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". – Mr President, I wish to begin by thanking the European Parliament, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy and, in particular, the rapporteur, Mr Blokland, for the work they have put into the first reading report.
Our proposal aims to ensure consistency in dealing with shipments of waste. We need to ensure environmentally sound management in relation to both shipments within the Community and exports from the Community to third countries. It is focused on implementing the 2001 OECD decision, pursuing international harmonisation, which means respecting the internationally agreed obligations in the Basel Convention, addressing problems encountered in the application of the regulation since its adoption ten years ago and enhancing the structure of the regulation.
In relation to shipments within the Community, I share the concerns expressed about standard dumping in waste for recovery. The Commission proposal and the Communication on a thematic strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste clearly recognise the problem. However, our response is a long-term solution at EU level, whose main elements are, firstly, the establishment of standards at EU level through the extension of the IPPC Directive and, secondly, the establishment of guidelines regarding sham or fake recovery and clearer distinctions between the different recovery and disposal operations.
In relation to exports from the Community to third countries, I support the amendments adopted by the Committee on the Environment to further sharpen the regulation by making reference to both EU legislation and certain internationally-agreed guidelines, in particular those on ship recycling.
Let me conclude this introduction by saying that it is important that we do not allow environmental standard dumping, either when we ship waste internally within the Community or when we export it from the Community to third countries."@en1
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