Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-13-Speech-2-341"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Chemicals strategy2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011113.13.2-341"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-13-Speech-2-3422
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2001-09-10--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--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 to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is high time the chemicals strategy were reviewed, for only 11 of the 140 substances on the priority list have been assessed to date. However, we should take care, in our enthusiasm, not to bite off more than we can chew. Of course, I too would welcome a complete overhaul, but in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, the Commission has already warned that if the chemical substances policy is overloaded, the ship will sink. That seems to me reason enough to remove some of the cargo from the ship. In concrete terms, I mean that the substances below one tonne should remain outside the scope of the new policy for the time being. Furthermore, the ship is reeling from side to side, swaying from a stringent policy on the one hand to the wish to take generous account of social and economic effects on the other. This half-heartedness can be avoided by prioritising the most harmful substances. In that way, the benefits for the environment and public health will be the greatest, and the social and economic effects on industry will automatically be contained. We therefore no longer need to pull the wool over the eyes of industry by positing that the new policy will improve innovation and businesses’ competitive edge. Finally, I am of the opinion that the generally recognised criteria for harmfulness, namely dosage and use, need to be maintained."@en1

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