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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community actions in support of consumer policy 2004-20072
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030923.7.2-269"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-23-Speech-2-2702
lpv:speaker	lp:Didier Rod2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2003-03-01--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are satisfied, on the whole, with Mr Whitehead’s report and with the fact that the Council has generally taken on board our amendments. The clarification of the detailed rules for financing consumer protection organisations was essential. The definition of such bodies must be strict. The report follows this line, while at the same time guaranteeing the participation of a panel of organisations. Of course we must keep those organisations which demonstrate the necessary technical competence, but we must also ensure the independence of representative bodies. It is absolutely essential to avoid a situation in which pressure groups – whether industrial, commercial, professional or any other kind – see those bodies as a means of indirectly influencing the Union’s policy. On the other hand, we must maintain our relations with the cooperatives, which take consumers’ interests into account in their charters. Relations with consumer protection organisations have to be developed in close contact with the public. We cannot, therefore, be satisfied with giving preferential treatment to relations with Community or national organisations while merely offering support to regional bodies: the latter must enjoy proper representation within the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, as well as corresponding financial aid. That committee will also be responsible for ensuring even greater representation of civil society. The expansion in the sphere of competence is important. The bodies in the food sector have now been joined by consumer protection organisations in the services sector and, more broadly, in the non-food sectors. Access to information is an essential guarantee of consumer protection. This is why we asked for, and obtained, public data banks that would be easily accessible. The public must be able to find out about the precise history of products, their origin, their method of production etc. This means, amongst other things, improving labelling – an effective means of guaranteeing that consumers are informed. We must go further, however. If we want to be sure that safe products are being marketed, we not only need to be informed about the risks: we also need to see about reducing those risks. That is only possible if we develop comparative evaluations with a view to sustainable and responsible production and consumption. That is the real consumer protection policy."@en1

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