Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-24-Speech-1-166"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fluorinated greenhouse gases – Emissions from motor vehicle air-conditioning systems2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051024.19.1-166"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-24-Speech-1-1672
lpv:speaker	lp:Karin Scheele2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2008-12-10)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2008-12-10)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2008-12-10)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (2004-07-20--2008-12-10)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, three of the six gases listed in the Kyoto Protocol are fluorinated greenhouse gases, and it is these that this legislation is intended to regulate. If we are to achieve the Kyoto goals and move towards sustainable development, it is desirable that the regulation we are discussing today should enter into force without delay. In his speech, Commissioner Dimas said that the intention was that the adoption of this piece of legislation should send out a positive signal, but that is possible only if either Community-wide targets are ambitious and stringent enough – and we know that that cannot be said of this proposal – or if we take Article 175 as our legal basis and thereby offer those Member States that have already gone further the opportunity to implement a more rigorous and more environmentally-friendly policy that will be beneficial to the climate. It has already been pointed out that both Austria and Denmark have adopted general bans on the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, and it is clear from the experiences of both these countries that alternatives to such gases exist. Reference was also made to a comprehensive study by the German Federal Office for the Environment, which shows that there is potential for reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and the use of energy. We must use this legislation to ensure that more rigorous regulations can be retained. That is important if the Member States are to be enabled to meet the obligations imposed on them by the Kyoto Protocol. This option also reflects a legal opinion given by Parliament’s legal service, according to which Article 175 is the right and proper legal basis. It would also, in effect, send a positive political signal if we were to refrain from bringing back into line those countries that are already taking action that is more likely to prevent damage to the environment and to the climate."@en1

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