Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-15-Speech-3-035"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:General product safety2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001115.2.3-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-15-Speech-3-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it goes without saying that we need a certain basic level of consumer protection in the European Union. But do we really need a completely harmonised and uniform standard of protection? It does not seem to me to be a particularly good idea, quite apart from the high cost, stringent regulation and associated red tape. I would have thought it would be better to take more account of subsidiarity. A Danish or German consumer has different safety requirements to a Dutch or Italian consumer. We must give more consideration to this diversity in the directive on general product safety. Furthermore, I feel there is insufficient reason for the Commission to produce proposals on the safety of services. By its very nature, the service industry is less suited to this approach. A producer can take a product back, but it would, of course, be rather difficult for a service provider to do so with a service. I welcome the fact that exceptions have been made for shops associated with charitable institutions and non-profit organisations, as well as for articles sold as second-hand goods at markets or car boot sales. Finally, I was wondering whether, on closer inspection, Amendment No 14, tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, has been formulated correctly. It does not seem to me to be a problem if an agreement is reached between a standardisation body and the government, which makes European standards freely accessible to the public. After all, that is not the same as the Commission publishing the European standards. I would be interested to hear what the Commissioner has to say about this."@en1

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