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"It is with reluctance that I feel myself forced to abstain on this crucial vote.
For me, this is by no means a way of avoiding the issue, but rather the only means of expressing my opinion on the contradictory signal that our Parliament is giving out today.
I feel satisfaction on the one hand, concerning the principle of substitution for problematic substances: obligatory substitution (Amendment 232) and research for safer alternatives (Amendment 214). It is the first time that the European Parliament has declared itself in this way in a text of this importance. Having said that, it is impossible for me to take any pleasure in it, when, in the same text, and before the process, Parliament totally alters the registration procedure for two thirds of the substances concerned by REACH, those of less than 10 tonnes: tests reduced in the extreme and depending on risk and not tonnage. In my opinion this does not afford even basic safeguards with regard to health and safety for the people most at risk.
Here we have totally undermined the very foundations of REACH.
On this point, however, it is salutary to note that the Council is more ambitious than Parliament. Long may it so remain."@en1
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