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"Mr President, I wish to express my support and the support of my group for the rapporteur and the amendments retabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.
The Council's common position improved the methods of traceability for consumer products, cooperation between authorities, producers and distributors in taking action to withdraw and recall dangerous products, and the opening up of the rapid alert system to the applicant countries. I am very pleased that it has now been made clear that charity shops, car-boot sales and flea-market stalls will not be harmed by this directive as, by their very nature, they cannot provide information on product risk and product origin for second-hand goods.
I support the Environment Committee's retabled amendments, in particular the specific reference to the precautionary principle, to market monitoring and the European product safety network.
I strongly oppose exempting provisionally banned products from the export ban. This would be double standards and would go against the very aim of the directive. If there is concern about the safety of a product, then how can we justify exporting it to third countries? As the rapporteur said earlier: safety should be assured for all consumers, not just those in the European Union.
I agree with the need for a fair balance between ensuring that products put on the market are safe and that the measures proposed can be practically implemented – this directive can achieve that."@en1
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