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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Packaging and packaging waste2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030701.9.2-270"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-01-Speech-2-2712
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, my compliments to the rapporteur, Mrs Corbey, on her approach. The principle underlying this legislation is limitation of the harmful environmental consequences of packaging. The way in which the targets formulated are achieved may differ from one Member State to another. Unfortunately, we have to say that the European Commission thinks differently about this, witness the fact that on 17 December last year it decided to summon the Netherlands to appear before the Court. And this while the targets are being amply achieved in the Netherlands through the operation of a voluntary agreement between the Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and industry. This approach will also have to be recognised in this directive. In compromise Amendment No 31 this has been done, although I still find the requirements very tight. I recognise that the targets of this directive may be ambitious, but nonetheless this matter must not end in conciliation, certainly not if there is agreement with the Council on the other points. I can for example give my unqualified support to the idea that the export of packaging waste may only count towards the achievement of the targets if the exporter can supply the proof that the recovery and/or the recycling has taken place in circumstances that are equivalent to the community regulation. I am less happy with the fact that the discussion of mechanical recycling is again being deferred, so that we continue to be faced with a lack of clarity. Finally, Mr President, I really do think that gift wrap should be covered by the definition of packaging."@en1

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