Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-10-Speech-1-110"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Market access to port services2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030310.5.1-110"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-10-Speech-1-1112
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)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 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the International Labour Organisation has found it necessary to behave in a regulatory way in respect of port labour, precisely because port labour has so much to do with safety and because this is an area where social dumping has occurred. Many countries have signed these conventions, and you will naturally say: ‘We are not opposed to it either, and we also allow these countries to organise themselves further.’ My country also wants to be able to retain its ‘Major Law’, but that is naturally not what it is about. What the dock workers are afraid of, and this is an area in which I share their anxiety, is the fact that safety in the ports will go out of the window in favour of cheap prices. The accident has already been mentioned by many people. Are we going to see serious accidents like this in the future when goods are loaded and unloaded? The other great risk is that of social dumping on account of self-handling. Commissioner, is that really what you are aiming for, competition through social dumping? I do not think that we should go down that route. We must ensure that compulsory licensing is introduced. I therefore really do not agree with what you are advocating, as I am sure that anyone subject to strict licensing laws will also experience distortion of competition. They will be priced out of the market, and cowboy ports will develop, just as we already see ships sailing under a flag of convenience that are the terror of the seas."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Prestige"1

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