Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-11-Speech-2-035"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cosmetic products2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.4.2-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristina García-orcoyen Tormo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-05-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-05-08--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the seventh modification of the directive on cosmetic products has once again brought two issues before this Parliament which have been widely debated since the first directive was adopted in 1976. The last revision was the sixth, in 1993. The issues I am referring to are the prohibition of animal experimentation and the prohibition of the marketing within the European Union of products which have been tested on animals. The rapporteur, Mrs Roth-Behrendt, has worked hard and seriously, maintaining the coherence of the Commission’s text and improving it, particularly in view of the illogical proposal of lifting the prohibition on marketing. My group has always supported this amendment and has agreed with the rapporteur that, after so many years of work and unfulfilled expectations in relation to ending animal experimentation, we must deal with this issue once and for all, setting precise timescales, urging and motivating the cosmetics industry to mobilise all its available resources so that, without in any way jeopardising the safety of its products, experiments on animals will be stopped for good as soon as possible. The Group of the European Peoples’ Party, however, has always believed that full compliance with this directive made it necessary for the rapporteur’s initial proposal to show a degree of flexibility, while allowing for certain exceptions since, although it is true that the majority of cosmetic products offer the consumer complete safety without their ingredients having to be tested on animals, there are certain cases in which scientists have still not been able to find reliable alternative methods for particular products which are not totally superfluous, such as sun products or creams, which provide a degree of protection from sunlight. In this respect, the work not just of my group but of all the parliamentary groups has focused on the identification of these cases and their incorporation into the text of the directive, and the rapporteur has been highly receptive to this. Without allowing the cosmetics industry to delay eliminating its animal experimentation practices, the proposal for a directive allows exceptions for very specific tests and for a maximum period of ten years. Fortunately, I believe that this amendment has the support of the whole of the European Peoples’ Party and that, when it comes to it, it will have the support of the whole House. I am convinced that a vote in favour by the European Parliament, not just in relation to this amendment, but the whole of the proposal, will finally bring into being regulations which combine animal protection and consumer protection in a balanced and fair manner."@en1

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