Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-18-Speech-3-156"
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"Mr President, more than three years have now passed since the fireworks disaster in Enschede. We still have not succeeded in laying down an amended directive. This amendment is essential in order, as far as possible, to prevent the same accidents from happening again. We should not therefore wait any longer.
The Council and European Commission are apparently of the opinion that Parliament tabled too many amendments at first reading. Parliament's proposals have not been adopted because they are said to fall outside the scope of this directive. According to the Council, since it would be too time-consuming to look at these proposals in detail, it dismissed them for the sake of convenience. It is, for example, beyond me why the Council refuses to accept the addition of potassium nitrate.
The adapted legislation will undoubtedly reduce the risk of accidents, but there will always be risks. In the unlikely event of a calamity, it is imperative to keep the consequences to an absolute minimum. It remains therefore of continued importance for minimum distances between hazardous installations and residential areas to be examined carefully. Of course, I appreciate that the implementation of this is not equally simple for every Member State. In the final analysis, the economic interests have to be weighed up against public safety. Safety should assume an important place.
I subscribe to the importance of well-trained staff, so that preventive and emergency measures can be taken as effectively as possible. In addition, I would like to point out that the enforcement of this legislation by central and local governments is essential. This also means providing the public with sound information. Clear danger maps, which identify the special risks to residents, constitute a sound addition to this legislation.
The Council should also be able to subscribe to the above. I would therefore take this opportunity of calling on the Council, and hence the European Commission, and the Commissioner in particular, to adopt Parliament's amendments, thus enabling us to lay down revised legislation immediately without having to go through an extended conciliation procedure."@en1
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