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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cleaner air for Europe – Thematic strategy on air pollution (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060925.13.1-069"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-25-Speech-1-0702
lpv:speaker	lp:Jules Maaten2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2007-02-14)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-09-03--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the importance of clean air is, of course, beyond dispute, and it is also clear that its benefits largely outweigh the costs. The aim of this legislation – and I am mainly focusing on the draft directive – is therefore commendable, and I am particularly supportive of Mr Krahmer’s attempts to make it as workable as possible. We should nevertheless question, though, whether we in the European Union are on the right track and whether the legislation we are drafting is not symbolic. Why am I saying this? While we want to impose strict requirements on Member States, they even fail to meet the old air quality standards. Since the entry into effect of the Air Quality Directive in 2005, which specifies ceilings for PM10 dust particles, ten Member States have failed to meet the requirements. Even before 2005, it should have been obvious to the Commission that Member States would not meet the limit values without a systematic source policy involving restrictions on exhaust fumes from cars, lorries and ships. Between 2002 and 2004, approximately 96% of the cities exceeded the daily standards, and the annual standards were exceeded in various regions in southern Europe, the Benelux countries and in Germany, as well as in central and eastern Europe, accounting for some 73% of the cities. Without source measures, that were often announced years ago by the Commission, stricter or less strict values for PM10 or PM2.5 serve no purpose whatsoever, and I am not even talking about nitrogen. Without source measures, Member States will be unable to comply with the limit values, and I am of course delighted to hear the Commissioner confirm that they will produce all those source measures, but not just yet. There is phenomenal opposition to this policy in the Commission, and, in fact, also in this House. Local short-term measures are ineffective. Effective policy must focus on long-term measures, and must therefore also include source policy, which this, however, does not. The object of the legislation is commendable, but the path chosen to reach it is questionable."@en1

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