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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	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060925.13.1-073"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-25-Speech-1-0742
lpv:speaker	lp:Liam Aylward2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I should also like to wish Mr Sjöstedt well for the future. As a Member of the Committee on Environment, Public Heath and Food Safety I support the strategy on air quality that has been set out by the Commission. That strategy sets out a series of health and environmental objectives and emissions reduction targets for the main pollutants. It calls on the Commission to bring forward a range of sector-based initiatives, including the following: reducing emissions from shipping; reducing emissions of ammonia from agricultural use; the extension of integrated pollution prevention and control measures for smaller units; more stringent emissions standards for vehicles, and the implementation of a national emissions ceiling directive. We all recognise the significant benefits that accrue from reduced air pollution and we support cost-effective integrated approaches to achieving improvements in air quality. Undoubtedly greater investment in renewable energies and in the biofuel sector will also help to create a cleaner environment. My report on the future of the biofuels industry was recently strongly approved by the Environment Committee. Key points that I made in that report included the following: biofuels emit between 40% and 80% fewer greenhouse gases compared to fossil fuels; biofuels offer new sources of income for farmers via sustainable and multifunctional agriculture of the kind the common agricultural policy purports to promote. The European Union should be ambitious in the strategies it pursues to promote the use of biofuels. We must stimulate a greater demand for biofuels in Europe and we must guarantee that the seventh EU R[amp]D Framework Programme for the period 2007 to 2013 is geared heavily towards the promotion of the biofuels sector within EU Member States. I believe that we can all recognise the potential of renewable energy as an important means to boost employment and create added value in rural areas. The decoupling of income support from production introduced by the 2003 common agricultural policy reform will help to facilitate the supply of energy crops. The advent of biofuels is good news for the agricultural sector in Europe and in Ireland and it is good news for the medium- to long-term protection of our environment. We need firm action in the European Union to promote the biofuels sector. We know the importance of that sector. We know of the environmental benefits, so let us now go and collectively meet that challenge."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Liam Aylward,"1 "on behalf of the UEN Group"1

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