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dcterms:Date	"2009-04-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community ecolabel scheme - Voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090402.6.4-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-04-02-Speech-4-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonio De Blasio2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2006-07-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2006-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-02-13--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség (2006-07-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2006-09-04--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". The voluntary Ecolabel scheme is of crucial importance, since it is intended to foster the spread throughout Europe of environmentally friendly products both in terms of production and of consumption. I would like to draw attention to the importance of reforming the Ecolabel scheme and to the need to simplify the system by reducing the administrative burdens involved in using the label and extending the range of the product categories participating in the scheme. It is my view, however, that all this will not in itself guarantee the success of the reform. If as a result of these arrangements, products bearing the flower label fall within a higher price category, as is the case with organic products, then attempts to foster consumption of these products will fail. I believe that we must prevent the added value of using the Ecolabel at a European level leading to higher prices for these products. In the long term, ensuring and promoting wider distribution of these products will only be possible if accompanied by price-limiting measures and tax or other advantages. Beyond keeping prices stable, we must not forget about the need for wide-ranging information to consumers and producers, and therefore EU institutions and the Member State governments must provide information about the advantages guaranteed by the label and about the inventory of products participating in the scheme. In order for consumers to change their purchasing habits, wide-ranging, promotional and information campaigns are essential. I would also like to highlight the importance of drawing up a detailed work programme for attaining the new objectives, which should ensure that all interested parties have the opportunity to participate in its elaboration. As a result of the constantly changing environment of service provision, these objectives must be reviewed on an annual basis. We need to understand that regardless of our nationality or national commitments, we all share the task of protecting our environment, thereby creating opportunities for disseminating those objectives and values which the European Union claims as its own, and which I am convinced are the essential prerequisites of a full human life. This obligation on our part also means that we must have the opportunity to choose from among various products in the same price category those that have been produced by an environmentally friendly process. I thank the rapporteur for his cooperation with regard to my proposed amendments. I thank him for preparing the report, and I thank you for listening to me."@en1
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