Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-13-Speech-2-359"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Pricing policies for enhancing the sustainability of water resources2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011113.14.2-359"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-13-Speech-2-3602
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristina García-orcoyen Tormo2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2000-10-05--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-11-04--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, water is a commodity to which every human being should have access, but it is also a scarce resource whose efficient use by all is becoming increasingly crucial. Pricing policy is one way, therefore, in addition to the other instruments included in the framework directive on water, in which we can move closer to this objective. It is important, therefore, that a price should be put on water and that this price reflects, as accurately as possible, its cost to the environment, the cost of supply and the cost of resources used. It is equally important that a water pricing policy should take account of the social function of water, and of the need to consider climatic, geographical and regional aspects when the terms of such a policy are fixed. It is possible, and, I would even say crucial, to make efficient and environmentally-aware water management compatible in all Member States with respect for the form of water resource management that each Member State feels is best suited to its needs. The European Parliament should, therefore, support all the methods proposed in the communication aimed at achieving a more efficient use of water, and acknowledge that an appropriate pricing system is an important instrument in achieving this. However, we should strongly reject any proposal for intervention in a Member State’s water resource management policy. Firstly, because this goes entirely beyond the remit of the communication, and secondly, because it goes against the spirit and the letter of the framework directive. We should not forget, when talking about costs and their recovery, about the terms in which this concept is fixed in the framework directive, in which establishing a pricing system that involves the maximum recovery of costs is advocated, leaving the criteria to each Member State, and with regard to the aspects that have already been mentioned – also in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, for the concrete fixing of prices in each case. When we talk about the integrated recovery of costs, therefore, this recovery should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of the framework directive, which is the only legislation in force on this matter in the European Union."@en1

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