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dcterms:Date	"2009-04-02"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Martí Grau i Segú2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2008-05-28--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (2008-04-07--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2008-04-07--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2008-05-28--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2008-06-04--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2008-04-09--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2008-05-28--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2008-04-09--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, supporting sustainable production is advantageous in that it benefits both the competitiveness of businesses and consumer interests in terms of quality of life and individual commitment to the environment. In this respect, the Ecolabel is a good tool and we should therefore be pleased with the strengthening measures that we are debating here today. The Ecolabel still only applies to a very limited number of products; it is still little known to consumers and yet, despite this, it is often copied without any genuine authorisation. I therefore believe that the revision we are carrying out in the European institutions will help to keep these problems in check. We should be aware of another basic fact: the Ecolabel should not reflect standard practice within sustainable production; the Ecolabel should reflect excellence within sustainable production, which should become increasingly prevalent. The challenge we are facing is to make our economy a green economy; the Ecolabel, therefore, should be the highest expression of this rolling-out of good practices relating to respect for the environment. This week, at the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, we had an initial exchange of views regarding the report concerning names of textile products and related labelling, for which I am the rapporteur. In my view, the textiles sector is a good example of the fact that we should not only make approval procedures for new products – in this case, new fibres – more flexible, but also endeavour to strengthen the Ecolabel, together with wider-reaching measures, so that the sector as a whole moves towards sustainability. Only in this way will we be able to compete with other markets that produce with less discrimination, and only in this way will we be able to satisfy consumer demands which, fortunately, are increasingly rigorous."@en1
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