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Madam President, on behalf of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats I should firstly like to thank Mrs Ries and everyone else involved for their constructive work. My thanks also go to Commissioner Piebalgs.
We have reached a positive outcome that will allow us to accomplish a great deal for the environment. Following consultations with industry representatives and environmental groups, the Commission has estimated that the directive could reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 180 million tonnes, which is equivalent to 53% of the European Union’s Kyoto target. During negotiations, we pushed for these reductions to be implemented to as great an extent as possible and without delay.
The Group of the European People’s Party has always regarded this as an important directive, and we adopted a constructive approach from the very outset. At the same time, however, we tabled three key amendments that were adopted during the negotiations, and this is a source of some satisfaction to me. As a result of the first of these amendments, the directive will apply not only to producers in the European Union, but to all products that reach the European market, no matter where they have been manufactured. The second amendment will make importers subject to tighter checks and ensure that the fight against corruption is stepped up, in both instances to a greater degree than originally planned by the Commission and the Council. Our third amendment will result in the bureaucratic burden on businesses being reduced, with Annex I now being a great deal more business-friendly. This has earned us the thanks of small and medium-sized enterprises, and I have received a written statement from the latter expressing such sentiments.
The fact remains, however, that we have set ambitious goals for environmental protection, and I am particularly pleased that reducing stand-by losses has been identified as a top priority goal. An enormous amount of energy is being wasted through such losses, and it would be a simple matter to put a stop to them.
It is now up to the Commission to get down to work without delay and to implement the directive. The Commissioner must also ensure that Commission officials have enough staff to do so promptly."@en1
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