Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-10-Speech-2-398"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (continuation of debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20090310.34.2-398"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-03-10-Speech-2-3992
lpv:speaker	lp:Paolo Costa2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with India (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 chair; TRAN (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partito Democratico (2008-02-07--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this is the third time I have had occasion to deal with this subject. During the previous term, I had the pleasure of acting as rapporteur for an own-initiative report on the topic and then, not long ago, we approved the previous version of the Eurovignette. We should not forget the reason why this process has dragged on for so long. At least three factors are simultaneously at play. Until recently, road and other infrastructures were paid for only by taxpayers. The Eurovignette is paving the way to allow us to begin shifting at least part of the responsibility for paying the financial burden of infrastructures onto the user, in a manner that is clearly fairer. In other words the Eurovignette is an instrument designed to ensure fair taxation, despite all indications to the contrary at the moment. Ensuring this takes place in a different way will depend on financial engineering within the various states, who are not allowing Europe to deal with the matter – because otherwise we would be only too willing to do so. The present Eurovignette applies the ‘user pays’ principle. Now we have the problem of switching to a ‘polluter pays’ system, which is another great principle that we must seek to tackle. As far as I am concerned, the compromise we have reached is a good compromise and we must seek to hold onto it as far as possible. This is evidence that, if the Council agrees, we will effectively be able to pass…"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1
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