Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-04-12-Speech-2-383"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-04-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sulphur content of marine fuels2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050412.34.2-383"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-04-12-Speech-2-3842
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 member; LIBE (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-11-18--2006-12-12)3 vice-chair; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 treasurer; IND/DEM (2004-07-26--2007-02-12)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, you are in any case a good listener. When this issue was discussed in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, it became apparent – to me at any rate – that there are many arguments in favour of reducing the sulphur content in fuels and few against. The introduction of a sulphur limit of 0.5% across the European Union would be 7.5 times more beneficial than the costs involved. That is why I think that the Council could have responded rather more positively to Parliament’s request to restrict the limit to 0.5%. We are awaiting an assessment of Community policy on air quality; it is due shortly. We know that air quality is poor in a number of Member States, which is partly attributable to the emission of harmful substances by traffic not decreasing. Precisely at this time, the Council should have realised that if it considers air pollution to be a serious problem, it should also help find solutions. That is why I regret that the current compromise is all we have achieved. I will give it my support, but I hope it will be tightened up in future, and I would thank the rapporteur, Mrs Hassi, for the unusually good cooperation."@en1

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