Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-15-Speech-2-170"
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"Mr President, this Parliament and Council directive on general product safety is important to the safety of the consumer. The aim is that this directive should also incorporate products which still do not come within the province of sectoral legislation and products whose safety aspects are not dealt with very well by sectoral legislation. That is important for the internal market, and it is also important for consumers to be able to rely on products within the European market displaying a high safety content. Needless to say, these consumers must then proceed to use these products in a responsible manner. This directive thus creates more clarity by explaining definitions and, at the same time, simplifying procedures so that Member States can obtain information more quickly. People still die of the effects of unsafe products. Moreover, I am of the opinion that it is irresponsible for safe product standards to be observed on behalf of EU citizens, but for citizens outside the EU to have to content themselves with less safe products. If we take these products off the shelves here, we should no longer export them. In fact, that is, of course, an issue that goes beyond this report, and I think we have not heard the last of it. This report can count on our unqualified support."@en1
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