Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-14-Speech-2-157"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20061114.33.2-157"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
".
This proposal follows on from the ‘Community Strategy concerning mercury’ adopted in January 2005 and is aimed at reducing the use of products containing mercury by banning the marketing of devices containing mercury.
Once this report is adopted, the marketing of all measuring devices will be banned and the Commission’s original proposal will be amended so that the new regulation can enter into force as quickly as possible.
Excluded from this regulation are products that are already on the market, devices regarded as antiques and collectors’ items, and barometers, the manufacture of which should be duly licensed, and which may be phased out.
The use of traditional barometers in Europe is very low, as is the total amount of mercury that they account for. Their exclusion and that of measuring instruments over 50 years old from this proposal is an important measure, because it protects existing small manufacturers, and because the mercury is usually recycled and reused. Had they been included – thereby hammering the final nail in the coffin of the traditional barometer manufacturing industry – there could have been contamination and unforeseen flows of mercury..."@en1
|
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples