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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Union strategy to combat the use of drugs in sport2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041014.4.4-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-14-Speech-4-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Hannu Takkula2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-09-03--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner Reding, sports organisations do not have sufficient resources to deal with the drugs problem alone, and so there is a need for cooperation with governments as well as the European Union, with the competence it will have when the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe has been ratified. The role of governments and the European Union and the action they take will be especially important in allowing the effective prevention of the illegal manufacture, importation, exportation and spread of drug use. Legislative cooperation to prevent the spread of drug use and collaboration between the authorities are the means by which the European Union can effectively address the drugs problem in sport and prevent it and any other drug-related abuse at the same time. Governments should also adequately ensure through their own legislation that drug dealers face the consequences of their actions to a sufficient degree. There should be no genuinely harmonised legislative action to criminalise drug use in sport, nor should any be planned, as this is not something that can really be compared to the issue of narcotics, although the two do share similar features. The World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, coordinates and promotes the fight against drugs worldwide. The European Union should, for its part, actively support the work of WADA. The International Olympic Movement has been quite actively involved in the administration of WADA, but the role of governments has been less assertive. The combined action and energy of the Member States of the European Union would make it possible to balance the involvement of governments in WASA, thus enabling the agency to operate more effectively and efficiently. A global government agreement against drug use in sport is being drafted under the auspices of Unesco. The European Union should actively monitor the drafting of the agreement and coordinate the views of the Member States. With its new competence in the area of sport, the European Union should take an active role in implementing, promoting and supporting the obligations under this forthcoming agreement. Matters relating to drug use in sport often make up quite a conspicuous number of sports news stories in the media. Nevertheless, we need to keep a sense of proportion. As in other areas of society, there are and always will be those in the world of sport who do not obey rules designed to apply to everyone. We in the European Union, however, must do all we can to try to promote a clean image of sports and physical exercise. Sport is beneficial, and promotes human health and welfare."@en1

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