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"In European policy, the precautionary principle has been an important guiding principle for years and before long, we will be discussing in this House extensive legislation, based on that principle, on chemical substances. In environmental policy too, we are trying to prevent new technical developments from damaging flora and fauna.
As for the new sonars that are currently under discussion, I can be brief. We see cases of stranded sea mammals whose hearing has been damaged. Those animals are stranded in areas where ships sail that are equipped with a new kind of extra loud sonar. These factors, combined, lead us to believe that those sonars cause damage to sea mammals. I take the view that we should apply the precautionary principle in this instance too and should therefore temporarily ban the use of those types of sonar in European waters until such time as it has been proven that there is some other cause or – if the damage is indeed caused by these sonar devices – until a final ban is imposed. With regard to the amendment tabled by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, I understand that restrictions can be imposed on protected areas, but it seems wise to me to retain the current text of the resolution in order to send the strongest possible signal to the Council and the Commission."@en1
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