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dcterms:Date	"2016-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20161212.11.1-099-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2016-12-12-Speech-1-100-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Molly Scott Cato2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the regulation on port services shows how difficult it is to develop a policy that works well for the many and varied ports we have across our continent. From the perspective of the UK, where ports have been run as private businesses for many years, many of the concerns of the Committee on Transport and Tourism are simply not relevant, and the need for greater financial transparency for the smaller ports in southern Member States has much less salience in the case of the larger ports of northern Europe. We have sought greater clarity over state aid regulations so that public money given to European ports does not distort competition between them. As for the liberalisation of port services, perhaps we should apply the principle of subsidiarity, leaving countries free to choose whether or not they run ports as part of the public infrastructure. As Greens, we also sought to have environmental criteria when setting charges for port services and were sorry to see this removed. Worse still, the references we had added to the need to ensure strict adherence to EU law to protect the environment were also removed. A glimmer of hope can be found in the support for the use of short—sea shipping and inland waterways and railways for the delivery of goods, reducing the need for long distance road freight and the traffic congestion and unnecessary emissions it causes. But overall I have to say that we are disappointed in this proposal and consider that an opportunity to reduce the negative environmental impact of Europe’s ports has been missed."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (2016-06-24--2017-12-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Molly Scott Cato,"1 "on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group"1
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