Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-02-Speech-1-053"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-04-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cosmetic products2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010402.5.1-053"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-02-Speech-1-0542
lpv:speaker	lp:Marit Paulsen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mrs Roth-Behrendt’s report is excellent, and I am pleased that there are to be restrictions upon animal experiments. Mrs Roth-Behrendt also proposes a total marketing ban on animal-tested cosmetic products which is to come into effect five years after the adoption of the directive if no alternative testing methods are available. This strategy may be in danger of temporarily restricting product development in the cosmetics industry, but it will considerably increase the incentives for developing alternative testing methods that do not involve animal experiments. Nonetheless, the proposed ban on animal experiments is not in itself enough, because the industry could quite simply conduct its experiments outside the EU instead. That is why a marketing ban is also needed. Such a ban would prevent producers in non-EU countries from obtaining market advantages by being able to continue making use of animal experiments. Instead, competition would mean that other methods would have to be developed. As a liberal, I care a great deal about the rights of individuals. I take the liberty of also including the right of animals not to have to be exposed to unnecessary suffering. I also care a great deal about free, informed choice on the part of consumers. It is therefore important that, through detailed and accurate labelling, consumers should immediately be given a chance to adopt positions on matters themselves. In this connection, I would ask you to pay particular attention to Amendment No 39, which proposes that animal-tested products should be to be labelled with the words, ‘Tested on animals’. With a marketing ban and a ban on animal experiments, together with other measures supported by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, I believe we shall make significant progress, I am glad to say."@en1
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