Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-01-Speech-3-155"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Carbon dioxide emissions from new cars2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991201.12.3-155"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-01-Speech-3-1562
lpv:speaker	lp:Laura González Álvarez2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2003-07-07)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (1999-07-20--2003-07-07)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as indicated by the President, this is the second reading of a common position established by the Council on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from new vehicles. We must remember that the intention behind this second reading is to meet the Kyoto objectives, subsequently approved in Bonn, of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. We continue to feel that these objectives are modest. Given the Environment Agency’s report which stated that emissions must be reduced by 30%, the proposed objectives are definitely modest. However, we are pleased with this common position which is heading in the right direction of preventing new cars from emitting increasing amounts of carbon dioxide. We thank the Council and Commission for having accepted certain amendments. However, we must insist on some of these 10 amendments which we are tabling again because they were approved practically unanimously, with one abstention, in the Committee on the Environment. Even the Commission and Council representatives have said that they are still studying some of these amendments, for example the one on tax incentives and the inclusion of commercial vehicles. We therefore feel that these amendments are simply supporting this study process of the Commission and Council on, for example, tax incentives and commercial vehicles. These are easy amendments for the Commission and Council to accept. We are perfectly well aware of the difficulties faced by the Council in convincing the fifteen Member States of a proposal of this nature. Yet we must say that, having consulted practically all the groups, they stress that we must keep these amendments and so I defend the proposal from the Committee on the Environment. At first reading, 45 amendments were tabled in the Committee on the Environment. They were approved by a large majority. Of these 45 amendments, 29 were adopted in plenary. The Council should be thanked for having included a large proportion of these 29 amendments in the common position. However, there are 10 amendments which we are tabling again as they were approved, with just one abstention, by over 40 votes in the Committee on the Environment. These amendments concern some of the issues which, at first reading, seemed important to the majority of the Committee on the Environment. Some only involve a change of words, such as Amendment No 1, which states that greenhouse gases, in this case carbon dioxide, should not just be stabilised but also reduced. Amendment No 2 proposes monitoring on an objective basis. We have made a small change to this at the Commission’s suggestion. In Amendment No 3 we indicate the legal framework which should be provided in case the voluntary agreements fail. I would remind you that this House in general, and the Committee on the Environment in particular, has little faith in effective results being achieved by voluntary agreements. This is why we propose establishing a legal framework. We also mention tax incentives and the inclusion of commercial vehicles. The latter must not be omitted from the proposal given that they are responsible for a significant proportion of carbon dioxide emissions. We propose a change to the method of data collection if results are not achieved within a certain period of time. The Council’s common position itself mentions that the Member States have a variety of data collection proposals. In addition, we ask for a report on the operation of this method for December 2002. At the suggestion of the Commission, we have also made a small change to this. We would have liked this report by June 2002 but we have accepted December in order to allow more time. In the report which the Commission must present to the Council and the European Parliament, we also want an analysis of whether the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is due to the technical measures of industrialists or to consumer habits. Amendment No 10, which the Commission and Council accept, refers to the weight and size of cars."@en1

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