Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-10-Speech-3-216"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Workers' exposure to asbestos2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020410.7.3-216"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-10-Speech-3-2172
lpv:speaker	lp:Fiorella Ghilardotti2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as the rapporteur has made quite clear, this directive does not require us to debate the hazardous nature of asbestos but to start from the certainty of that fact. Although further scientific research is necessary to completely clear up the remaining doubts regarding the risks of asbestos exposure to human health, the number of victims of asbestos-related diseases in Europe is such that the majority of the Member States have implemented the ban on the marketing and use of products containing asbestos. The problem is now also responding to the shift of asbestos-related risks from one sector to another: from the traditional risks in the production sector – which, although significant, are controllable – to the risks in the sectors in which asbestos has to be handled because removal, maintenance, repair, or demolition work is carried out. The latter are potentially high, predictable risks, with regard to which it is becoming essential to base proposals squarely on the precautionary principle when setting exposure limits. Furthermore, the risks posed by asbestos extend beyond the workers directly exposed to it. Others, such as the families of workers and persons living near work sites, may also be at risk, albeit to a much lesser extent, namely the families of workers and persons living near work sites. Although Italy is fortunate in that its legislation is more advanced than the proposed rules, it is important that we support the rapporteur now and adopt the report, for we need to make it absolutely clear that standards of safety at the workplace cannot be lowered. We must never forget that a high level of competitiveness is based partly on high quality social conditions and that quality of work is an important production factor. In conclusion, over and above the general political considerations mentioned, which, as we socialists see it, cannot be ignored, we must remember that the internationalisation of the economic and social costs of occupational diseases, both those already diagnosed and those still to be so, as well as accidents at work, should convince everybody beyond any doubt that high standards of health and safety in the workplace are, in addition to being a right of the workers, also beneficial to the companies themselves and to the economy in general."@en1
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