Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-24-Speech-2-376"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Restrictions on the marketing and use of perfluorooctane sulfonates (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061024.37.2-376"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-24-Speech-2-3772
lpv:speaker	lp:Jens Holm2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (2006-09-27--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2006-10-11--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2006-10-10--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2006-10-12--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2006-10-05--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (2006-09-27--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2006-10-05--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commission, ladies and gentlemen, we are about to decide on the restriction of the hazardous and harmful substances perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and the closely-related perfluorooctanic acid (PFOA). I am especially pleased that there is such broad support for the sterling work done by my compatriot Mr Schlyter. Good work, Carl! I think that we need to remember this shared vision when, later this autumn, we take another extremely important decision – both for the environment and for our health – namely that relating to the chemicals legislation known as REACH. I hope that on that occasion we will again see great support across the political spectrum from left to right and from the Commission to the Council of Ministers. As already mentioned, PFOS is a hazardous substance. It is bioaccumulative, which means that it stays in the environment and our bodies for a long time. A study of people from 17 countries by the World Wide Fund for Nature found that PFOS and six other perfluorinated compounds were present in people’s bodies. It is thus high time that there was a restriction. I am therefore pleased to see that Mr Schlyter and an in principle unanimous Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety have tightened up the threshold value for how much PFOS may be in use in the market. I would also have liked to see the committee adding in clearer specifications of dates for when PFOS is to be phased out from the market. Apart from this reservation, this is, in my opinion, an excellent report that I and my group, the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left, look forward to voting in favour of. I would like to finish where I began. For Parliament to place restrictions on substances that are hazardous to health and to the environment is a good thing. It is also absolutely wonderful that there is such broad support for these measures. I hope, therefore, that we can keep this in mind when we decide on REACH later this autumn. Let us also, on that occasion, see broad support for powerful legislation on chemicals."@en1

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