Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-11-Speech-2-264"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Deliberate release into the environment of GMOs2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000411.10.2-264"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-11-Speech-2-2652
lpv:speaker	lp:Georges Berthu2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Rassemblement pour la France (1999-07-20--2000-11-22)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2001-01-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2000-09-20)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the proposal for a directive on procedures for the authorisation of genetically modified organisms has been returned to this House for second reading, even though events since the first reading have done nothing but heighten the fears that we originally expressed. On 11 February 1999, at first reading, we opposed this proposal since we considered that it in no way controlled the risks that GMOs pose to the environment and to animal and human health and that a straightforward application of the precautionary principle should have resulted if not in the definitive prohibition of the release of these organisms, at least in a moratorium lasting several years. Furthermore, we were critical of the authorisation procedures stipulated in the proposal, which seemed to us too lenient and inordinately centralised. A year on, studies have been conducted that even more clearly highlight the dangers of releasing GMOs. As recently as last week, a committee of inquiry from the French National Assembly concluded, and I quote, that it ‘considered the placing on the market of new products deriving from genetically modified organisms to be premature’. In these circumstances, we find the text which has been presented to the House for second reading increasingly outmoded. All our principled objections, including the request for an official moratorium, are all the more relevant today and, as was the case with BSE, we would like to see any country which is convinced that it is running a serious risk being entitled to take national prohibition and safeguard measures. How is it possible, in this day and age, that we have to demand a right as self-evident as this?"@en1

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