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"Madam President, I should like to start by congratulating Mrs McNally for her persistence in keeping this report on Parliament's agenda and bringing it to fruition.
I welcome the approach adopted in this proposal for a voluntary code. That is a more pragmatic approach towards achieving improvements. Unlike Mrs McNally I see no harm in adopting measures that are in place in the United States. It is one of our aims in Europe to achieve common standards in the internal market. In that regard, why should we not seek to extend those common standards to our major trading partner across the Atlantic? Just because it was invented in the United States does not mean it is all bad. It is very important that we should assist people making choices about purchasing equipment in knowing what the energy efficiency is. In my own experience, labelling materially affects one's decision. It certainly affected my decision this summer when I was buying a fridge and a freezer for my home. The old ones were getting very noisy and very expensive. It may be that my motive was also concern to stop using so much electricity supplied by a company owned by a French utility, but that is another issue.
I should like to close by supporting the comments about the amendment, namely, that we all look to the Commission to give us an assurance on the issue of the further voluntary code. This is a healthy and sensible approach."@en1
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