Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-03-Speech-4-021"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:End-of-life vehicles2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000203.1.4-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-03-Speech-4-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Ria Oomen-ruijten2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-09-22--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-11-04--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I hold Mr Florenz in high esteem. He has delivered excellent work under pressure both from his colleagues and from the car industry. Add to this the fact that he had to do this from his green approach and, against that background, find a compromise. That was not easy. Overall, I am not dissatisfied with the present common position and certainly not with the philosophy underlying that common position. I would like to comment on two things. Firstly, vintage cars and motorbikes. These should indeed be excluded from the directive. Secondly, the controversial question as to who bears the responsibility for taking back cars. I do not wish to alter the text of the common position in any way. The manufacturer is and should be liable and the last holder and/or owner must be able to hand back the car without any cost. In my opinion, there is too much initial hesitation. The car lobby has led too many people up the garden path. I would also like to mention that experience has nonetheless taught us that the processing cost is in fact passed on. These costs are not very high. In the Member State where I come from, you are talking about 150 Guilders per car. If you charge this from day one, you can process the old cars straight away. A very large industry might then emerge which would ensure that scrapyards, which used to be a common feature in our Member States, would then disappear. I do not wish to make any changes to this particular aspect of the compromise. I think it would be a good thing if we were to approve the present legislation together as soon as possible. This is positive because, in that way, the nine million cars which are introduced each year onto European roads will actually be processed appropriately, and this will benefit us all."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph