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Mr President, I wish to begin by thanking Members for their constructive remarks.
Development of the wider use of environmental technologies is not only a task for technology developers but also requires the full involvement of all EU companies and citizens concerned. The European Parliament has an essential role in explaining the importance of this project and mobilising the necessary public support.
Before I say a few words about funding and investment, I would like to say that I fully agree with Mr Davies regarding the importance of impact assessments, extended correct state-of-the-art impact assessments for environmental technologies and for environmental policies in general.
Regarding funding, as with many technologies, the development of environmental technologies requires substantial investment. Bank financing has an important role to play. This is why the European Investment Bank is involved in implementing the action plan and has urgently developed facilities such as its support for low carbon investments related to the European Union emission-trading scheme. This is one of the cases where regulation has led to the emission-trading system and is a very important incentive for developing new technologies.
Risk capital is also crucial to support small and medium-sized enterprises. In the future framework programme for competitiveness and innovation, the Commission has proposed a continuation of the venture capital fund, with particular emphasis on investment financing for eco-innovation.
Other Community programmes also have a role to play in support of investments in environmental technologies and eco-innovation. This is particularly the case for the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund. I would call on Member States and their regional governments to seize the opportunity and include eco-innovation in their programming in order to maximise the synergies between environment protection and economic development. Naturally, all Commission proposals are highly dependent on the issue of the discussions on the financial framework for the period 2007-2013.
Finally, fighting the fires in Spain and elsewhere, especially during this period of drought, is very important. I know that rain has not fallen in certain areas in Spain and Portugal for more than a year. I am sure that new technologies to fight and prevent forest fires could be developed."@en1
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