Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-13-Speech-1-165"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Substances that deplete the ozone layer2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991213.10.1-165"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-13-Speech-1-1662
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonas Sjöstedt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as late as about a week ago, an alarming new report came out about the depletion of the ozone layer. This time, a study shows that the protective layer of ozone has reached worrying and record-low values over Scandinavia. We know what we need to do. Where this particular environmental issue is concerned, we know what is causing the problems. We know precisely which substances destroy ozone. We know what the effects will be upon people if levels of ultra-violet radiation increase, including effects in terms of significantly more cases of cancer. We also know how the natural environment is being damaged. What is more, there are nowadays perfectly acceptable alternatives to the vast majority of ozone-depleting substances, and these are used in a variety of spheres. Ozone-destroying substances have a deleterious effect over a very long period. In spite of the fact that international cooperation in this area through the Montreal Protocol has been successful and that emissions have declined considerably, it will not be possible for the ozone layer to be restored before some time round about the year 2040 at the earliest. Until this happens, it is estimated that there will also be an increase in the damage caused, for example in the form of new cases of cancer. There is, then, no good reason for postponing further measures which we can take right now. It is therefore important that Mrs Hulthén’s report be adopted in its entirety. By means of the proposals submitted in this report, more powerful measures can be taken against ozone-destroying substances such as methyl bromide and chloroflourocarbons. Our group is therefore going to vote in favour of all the amendments from the rapporteur. On the other hand, we are not going to vote in favour of most of the amendments which have been put forward by others, because these amendments would weaken the report. In the Committee, the Group of the European People’s Party and European Democrats voted against many of the rapporteur’s proposals. There has also been vigorous lobbying by industry on this issue. Hopefully, national declarations exist, or else there are individuals within the Group of the European People’s Party and European Democrats who put environmental considerations first and who will have the courage to vote in favour of the important proposals in the report. It will be interesting to see the results of the vote."@en1

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