Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-01-Speech-2-277"

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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	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030701.9.2-277"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-01-Speech-2-2782
lpv:speaker	lp:Eija-Riitta Korhola2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Suomen kristillisdemokraatit rp (2001-05-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, to her credit, the main thread of the rapporteur’s argument has been the speedy revision of targets, thereby avoiding the temptation to embark on too large-scale and thorough a review now. There will be another time for that. I would like here to mention some of my own amendments, which were approved by the committee in the recommendation and also in the proposed inter-party compromises. If the targets are to be implemented we should avoid discrimination between materials on the basis of weight. That will not happen, however, if, for example, charges are based solely on weight and do not take account of each material’s environmental impact. Clarification is needed to give proper shape to the whole programme. The very fact that there is an aim to recycle 55% by weight of packaging waste and an obligation that goes with it to take the environmental costs and benefits of the recovery and recycling of packaging materials into account means that there should be no one-sided increase in material-specific commitments, even if that would mean the 55% target would be achieved more quickly. The Commission has promised to present a report in 2005, one section of which is to be on the subject of re-use. My amendment proposes that that report should examine re-use and, in particular, a comparison of the ecological benefits of re-use and those of recycling. The report should focus precisely on real environmental impact and assessing market viability. Important details include examples in the Annex of products which constitute packaging that is not subject to the scope of this directive. These include tubes and cylinders around which flexible material is wound, release paper of self-adhesive labels, and wrapping and gift wrapping paper sold as a separate product. I want to thank the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteurs for their excellent cooperation."@en1

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