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Mr President, the emission of greenhouse gases is still on the increase, although the European Union has committed itself to an eight percent reduction in the emission of these gases in the period 2008-2012. We need to see the Green Paper on greenhouse gas emissions trading against this backdrop. The Green Paper constitutes the first step towards establishing an instrument which is in conformity with the market, which prescribes a ceiling for emission levels and which, in time, will offer very efficient and effective opportunities to reduce these emission levels. In this way, there is a chance that the European Union will still manage to fulfil its obligations with regard to the Kyoto Protocol.
The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs endorses the thrust of the Green Paper. It does, however, set great store by a solid basis for the trading system, which must be simple and transparent to the participants and underpinned by sound market institutions. Otherwise, the system will expire through a lack of faith on the part of the market operators.
In addition, the system must be competitively neutral on behalf of the companies involved. In this respect, we have serious objections to a few paragraphs in the present motion for a resolution, for these aim to distort competition through an inconsistent adoption of the sector-by-sector approach. The result of the rapporteur’s approach is that companies from the same sector in the various Member States may be treated unequally. After all, a lorry driver will not compete with a chemical company but rather with lorry drivers from other Member States. I hope that this misunderstanding can be put right with a number of amendments. I am interested to see if Commissioner Wallström will also be in favour of them.
Ultimately, we want a cleaner environment. This can be achieved by the introduction of tradable emission rights without directly interfering in the economic structures. In the final analysis, we should fulfil our collective responsibility to manage God’s creation in a responsible manner and without any hesitation."@en1
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