Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-08-Speech-1-043"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-02-08"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20100208.13.1-043"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-08-Speech-1-0442
lpv:speaker	lp:Carl Haglund2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2012-07-04)3 member; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2009-09-16--2010-12-12)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2012-07-04)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; PECH (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (2009-07-14--2012-07-04)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as of the beginning of this year, the EU’s Sulphur Directive sets a limit of 0.1% on the sulphur content of fuel used by vessels calling at ports and vessels on inland waterways. From an environmental point of view, this is a good thing. It is important that shipping, in particular, also becomes more environmentally friendly. At present, most seagoing passenger and freight vessels use heavy fuel oil. In the Baltic Sea, we have already been using what is known as low-sulphur heavy fuel oil, with a sulphur content of 0.5%, for many years with a view to protecting the environment. A low sulphur content out at sea is not deemed to be an environmental problem, because the main aim has been to reduce urban pollution. That is therefore the line that I believe the EU should take on this issue – namely, encouraging the use of low-sulphur heavy fuel oil. The challenge we face is that the IMO’s Marpol Convention recommends a limit of 0.1% for all vessels in the Baltic Sea with effect from 2015 – something that could have devastating consequences for the Baltic Sea. I would therefore like to remind Members of this and encourage people not to ..."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1
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