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"en.20031119.5.3-090"2
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"I support this report by Mr Lisi recommending the adoption of a joint text agreed on in the Conciliation Committee and updating the Council directive on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances.
We are particularly pleased that the following amendments by Parliament have been accepted, seeking:
to extend the scope of the directive to cover hazardous substances such as potassium nitrate, which was the substance that caused the explosion at a factory in Toulouse in 2001, the death of thirty people and the injuries of around two thousand;
to improve the training of all staff working in a potentially dangerous establishment, including all subcontractors, with priority to be given to initial emergency measures to be adopted in the event of accidents;
to improve the information given to the public, with particular emphasis on establishing a database for land-use planning that will enable the compatibility of dangerous sites with sensitive areas to be assessed;
to ensure that operators of dangerous plants draft publicly accessible safety reports, containing maps, images and equivalent descriptions;
Given the introduction of considerable improvements in the common position, which led to much greater progress than could have been predicted at second reading, I support..."@en1
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