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dcterms:Date	"2005-09-28"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050928.23.3-233"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Giles Chichester2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, I would like to start by commending the Commissioner for his measured approach to this situation and to express in general terms support for the approach he is taking. Let us not over-react in haste to a situation that is changing as we speak; prices are moderating to some extent and we should let the market work. If there are problems that should be specifically addressed, for example if there are concerns over the poor and vulnerable and disadvantaged, then we should use alternative social measures to assist them and not fall for the short-term fix of cutting tax. The fundamentals of our situation remain unchanged: the EU is heavily dependent on oil and heavily dependent on imports of oil. We should seek to reduce that dependency through measures of efficiency, conservation, substitution and new technologies. There is an important principle that taxes should remain set by Member States. This should not be surrendered in favour of the ephemera of an EU-wide tax system. It is also important to remember that in the road transport sector by far the largest element of the price of fuel is taxation. Therefore, to those who are concerned about the windfall profits of oil companies, I would say perhaps we should be more concerned about the windfall profits of finance ministers or the tax man. Finally, I wonder whether in addition to looking at the transport sector and roads, we should be thinking again about the aviation sector, to see whether we could find international agreement on achieving efficiencies and conservation of fuel in that sector. At the moment it is by its very nature untaxed."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	chair; ITRE (2004-07-26--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-02-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Giles Chichester,"1 "on behalf of the PPE-DE Group"1

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