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Mr President, some five years ago the cyanide pollution of the River Tisza caused by a gold mine in Baia Mare, Romania, showed us Hungarians how dangerous mining waste can be. At that time my country was not a member of the European Union. Still the Commission and the European Parliament understood the problem and initiated a directive on the management of such waste. Mr Sjöstedt went to the site of the pollution, studied the facts, heard all the witnesses and experts, and then drew up an excellent report. That is what I call a good and responsible job of a politician. His report is based on real facts, on real dangers, and provides us with real solutions. Thank you, Mr Sjöstedt.
The PSE Group supported the report from the beginning. At second reading, together with other colleagues, I tabled many amendments for stricter regulation. Most of them were accepted by the rapporteur and later by the Conciliation Committee. On water pollution issues, we tried to ensure compliance with other Community obligations, most of which were imposed under the Water Framework Directive. The compromise reached by conciliation is not ideal, but it is acceptable.
The financial guarantees must be sufficient to cover the cost of the rehabilitation of the land affected by the waste facility. This is a success for us.
We are also satisfied with clarification of the closure operation. However, we lost an important battle. We Socialist MEPs wanted the discharge of waste to any receiving body of water to be authorised before the operation. For me, prevention is the most environmentally friendly solution. Perhaps later everybody will understand this principle, not only in this House, but in the whole of Europe.
In general we obtained a good directive. Member States, would-be Member States and third countries should respect the new regulatory framework. We have to monitor the strict implementation of this directive."@en1
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