Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-324"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Application of the Århus Convention to EC institutions and bodies2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.23.2-324"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-3252
lpv:speaker	lp:Frieda Brepoels2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams - Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this regulation must indeed ensure that all Community institutions apply the provisions of the Århus Convention, an agreement that intends to increase public involvement in environmental concerns. Whatever some Members may claim, it is certainly not the intention to go beyond what is needed to enable the Community to be a party to the Århus Convention. I am delighted that the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety has firmed up the Council’s common position. I am therefore completely behind the report and hope that it will be adopted in its entirety without the need for any amendments. Given the increasing importance of Community environmental policy, the challenge for the regulation to comply with all provisions of the Århus Convention is significant, not least in terms of retaining some credibility in the eyes of the Member States and at international level. In other words, the same obligations and rights should exist at EU level as they do at Member State level. That certainly applies to the establishment of possible grounds for refusal of environmental information. The main point of discussion has already been mentioned here, namely the transposal of the third pillar of the Convention, the one on access to justice. Clearly, the general interest of the environment cannot only be upheld by people who have a direct or personal interest, as the Convention provides. For that reason, the Commission wanted to restrict access to justice to environmental organisations that meet certain conditions. The wish to remove anything or add additional conditions is not only unacceptable but also contravenes the Århus Convention. I therefore sincerely hope that those Members who endorse open and transparent environmental policy in the EU will also approve the present report as it currently stands."@en1

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