Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-11-Speech-2-045"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cosmetic products2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.4.2-045"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-0462
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the appeal is often made that the United States of America and those countries participating in its unilateral war against terrorism share common values. What they are is never spoken aloud. It is nevertheless well known that Bush’s values do not incorporate a high level of commercial ethics. There are no moral values in the United States that can be used to justify hormone-free food, plant varieties that are not genetically modified or cosmetics that have not been tested on animals. In this context the Council common position on effecting a marketing ban on animal-tested cosmetics, subject to permission by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, is untenable. At the OECD, decisions are taken on the basis of unanimity and they do not have to be explained. That makes it possible for the USA to dictate to the EU on the question of values. It would be more honest to clarify whether a marketing ban on animal-tested cosmetics is incompatible with WTO rules. If necessary the matter could be referred to the WTO’s dispute settlement procedure where a ban could be upheld without the opposing party being able to dictate the final outcome alone. The WTO must look into whether world trade is also possible with reference to ethical criteria. The European Parliament has used the same solid criteria in its desire to ban animal experiments and in its demand elsewhere for a sales ban on animal-tested cosmetics in the EU."@en1

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