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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010314.3.3-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-14-Speech-3-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-11-09--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". The time when political movements, pressure groups and governments denied the existence of environmental problems is over. Despite this, new cases of environmental pollution keep appearing and old cases are not being addressed adequately. Many of the existing environmental problems are the result of secrecy. Companies keep their production processes secret, and with it, the production of waste substances which end up in the atmosphere, water or soil. Disclosure could cost them money. Under pressure from businesses, governments also act mysteriously about their permits and checks. Files are drafted, but nobody knows what is in them, except for the officials involved. Under those circumstances, the true risks often remain unknown to those living in the vicinity, workers, environmental activities and those controlling disasters. Only when something major goes wrong does immense indignation arise and everyone wants to know that went wrong. Environmental problems can only really be solved when there is disclosure at the highest level. The Korhola proposal is a step in the right direction and superior to what the Commission proposes, even if it still regrettably provides for exemptions and secrecy at some level."@en1

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