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"Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Áder, Commissioner Dalli, the Danish Presidency and all of the other rapporteurs from the various groups for their excellent cooperation.
It was important to my group that we maintain, and preferably increase, the protection of people and the environment when revising this directive. I think we have succeeded in that aim. All Seveso facilities are required, under the Seveso III Directive, to develop a Major Accident Prevention Policy (MAPP), which is to be implemented by means of a Safety Management System. This applies unless the Member States decide differently on the basis of a risk analysis. This is a step forward.
This agreement tightens up the requirements relating to internal and external emergency plans, the requirements relating to the carrying out of inspections by the Member States and the requirement to take into account ‘domino effects’ – that is to say, external circumstances that could aggravate the accident – and it improves the information provided to the general public somewhat. Certain information concerning the establishments is to be available electronically at all times, even for those establishments with the lower safety classification.
My group would have liked to have gone a little further when it comes to protecting the environment and people, however, by extending the scope of the directive. We would also have liked to have improved the information provided to the general public. The fact that ordinary legislation will now be required in order to amend the criteria that govern which establishments are covered by Seveso III is not an optimum solution, either. However, in view of the fact that the Council was not able to agree to amend this via delegated acts, this was the only option.
Nevertheless, we think that, overall, this is a good agreement and we will vote in favour of it tomorrow."@en1
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