for their willingness and their commitment."@en1

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