Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-04-Speech-1-136"
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"Mr President, phthalates are used for softening plastic in toys and can harm foetuses, cause liver damage and impair people’s reproductive ability. That is why phthalates should be banned in all toys. The directive is concerned with six different softeners divided into two groups. It is proposed that there be a complete ban on the first group for children of all ages. That is a tightening-up of the Danish rules, in which the ban only applies to toys intended for children under three years of age. It is proposed that there be a ban on the second group of phthalates in connection with some, but not all, toys intended for children under three. This would involve a relaxing of the Danish rules, which impose a complete ban on that group of substances in all toys intended for children under three. The directive permits a limit value of 0.10%, compared with Denmark’s figure of half that amount: 0.05%. There is no sense in distinguishing between children under and over three years of age, for it is difficult for the EU to monitor whether baby sister borrows her big brother’s toys. In order to ensure a high level of protection, I have tabled two amendments involving a health guarantee so that we can be sure that there is a place for all the pioneering countries in the EU. If the proposal is implemented without a health guarantee, some countries, such as Denmark, will have a lower level of protection in some areas than they have at present."@en1
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