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". – Mr President, I welcome the Commission's initiative requiring the best practice of some Member States to be applied to all. It is certainly the case that an impressive number of Parliament's amendments have already been adopted and I think congratulations are due to the rapporteur.
I am sorry that the Council has introduced a number of loopholes. I rather prefer the Commission's more ambitious proposals. Well, let us see how the votes go. But even if some of the more controversial amendments before us are accepted, I think that the Council and industry should understand that Parliament's representation on the Conciliation Committee will be positive and pragmatic. It is not in any of our interests to require steps to be taken that would hinder the efficient and economic operation of this industry.
We must accommodate some of the concerns expressed, for example the need for a proper transitional period to ensure that problems with mines closing prematurely in order to avoid the obligations of this directive are circumvented. But the Council should understand that Parliament must insist that reasonable steps are taken to ensure that the natural environment is properly protected from commercial interests otherwise tempted to think only of short-term gain. As the rapporteur and the Commissioner have pointed out, the sins that have been committed in the past need to be avoided in the future."@en1
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