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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environmental liability2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031215.9.1-125"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-15-Speech-1-1262
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristina García-orcoyen Tormo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-05-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-05-08--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, an accident such as the Aznalcoyar accident – which took place in my country in 1998 – plus almost 300 000 sites identified as definitively or potentially polluted in the European Union they have been pointed out by Mrs Niebler are direct examples of the need for effective rules at European Union level to make the ‘polluter pays’ principle a reality. I understand and share the concern to make progress in environmental terms while at the same time maintaining the economic good health of companies, although I believe that is an argument which is used too often and which often does not respond to the reality of the effort companies can and must make in order to conform to this and other Community legislation. I believe that the common position would have achieved, or has achieved in fact, a satisfactory balance between legal certainty, environmental protection and industrial development. However, I believe that the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, despite having done good work, is tomorrow presenting certain amendments – such as No 9 and No 16 – which excessively weaken the common position and which I cannot support. We cannot accept that the mere fact of complying with legal activities should be a licence to fail to comply or to be able to act irresponsibly. If measures such as these are applied such as those proposed in these amendments accidents such as the Aznalcoyar accident would once again go entirely unpunished in whichever country they took place. I would, however, like to point out that I support Amendment No 46, since I believe that, otherwise, we would further weaken the system of environmental responsibility in certain types of maritime transport, which I believe to be important. With regard to the issue of financial guarantees, I believe that it improves the Commission’s proposal – which did not provide for them – but that it has not been either as ambitious as initially hoped or as concrete as it could have been. I understand the need to give companies a period for adaptation and I hope, of course, that they will do so as soon as possible."@en1

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