Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-07-Speech-4-110"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000907.2.4-110"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-07-Speech-4-1112
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Theonas2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (1999-07-20--2001-01-24)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2001-01-24)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-29--2001-01-24)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2001-01-24)3 vice-chair; ECON (1999-07-21--2001-01-24)3
lpv:translated text	". Immediate, radical measures are urgently needed in order to protect the environment from the adverse impact of the ever increasing use of air transport. However, the Commission proposal approaches the problem from the angle of competition and the profits of the aviation industry and the airlines. As a result, it fails to deal with immediate priorities and, more importantly, only addresses in vague and general terms the problem of permissible limits on emissions of greenhouse gases and the definition of new, or at least improved, standards and rules which need to be applied at local and regional level and promoted at international level. Similarly, it only contains vague, unsatisfactory proposals on reducing permissible noise levels, especially in the vicinity of airports during the day and, more importantly, at night. A whole series of basic issues, such as land use around airports, improving air traffic etc. has been ignored, issues which are important factors in dealing with the environmental impact of air transport. The Commission proposal is mainly money-driven. Instead of forcing aerospace companies to develop research and apply newer, more environmentally-friendly technologies, it backs measures to boost revenue by introducing new taxes on aircraft purchases or changing the VAT arrangements for airline companies or the tax on kerosene, all of which can easily be passed on to the final consumer. Attempts to reduce the number and times of flights by increasing the price of tickets, in conjunction with constant efforts to erode labour costs and safety specifications, are merely ways of maintaining, if not increasing the profits of the aviation industry, not measures to reduce the adverse environmental impact of air transport. Typically, no mention is made of liberalising the air transport market, which is exacerbating not only the environmental impact, due to restricted controls on old, inadequately maintained aeroplanes, but the very safety of flights and passengers."@en1

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