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"I voted in favour of this report, because I agree with the principle that when it comes to environmental matters, we must always try to raise stringency levels. The environment recognises no borders and concerns everyone. Data submitted by the Member States on the processing, recovery or recycling of waste must be more reliable and provided more promptly.
I agree in particular that the Member States should be instructed to draw up plans for waste management or for improving existing plans, primarily to promote measures designed to encourage the prevention or reduction of waste production.
I must, however, express my unhappiness at the general tone of the report when it recommends giving the Commission greater powers to punish and to levy taxes in environmental matters, calling for infringement proceedings to be initiated depending on the higher or lower quantity/quality of the data provided by the Member States. It is crucial that such action, which should focus more on monitoring, vigilance and prevention and less on punishment, is based on reliable data, particularly as regards the nature of the waste treated. As the rapporteur himself points out, however, the first harmonised statistics will only be available in 2006. We will not, therefore, have all the elements we need objectively to evaluate the ‘relative’ dimension of waste treatment in the European Union."@en1
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