Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-14-Speech-2-292"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Ozone in ambient air2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000314.13.2-292"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-14-Speech-2-2932
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander de Roo2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate Mr Davies on his excellent report. I would also like to thank the European Commission for its sound green proposals. Back in July 1995, Strasbourg was labouring under ozone smog. On the initiative of the Green Group, the European Parliament then adopted a resolution to halve the ozone standard stipulated in the 1992 directive. The European Commission’s proposal has made a lot of headway in this direction. Ozone smog is still on the increase. It is now even permeating the southern European skies during the winter months. It has paralysed the traffic in northern Italy over the past couple of weeks and, during the summer months, countries such as Denmark and Sweden also suffer with ozone smog. Ozone smog is now to be found everywhere in Europe. Ozone is always an aggressive substance. There are no safe ozone levels, despite what the World Health Organisation claims. This is why the Green Group proposes allowing just fifteen exceedances of critical loads per annum. This number is slightly lower than the proposal made by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection. My group can also support the twenty exceedances proposed by the Committee. However, it cannot back the proposal made by the Christian Democrats and UNICE Employers’ Union of forty such incidents per annum. This is far too many and thirty years is a ridiculous time limit, given the fact that the problem is taking on such proportions. In order to reach this strict ozone standard, the NOx emissions from traffic, in particular, and the emission of volatile organic substances will need to go down drastically. This is the topic of Mrs Myller’s report. In the case of an ozone alert, we also need to be able to take short-term action. The Dutch Government makes so many concessions to the transport lobby that it fails to realise this. For my group, the car is no sacred cow."@en1

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