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"Mr President, thank you very much, Mr Sjöstedt, for this question. The issue of brominated flame retardants is an important one. It was raised quite recently in the Environment Council by a number of ministers who want the Commission to look at what basis there might be for a ban and at what might need to be done. We are in the process of looking into this question and assessing what knowledge we have today and what it is possible to do. Allow me to remind you, however, that use of the precautionary principle does not need to be synonymous with there being a total ban. There may be a series of different measures which can be taken. It ought not, therefore, to be immediately interpreted as a ban. Where brominated flame retardants are concerned, there may eventually be a ban, but it is important to say that the precautionary principle permits the whole spectrum of political measures and initiatives to be taken.
This issue is extremely topical. The Commission is to do its job and give proper attention to the issue before we come back with an assessment of what needs to be done."@en1
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