Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-15-Speech-2-038"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Electrical and electronic equipment2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010515.3.2-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-15-Speech-2-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander de Roo2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should first of all like to congratulate Mr Florenz warmly on his report. He has got the message, which is individual financial responsibility for the manufacturers of new television sets and refrigerators. Costs must not be passed on to consumers. Only if manufacturers themselves are saddled with the extra costs for re-use and recycling will they gain the financial incentive to design their electrical and electronic products in such a way as to ensure that they can be re-used more easily and in a more environmentally-friendly manner. Parliament unanimously supports this principle of individual financial responsibility. This is how we can make the market economy more ecological. That is why I urge the Swedish Presidency to include this principle in the common position; if not, a conciliation procedure will become inevitable. I should once again like to congratulate Mr Florenz. If there were more Christian-Democrats like him, we would see black-green coalitions emerge in Europe. I only have one point of criticism, namely brominated flame retardants. The Commission, along with the majority in Parliament, only want to ban 2 of the 70 brominated flame retardants. These two are disappearing from the market anyway, but all 70 should be banned. They are toxic and non-biodegradable. In human milk, the quantity of these hazardous substances is doubled every five years, and that has been the case for the past 25 years. The incidence of these substances in people working in the recycling industry is 70 times higher. There are safe alternatives, namely aluminium hydroxides and phosphate esters. Japanese firms, such as Sony, have already decided to stop using brominated flame retardants. Politicians now need to follow suit."@en1

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