Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-15-Speech-2-060"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Priority substances in water policy2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010515.4.2-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-15-Speech-2-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:David Robert Bowe2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I must first of all welcome this report. It has taken some time to get it to the plenary session. Mrs Breyer has been persistent, though, and she has worked very hard on it. So I think we can now give it our general support and endorse entirely the principles of what is being proposed here today. This priority list of thirty-two proposed substances, ranked according to their known dangerous properties, is the right way to start trying to deal with the problem of water pollution. However, we also need to consider the possibility of adding to this list or simply changing it using the COMMPS procedure or using other additional information we might obtain in the coming years. We do have to consider this list very carefully before action, but that is not an excuse for no action or slow action. It is still bizarre to me that nickel is included on this list and that our approach to families of chemicals has unfairly targeted fluoranthene alongside the other PAHs. So, clearly further work is needed on this initial list. The timetable for action is not really ambitious. 2020? I really think that perhaps we can go a little faster than that. The idea of getting close to zero emissions of these substances is a fairly vague objective and I think some of the European Parliament's amendments today help to clarify this issue. But I do not doubt for one minute that this is the way ahead, that these are the steps we have got to take to protect an increasingly important resource, the quality of which is vital to future generations. This is a blessing they do not have in other parts of the world. In Europe we should count our blessings and care for our blessings; our water resources are one of those very important blessings."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bowe (PSE )."1

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