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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	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060925.13.1-075"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-25-Speech-1-0762
lpv:speaker	lp:Irena Belohorská2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Presidents (2004-07-20--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"( ) I would like to thank the two rapporteurs for their work on this important topic. Air pollution is known to reduce average life expectancy by as much as nine months. More than half of Europeans are living in conditions where the daily concentration limit is exceeded more than 35 times a year. In the European Union the situation is worst in Benelux, northern Italy, and in the new Member States. Air pollution is the cause of multiple respiratory and other diseases. Under Article 152 of the European Community Treaty, public health falls under the purview of the Member States, and the European Union has only limited powers in this regard; hence it is necessary to look for ways to enable the European Union to act indirectly, that is, by means of other policies, in order to improve health. Improving air quality is undoubtedly an example of such policies. If the Member States and, especially, the new Member States for which EU law is still a new legal area and which are facing major economic problems, are required to implement a Framework Directive in their respective legal systems, along with four more pieces of legislation, three daughter directives and a Council Decision, it is clear that implementation will be fraught with difficulties, errors and incompleteness. The public will find it difficult to identify the binding EU standards of air quality. I therefore greatly appreciate the fact that the proposed draft will simplify the existing legislation by as much as 50%. The European Union needs long-term goals, strict controls and checks as to whether the Member States are properly implementing the Directive. On the other hand, the EU should adopt standards that are transparent and that focus more on limiting emissions by polluters. The targets set in the legislation, be it PM10 or PM2.5, or the date on which the Directive will come into force, should be ambitious but realistic. Failing that, we expose ourselves to the risk of non-compliance by the Member States. In this regard it is important to realise that even the most earnest activities on the part of the European Union will be in vain unless the EU is engaged in global cooperation, since air pollution will then be imported, and we will not be in a position to prevent that."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Irena Belohorská (NI ). –"1 "SK"1

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