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dcterms:Date	"2012-05-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A resource-efficient Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120523.21.3-435-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Gaston Franco2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2011-10-13--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to thank my fellow Member for the quality of his report, which I will support with pleasure. Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, our economy and our industry in Europe depend on resources and raw materials, the prices of which are become increasingly unstable and access to which is becoming uncertain in a context of fierce international competition. These include, for example, rare earths, which are necessary for many new technologies, and of which China holds almost all the mining potential. In order to protect not only our industrial competitiveness but also our environment, it is imperative that we learn how to be less dependent on these resources by developing innovation and recycling. The European Union must move towards a real circular economy, in which extending the life cycle of materials would be a priority, from the product design stage right through to the re-use and recycling of waste. With a view to efficiency, recovering energy from waste must also be promoted. We must also turn to the sustainable exploitation of resources, the potential of which is still too often underestimated. I should like to emphasise the importance of the natural capital represented by forest resources. Timber is a renewable energy source and an ideal, healthy and natural building material. Faced with the dynamism of emerging powers, we must adopt a more proactive and more imaginative attitude in the use of resources so that we can return to growth. The European Union must encourage its enterprises to create more innovative and more sustainable products. It must also exert an influence on the behaviour of consumers by empowering them. I therefore support the experiments in progress on the environmental impact labelling of products, the aim of which is to give Europeans credible information on the environmental impact of their consumption choices. Let us not forget that resources like water, for example, are fragile and precious goods."@en1
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