Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-05-05-Speech-2-070"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-05-05"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20090505.4.2-070"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Anni Podimata2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2007-10-01--2009-07-13)3,3 member; ITRE (2007-11-28--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-10-25--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2007-10-01--2009-07-13)3,3 member; FEMM (2007-10-10--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-10-25--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I should like first of all to thank all my fellow Members for their speeches and the Commissioner, both for his recommendation and for his speech, now, at the end of the debate. I should like to make two very brief comments. First of all, as regards the burning issue of energy labelling. I would like to point out that the A to G scale, which we all consider to be very successful and recognisable and to have made a huge contribution towards energy savings, obviously has problems which, Mr Reul, I listed in my opening comments; in other words, this scale needs to be updated. The basic problem with the existing energy label is that it has no period of validity, resulting in the situation which you described, namely that we have energy products on the market with the same label and different levels of energy efficiency. The crucial issue is for us to introduce a specific period of validity for A to G energy labelling and for us to update energy efficiency indicators every 3 to 5 years on the basis of progress made on the market. Finally, I consider that the conclusion which we need to draw is simple. We have – and we all recognise that we have – a tested and successful recipe for energy labelling which has also become a standard for other countries outside the European Union. When you have a successful recipe which has become outdated over the years, you do not abolish it, you update it because, if you abolish it and you do not replace it with a new system, you risk losing the added value which you generated in previous years by opting for energy labelling. Europe’s message to consumers over all these years has been: choose energy label Α. We alone must not weaken this message."@en1
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