Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-02-Speech-1-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Packaging and packaging waste2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020902.6.1-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-02-Speech-1-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, according to the Bible, we are stewards, all bearing responsibility for preserving the environment. In our view, European environmental policy should therefore aim to protect the entire creation, including the health of people, animals and plants and the quality of air, water and soil. Since packaging material in weight accounts for approximately one third of all household and industrial waste, you will appreciate the importance we attach to harmonising national measures in order to avoid, or reduce, the harmful environmental effects of packaging and packaging waste. We are reasonably pleased with the directive as it is now before us. I am specifically using the word ‘reasonably’, because the proposed review provides only for the stepping up of measures to recover and recycle material. What is missing are more effective rules for the prevention of waste, the re-use of packaging material and producer responsibility. Radical changes in these areas are absolutely crucial. This is why the amendments tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy are a good start. Mrs Corbey, the rapporteur, has worked very hard and has, thanks to cooperation, achieved a good result. I would like to congratulate her warmly on this and take the opportunity to call on the Commission to adopt a pro-active stance with regard to the new approach previously announced, in which the said matters will be dealt with in greater depth. The proposal amended by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy that is before us, is, in our view, a first step in the right direction."@en1

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