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"Industrial accidents generally have devastating consequences: human victims, and air and groundwater contamination. This report, by Mr Áder, concerns major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances. There are 2 000 companies that work with such substances in Europe. The report aims to protect human beings and the environment, and to avoid wasting resources. In fact, major industrial accidents have caused damage amounting to billions of euro. In order to reduce the likelihood of such accidents occurring and minimise their consequences, the EU first adopted Directive 82/501/EEC (Seveso I Directive), and later Directive 96/86/EC (Seveso II Directive). Although the latter Directive has been successful, it needs to be revised because of the need to adapt it to the Regulation on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of dangerous substances and mixtures. The new rules increase safety and will apply equally to all companies, in every EU Member State. In addition, the rules for inspections are more detailed and the information provided to the public has been improved. I welcome the set of measures adopted, as these will enable better safety conditions for the Member States, thereby contributing to a higher level of protection for people and the environment."@en1
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