Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-13-Speech-4-098"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030313.3.4-098"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-13-Speech-4-0992
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"The protection of consumer rights, just like the protection of health, the environment and safety at work, must not stop at national borders. Even if there were no EU, agreements would have to be made between different countries on common support for these rights. As always, in the end it comes down, however, to the content of the agreements and not the fact that everything is subject to the same regulations. You can level everything down by regulating as little as possible, scrapping existing national regulations and leaving as much as possible to voluntary cooperation of the companies involved. That may fit in well with the prevailing neo-liberal ideology, but then the protection does not amount to much and those who break the rules are not hindered in continuing their bad practices. In the decision-making on strategy and the Green Paper on European consumer policy, there is a great temptation to misuse consumer protection as a lever to bring about greater uniformity of regulations at EU level, without solving the real problems. I support the warning against this of the Consumer Association in the Netherlands. It has to be about combating unfair trading practices. Codes of conduct cannot substitute for legislation but are no more than detailed supplements. It has to be possible to enforce compliance with the supplements by all concerned. Fortunately the proposals of the rapporteurs, Mrs Thyssen, Mrs Patrie and Mr Whitehead are moving in more or less that direction. I voted wrongly on the conclusion to section 23."@en1

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