Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-13-Speech-2-304"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Detergents2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040113.13.2-304"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-13-Speech-2-3052
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander de Roo2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I should first of all like to thank Mr Nobilia for the excellent cooperation. As I only have one minute, I shall have to be brief. There is, in fact, only one major problem left, namely that of phosphates. Phosphate-free detergents are compulsory in a number of countries; this may be on the basis of a voluntary agreement with the producers, or, sometimes on the basis of legislation. However, in some countries of the old Fifteen, such as Spain, there are still detergents available that contain phosphates. In a whole host of new countries that are soon to join, sometimes two-thirds of the detergents still contain them. It would be very simple to replace these, and this is, in actual fact, what the Commission should have suggested a long time ago. I also understand that the Commission has prepared a proposal to that effect. What, then, is stopping the Commission from producing this proposal now rather than waiting for three years? I also have a question for the Commission. Is it true that one country, namely France, has blocked the compromise? Had it not done so, this entire sitting would have been unnecessary and we would have reached a compromise a long time ago. I should like to have an answer to this question. Is it only France that has blocked the compromise?"@en1

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