Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-17-Speech-4-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051117.14.4-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-17-Speech-4-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Kartika Tamara Liotard and Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL )2
lpv:translated text	". There should not be any secrecy or ambiguity surrounding the composition and toxicity of chemical substances. For months, a number of chemical companies have tried to torpedo a measure that has been necessary for the environment and public health for a long time. Today, no majority could be found for the strong REACH that the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left and the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance supported, but, at the same time, this House rejected many proposals tabled by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, which firmly took up the case of the chemical industry. Only those proposals on which Social Democrats and Liberals were able to agree received a majority. This has resulted in a weakened REACH, in which registration has been eroded and a positive result was secured only with regard to licences. Like others, though, we take the view that a weak version is better than nothing. The fact that the PPE-DE Group and Union for Europe of the Nations Group have declared here that they can still endorse the proposal, given that the Council and the required qualified majority in this House will ensure that the licensing provisions will not survive at second reading, is reason enough for the two representatives of the Dutch Socialist Party to vote against the proposal."@en1

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