Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-13-Speech-2-027"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-05-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environmental liability2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030513.2.2-027"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-05-13-Speech-2-0282
lpv:speaker	lp:Hiltrud Breyer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Bündnis 90/die Grünen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, numerous speakers have stressed the importance of this environment directive. We actually ought to have been ambitious enough to make it the centrepiece of our environmental legislation. It is all the more regrettable that industry has managed to insert a series of exemptions in these provisions. Polluters actually ought to be answerable for the damage that they have caused and ought also to be obliged to take preventive measures. Given that there are so many exemptions and that only a very small number of accidents are covered by this directive, I fear that we will not achieve what we originally set out to do. As you know, accidents only qualify as such if those causing them are negligent or otherwise at fault, which means that damage to biodiversity caused by the use of licensed genetically modified seed is not covered at all. This is very regrettable. Furthermore, the fact that the notion of strict liability is linked to the list of dangerous activities in this way means that entire areas that pose a potential risk, such as mining and drilling for oil and gas, are also excluded, as is a large proportion of the consumer goods industry. The fact that there is no obligation to introduce general insurance for environmental damage is also a mistake in my view, because we have to ensure that when damage is caused to property and health, liability is not only restricted to Natura 2000 areas, but also applies further afield. Nevertheless, provided that the Commission sees reason, I hope that we will succeed in making this environmental liability directive the centrepiece of our legislation. I also hope that it will not remain full of holes like a Swiss cheese which would mean that it only applied in a very few cases, because if so we would not achieve our aims, which are to give industry incentives to take preventive measures and really to make the polluter pays principle the focus of our action."@en1
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