Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-13-Speech-2-040"

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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	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030513.2.2-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-05-13-Speech-2-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Moreira Da Silva2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2003-03-10--2003-10-05)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2003-10-05)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2003-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I wish to start by congratulating the rapporteur, Mr Manders, and also Mr Papayannakis, on their work. Adopting a directive on environmental liability would be of enormous value. It would give credibility to environmental legislators, increase protection of the citizens and would send a clear message to economic operators that polluting does not pay. I therefore welcomed the proposal for a directive with great expectations, but although it is a step in the right direction, I believe it falls short of what is needed. Furthermore, in seeking to resolve any legal ambiguity, the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market has ended up further weakening the environmental objectives. Consequently, with regard to the directive’s scope, I would first of all admit that the issue of damage to biodiversity must be clarified but the solution does not lie, in my opinion, in excluding it from the directive. The loss of biodiversity in the European Union is a reality and the commitments given in Johannesburg and Gothenburg must be honoured. Secondly, I believe that, in addition to the damage to the ecological and chemical makeup of water, the directive should also cover damage to its volume, as laid down in the framework directive on water. Thirdly, I feel it is unacceptable for oil pollution in maritime transport and radioactive pollution caused by nuclear reactors to be excluded from the directive’s scope. These activities are amongst the most damaging to the environment and international instruments do not properly address the prevention and remedying of the damage these activities cause. Lastly, Mr President, I call for the directive to contain clearer provisions on making insurance compulsory, particularly for operators in more dangerous activities, in order to prevent taxpayers having to pay for damage in the event that companies become insolvent."@en1

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