Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-24-Speech-2-043"
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". – Mr President, it would be indeed tempting to enter into this debate. I used to be a minister for consumer affairs so I could very well do so, but will not because my task is to represent the Commission. This is purely a technical issue of ensuring legal clarity during the six months that the conciliation procedure is ongoing. The Commission does not want to impinge on future decisions or the result of the conciliation procedure, but would underline that it has a responsibility to ensure the observance of rules on the free circulation of goods, the protection of public health and the respect of international rules. We have been urged by the Legal Service to make sure that we provide legal certainty to economic operators, who must ensure that the products they put on the market are safe. That is the aim of this postponement.
This is important because the Commission proposal also has to be retroactive in order to achieve the objectives of ensuring that products are marketed only when they fulfil the conditions laid down by Directive 76/68 and because we must also be able to require manufacturers to guarantee that the products they put on the market are not harmful to human health.
The situation is such that there are no comprehensive alternative testing methods at the moment and that is why we must ensure that there is legal certainty for these six months. That is the background to the Commission proposal. I have taken note of everything you have said and fortunately, Mrs Roth-Behrendt, we have developed the capacity for listening to two people at the same time. You have to do that and the advantage of listening to German is that all the verbs come at the end so that also helps!"@en1
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