Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-03-Speech-2-126"
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Transport links with countries outside Europe mean that means of transport which do not comply with our environmental and safety requirements are travelling on our roads, in our ports and in our airspace. I am talking about single-hulled oil tankers, ramshackle lorries and poorly-maintained noisy aircraft. Smaller regional airports, which are the only ones willing to accept old, noisy planes carrying freight from Eastern Europe and developing countries, are particularly badly affected at the moment. There is every reason for banning such means of transport from the territory of the EU, though we can of course understand that countries with a lower standard of living and less advanced technology still have no choice but to use them. We would do better to help them achieve safer transport standards than to allow them to cause problems here. Unfortunately, the proposal on the safety of aircraft from third countries does not go as far as this. That is why I support the modest improvements proposed by Mrs Maes for the first reading. She is right to emphasise the need for tighter random checks, even in cases where no suspicions exist, and to call for a ban on the transport of radioactive material on passenger flights. Taking the complaints of people living near airports seriously is just as important."@en1
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