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"Mr President, this directive is particularly popular; our fellow citizens are very attached to it and, since 1976, new public health requirements have obviously appeared as a result of developments in scientific knowledge. We therefore have at our disposal standardised information on harmonised measures. Each citizen benefits from the same information, be they in Belgium, Spain, Greece or Slovenia.
I therefore have five remarks to make on this directive. Firstly, it is important to implement appropriate measures in order to provide the public with good information. Secondly, with numerous
having made considerable efforts to improve the quality of their waters, our legislation must certainly not discourage local initiatives. This directive must therefore be applicable and flexible, as has already been pointed out. Unexpected pollution can occur and, in such an event, temporary banning orders must be implemented, which do not, however, irrevocably lead to the downgrading of the
With regard to classifications, it is indeed necessary to be demanding and not to be mistaken on the quality of bathing waters; I deplore, however, the disappearance of the intermediate category, classified as sufficient. A measure of this type can have grave consequences for the development of certain of our tourist resorts. It is not a good thing to worry citizens for nothing. The right balance must be found between the quality of bathing waters and support for tourism, which is an essential sector of our economy. I also consider it significant that recreational activities are excluded from this directive, the absence of which will lead to the disappearance of surfers, and kayak, windsurfing and waterskiing enthusiasts, etc. from our holiday resorts. This does not strike me, in actual fact, as being very realistic.
Finally, it is indeed necessary to distinguish between coastal waters and inland waters, which are by nature different; we therefore look forward to the European epidemiological study conducted to evaluate these differences. It is above all our duty to do all we can to avoid marine pollution as a result of accidents or the emptying of petrol tankers, which all too often inflict our coastal resorts."@en1
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