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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Framework directive on the sustainable use of pesticides - Thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides - The placing of plant protection products on the market (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071022.14.1-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-22-Speech-1-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Dorette Corbey2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I think that one minute for two opinions is very short, but all right, I shall try and keep it as brief as possible. Pesticides are useful and necessary and without these products it is becoming difficult to feed 6 billion people. Certainly there is still a great deal to be done to combat the harmful environmental and health effects of pesticides. Bringing new products onto the market is a long and always expensive process. It is good for the industry that approvals can be dealt with more quickly, but Parliament is rightly asking that Member States should have the right to refuse products in their territory. The industry is focusing increasingly on the major crops, the ‘big five’, rice, corn, maize, soya beans and cotton, because with those they can recover a lot of the cost. But it is of course important for the minor crops to be properly protected and the Committee on Industry has made a number of good suggestions for that. The Committee is also making a number of good suggestions to introduce incentives to switch to more sustainable products. That is also very important. I have another comment to make on the use of pesticides. The compulsory buffer zone of 10 metres from surface water is not a good idea for some Member States. I therefore welcome the amendment tabled by the PSE Group on that point. Surface water is now one of the assessment criteria for approval and on that basis Member States have the right to establish a buffer zone for products themselves. All in all, I think that this is a balanced and workable position for Parliament."@en1

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