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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000411.4.2-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-11-Speech-2-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3
lpv:translated text	"As I stated during the previous part-session, in our debate on child sex tourism, there is nothing that arouses more horror and disgust than the sexual exploitation of children, and we have to admit that the Internet facilitates such ‘practices’ by enabling all manner of perverts to consult illegal sites anonymously. Having made this extremely alarming observation, it is essential to consider the means of combating this phenomenon in order to protect our children. I must, in addition, congratulate the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs on its work, which produced some very interesting proposals. One suggestion it makes is that every European Union Member State should make special police units responsible for monitoring the Internet, looking for pornographic material involving children. If we wish to take effective action against child pornography on the Internet, it is not enough to simply react to crimes which have already been discovered. In addition, the report sets the cut-off age at 16 for the definition of what must be considered to be child pornography. I further support the rapporteur in insisting that the Council decision should be more binding and that the proposed measures should not be left to the discretion of the Member States. In the same way, the idea of the ‘offence of child pornography’ must be seen as quite comprehensive! There was a proposal to add that ‘the production, sale and distribution or other forms of trafficking in child pornography material and the possession of such material is punishable’, but ‘possession shall be punishable only where it is the result of an intentional or deliberate act or, if it is not, where possession is deliberately retained.’ Without this qualification, users ‘surfing’ the Internet and inadvertently accessing a site displaying child pornography would also be punishable. Productions which, although they do not actually feature children, may suggest or intend to suggest that children are involved are also covered by the definition of offence. Users of child pornography must be punished severely to serve as examples. In addition, it is very important to organise better cooperation between Member States police forces through Europol. The European Parliament must make bold proposals and must remain very vigilant. We must utilise all the preventative and restrictive means possible to combat such phenomena. This proposal is a step in this direction and I can therefore only give it my support."@en1

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