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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cleaner air for Europe – Thematic strategy on air pollution (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060925.13.1-086"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-25-Speech-1-0872
lpv:speaker	lp:Ria Oomen-ruijten2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; FEMM (2004-09-08--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should first of all like to thank Mrs Weisgerber, who has shown so much understanding, has listened so much and has also worked out a sound compromise with Mr Krahmer and Mrs Corbey. I am indebted to them all. Mrs Corbey, you are in favour of strict and new source policy. I would like to say to Mrs Breyer and Mrs Hassi that in order to actually meet the air quality standards, we may be able to lay down strict standards on paper, but if we subsequently do not get the opportunity to achieve those technically speaking, then they are of no value. Moreover, the Netherlands is being criticised for wishing to speed up the introduction of soot filters. Well, if all of that is unacceptable, we should not prescribe any strict standards as we cannot meet them. I also know, and I am once again addressing Mrs Hassi when I say this – for Mr Blokland and Mr Maaten have said many things with which I am in total agreement – I also know why the Netherlands has voted in favour of this legislation. They did so because it gave them the opportunity of injecting some flexibility into a number of areas. That is the very reason why they voted in favour. What can one see, though, when one compares the Council’s position with that of Parliament? Whilst the Ministers of the Environment may be able to sleep the sleep of the just for having laid down strict standards, they subsequently get home and are faced with an inquiry by the Environmental Agency which concludes that everything that was laid down on paper cannot be achieved at home at any rate. We should stop playing politics in that way. I have run out of excuses back home. That is also the reason why I endorse every detail of the compromise that was reached here in this House. ‘Strict’ it may be, but we, in this House, say ‘yes’ to that, as long as it remains attainable."@en1

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