Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-01-Speech-3-223"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Rules on nominal quantities for pre-packed products2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060201.20.3-223"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-01-Speech-3-2242
lpv:speaker	lp:John Purvis2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy applauds the Commission’s initiative to deregulate and liberalise package sizes. My committee considers that a free market works in the best interests of the consumer. We were persuaded to accept the Commission’s proposal to make exceptions for alcoholic beverages, soluble coffee, white sugar – we added brown sugar for consistency – and for aerosols. In the interests of consistency, we also proposed a regulated size for spirits bottles of 750 cl, which was the widely accepted size of wine bottles. It verges on the misleading to have 750 cl the standard bottle for wine and 700 cl the standard bottle for spirits. Therefore, we regret that this proposal was rejected by the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. We appreciate that the Committee on the Internal Market and its very conscientious rapporteur, my good friend Mr Toubon, have considered these matters very thoroughly. However, we in the Committee on Industry are disappointed to see proposals from that committee to introduce fixed, harmonised, mandatory sizes on a whole range of staple products which have not previously been so harmonised. We have labelling requirements. We prohibit misleading advertising. EU legislation requires unit pricing so that the price for a standard amount must be displayed, and this helps consumers to compare prices fairly. The ability to decide freely on package sizes is in the interests of the smaller business, the new entrant, the innovative enterprise and, therefore, also in the interests of the consumer. There is nothing to stop marketing of traditional sizes; there is nothing to stop the use of traditional measures such as pints and pounds. The Commission proposal did not even mention milk. Nothing needed to change from the status quo. The Committee on Industry suggests that Parliament support the Commission’s praiseworthy attempt to reduce unnecessary regulation and vote against the Committee on the Internal Market’s proposed extension of mandatory sizes to all these extra products."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2006-02-15)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; ECON (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"John Purvis (PPE-DE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy"1

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