Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-297"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environmental liability2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20040330.12.2-297"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-2982
lpv:speaker	lp:Inger Schörling2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; 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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Miljöpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by expressing my thanks for, and congratulations on, the result that has been achieved after all. I know that it has been very difficult to bring this very important Directive to fruition. At all events, we now have a draft on which to vote tomorrow, and I and the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance shall be supporting it. This does not mean that we are completely satisfied with the result. The ‘polluter pays’ principle is excellent. It is also excellent that we now have a harmonised system of liability to prevent environmental damage and ensure that the damage already done is remedied. As Mr Manders said, Europe had not been properly ready for it; at least, parts of Europe may not have been ready for it. There was a good number of us that wanted a more harmonised system, and we could have gone a little further than this. After first reading we were very content, but after second reading we were no longer so content. Now we have a compromise that we can live with, and it is a good thing that something has been achieved, after all. The proposal that the Commission should present a report after six years on the mandatory financial security instruments, in particular, is incredibly important if these are to function at all. One way of reaching a compromise at the final stage is through a declaration by the Commission, in which it makes clear that it intends to fulfil the obligations imposed on it by the compromise reached between Parliament and the Council. I am not sure whether such a declaration would be binding, but I hope so, so that we do not drag our heels for these six years. I hope that this does effectively apply. Perhaps Mrs Wallström could tell us something about the legal status of this type of declaration?"@en1

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