Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-12-Speech-2-312"
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"Mr President, firstly I would like to express my sincere thanks to the rapporteur, Emilia Müller, who has attended to her task in difficult circumstances. Many of us have been pestered and obstructed to an unreasonable degree by those who have masqueraded as philanthropists and defenders of the sick. I have had thousands of messages a day sent to my own private
mail address, sometimes as many as 8 000 unnecessary messages in one day. It is not really any longer a matter of public opinion when one and the same person sends 900 messages on the same day. That is simply criminal harassment. I can just imagine what it has been like for Mrs Müller!
Parliament should explore, not just in this case but especially in preparation for any future situation, practices of national parliaments that would guarantee Members’ inviolability, safety and right to work in peace. All this harassment, with people being urged to express their opinions, has been absolutely pointless. It has seemed to be more of an unscrupulous marketing campaign on the part of a private business, which did not even intend to influence the work of Parliament. Presumably the party that got the campaign off the ground also knew that alternative treatments and vitamin cures and treatments are not banned or prevented in the EU. A simple thought has many times crossed my mind: the means is the message. If the means to lobby us has been so unscrupulous, it is hard to be convinced of the sincerity of the issue that lies behind it.
The two main purposes of the directive are, on the one hand, the approximation of national laws so that a single market for food supplements can be created, and, on the other, to establish an appropriate level of consumer protection in all Member States. For that reason, with this directive there should be an appropriate definition of food supplements, a scientific assessment of all ingredients should be carried out, requirements relating to consumer information and labelling should be specified, quality standards should be developed, and an adequate monitoring system should be guaranteed. All this should be totally acceptable to the honest players and even directly to their advantage.
Whilst the directive will help guarantee access to the markets for all manufacturers, Parliament has been especially keen to take account of the problems of small manufacturers. For that reason, Parliament wishes to extend, by way of its own compromise proposal, the eighteen-month deadline proposed in the Council’s common position to 30 months.
If these conditions are met I see no reason to reject the common position."@en1
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