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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Batteries, accumulators and their waste2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051212.14.1-074"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-12-Speech-1-0752
lpv:speaker	lp:Carl Schlyter2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Miljöpartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, thank you, Mr Blokland, for trying to improve this proposal. It is about an environmental issue, and Article 175 is the natural legal base. It is also about consumers and the confidence they can have in the products they buy. I therefore want to see Amendment 38 on guaranteed capacity labelling applied to all batteries. I have these two items with me today. On this one it was impossible to see from the packaging how long the batteries would last. It was, however, possible to do so on this one . This screwdriver contains nickel cadmium, while this one ( contains nickel metal hydride. This blue one only manages to put in this many screws with each screw representing ten screws. The red nickel metal hydride screwdriver managed to put in all these screws – more than twice as many. That is not, however, something one could have known when buying this one. This is a case of consumers’ being sold poor and old-fashioned technology by companies that are at present duping them. When products are not labelled, consumers are duped even more. I am not the only one to have carried out this test. Swedish consumer organisations have looked at nickel metal hydride batteries after 500 chargings. What, then, we are concerned with here are lifespan and economy, its being apparent that these batteries last on average more than twice as long after 500 chargings. Why should Europe lag behind in terms of technology transfer? What kind of export market are we to have with poor, old-fashioned technology? It is time to dump nickel cadmium and time to vote in favour of Amendment 54. The industry says that nickel cadmium batteries are necessary in these types of machine. The best machine on the market is capable of being used for a maximum of 18 minutes and 20 seconds as opposed to 2 minutes and 45 seconds. It is new battery technology that benefits the consumer and is good for the environment. In contrast, old technology makes things worse for consumers and the environment. Seventy-five per cent of all refined cadmium is, in actual fact, used in batteries. This is a small portion of the total amount of cadmium. Other use of cadmium is not, however, intentional. It is a side effect that we must deal with and eliminate in other ways. What we are concerned with at present is batteries, and cadmium in batteries needs to be got rid of."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(blue screwdriver)"1 "(holds up a blue powered screwdriver)"1 "(holds up a board with screws in it)"1 "(holds up a red powered screwdriver)"1 "red screwdriver)"1

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