Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-02-Speech-1-044"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cosmetic products2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010402.5.1-044"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-02-Speech-1-0452
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (2000-05-03--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy’s area of specialisation is industry, external trade and scientific research. The Committee’s opinion focuses on the examination of the ban on animal experiments in testing cosmetics specifically from these points of view. It would appear that the global cosmetics industry has been unable to come up with alternatives to animal experimentation as quickly as the European Parliament would have hoped. Cooperation between industry and the scientific community has not worked, and researchers have not availed themselves sufficiently of the EU’s fifth Framework Programme in the development of alternative methods. To speed up the introduction of alternative methods, our Committee is suggesting that a ban on animal experiments in the testing of end products and cosmetic ingredients should come into force according to a faster schedule than that which the Commission is proposing. Regarding the marketing ban on products proposed by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, according to information received by the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, it may be that a marketing ban, a sales ban, on cosmetic products that have been tested using animals is in conflict with WTO regulations. That is not entirely certain, however, as no precedents have been set. As a specialist committee in the field, the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy is not proposing a sales ban. This should serve as something of a warning to Parliament. It may turn out that a sales ban on cosmetics tested on animals outside the EU will lead to countermeasures in the WTO. As draftsman of the opinion of the Committee, I see it as a problem that may arise, but I also understand the view of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy: we have to test the limits of the WTO position. As it is a matter of ethical principles with regard to the relationship between people and nature, an industrial bloc such as the EU must be able to standardise its financial and industrial activities. Our Committee also defends the consumer’s right to information through the proper labelling of products that have not been tried out on animals."@en1

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