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dcterms:Date	"2001-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Energy efficiency2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010313.21.2-360"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-13-Speech-2-3612
lpv:speaker	lp:Marjo Matikainen-kallström2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2000-04-03--2002-03-07)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, my colleague, Mr Wijkman, has been engaged in some valuable and creditable work in preparing this report. This is a very important issue: we are not only speaking about the protection of the environment but safeguarding the supply of energy. Any Member State that wishes to steer its emissions in a cleaner direction by means of taxation must be considered jointly responsible to the Union as a whole and our common environment. We, for our part, must ensure that we do not support the distortion of competition in the name of free competition at the cost of caring for the environment. A Member State that manages its carbon dioxide emissions responsibly, for example, must not be allowed to get into a situation in which countries that produce their energy with a proportionately greater quantity of polluting fuels have a competitive edge over it. It is on this basis that harmonised environmental taxes are justified. This example of mine is a clear depiction of the distortion of competition. This scenario could eventually lead to a situation where environmental considerations are not predominant when deciding energy policy. There is a danger that, with the liberalisation of the electricity market, Member States that attend to their obligations with regard to emissions may lose their electricity markets to countries that ignore their obligations. Combined heat and power production is important for energy efficiency. The special conditions that prevail in small and remote countries are also relevant here. The special climatic features of Member States have to be taken into account at Community level. I hope that Mr Rübig’s amendment will gain support among my colleagues on this basis."@en1

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