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"Mr President, first of all, I should like to welcome the White Paper. In reality, we are aware of the effects upon the environment and public health of only a very small proportion of the hundred thousand chemicals that exist. I think it is a serious problem for the EU’s environmental and public health policies that a combined strategy for chemicals policy was not implemented many years ago. Now, however, it has arrived as something I very much welcome. I should also like to thank Mrs Schörling for an outstanding report which tightens up the Commission’s proposal in some crucial ways, ways which, in my opinion, could well be adopted without changes. That is not, however, going to happen. The industry, and others, have also made their influence felt here in Parliament, and the result we shall adopt tomorrow will not be quite as good as it might have been.
I should like to point out some of the substantial improvements contributed by Parliament. We are having a very great deal of emphasis placed upon the precautionary and substitution principles. This constitutes a reversal of the burden of proof. With what is also the Commission’s point of departure, we are now acquiring a stricter system – with, importantly in my view, some clear deadlines – for regulating, phasing out and authorising chemicals. It is also important that we should have an extended list of hazardous substances that are to be phased out. Finally, I should also like to highlight the issue of animal experiments. I think that, in this area, a very important contribution has been made, including by the Liberals, to getting the issue of restricting animal experiments onto the agenda. That is something I am very pleased to be able to support, including in the vote tomorrow. There are many substantial advances which ought to be included in the forthcoming legislation, and I shall therefore merely ask the Commissioner, finally, when the Commission’s proposal for joint legislation is to be tabled? I understood it was to have been early next year, but it would be splendid if we could have a fairly clear date made known in this House today."@en1
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