Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-13-Speech-2-308"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Detergents2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040113.13.2-308"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-13-Speech-2-3092
lpv:speaker	lp:Inger Schörling2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Miljöpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I wish to begin by congratulating the rapporteur and all the parties involved in the proposal tabled. I think that a surprisingly sound piece of work has been done. It is an important report for the environment, but it also addresses a major and important consumer issue because detergents are important items of daily use. Consumers need to be given full and adequate information so that they can direct developments in the market by choosing environmentally friendly products. When it comes to phosphates, it is argued in Sweden, where we still have a number of detergents containing phosphates, that, firstly, we have sewage treatment works to deal with the phosphates and, secondly, that the alternatives are not entirely free from problems. I have accepted these arguments. In Amendments Nos 40-46, now being tabled by the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, we take as our starting point the Scientific Committee’s statement that phosphates cause major problems and that the existing alternatives do not cause these problems. That being said, I believe it is time genuinely to ban phosphates if they are so dangerous and if they pollute the Mediterranean etc. Let us not wait for that to happen. I should therefore like us to vote in favour of these amendments so that the Commission can put forward a proposal concerning the matter."@en1

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