Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-309"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Management of waste from the extractive industries2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040330.13.2-309"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-3102
lpv:speaker	lp:Marjo Matikainen-kallström2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the main issue in this directive is the definition of waste in the extractive industry sector, where waste is either non-hazardous or hazardous. The way some of the amendments have been worded with regard to inert waste only serves to confuse the whole situation, resulting in a sea of endless questions. Non-hazardous waste, which is the kind of waste associated with extractive industries, is indeed non-hazardous, because it is material that has its origin in nature. Nature’s own environmentally non-hazardous material, waste rock, cannot be waste, especially if it is still being used as filler material in mines and quarries, for soil improvement or road construction. Making waste rock subject to a waste tax in Finland could only cost the jobs of hundreds, if not thousands, of people. European extractive industries will bring remarkable added value for the European Union. The socio-economic impact of the new extractive industry will be of crucial importance, especially for sparsely populated and peripheral regions. It is by no means a matter of insignificance how this branch of industry should be handled. Telephones, windows, glasses, crockery, cutlery, transport and building, to name just some goods and sectors of industry, are all based on this industry. Now it is a question of whether we want to keep this industry in Europe under our own supervision and in compliance with the principle of sustainable development, or drive it outside the Union, where its environmental implications are beyond our control, through legislation that is too constraining and unfamiliar to the sector. It is crucial that an explicit Minerals Policy for the European Union is drawn up, taking into account environmental and economic factors. Once again this would be a task for the Commissioner responsible for competition."@en1

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