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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would principally like to address the European Commission, which is why I am extremely delighted that the Commissioner is here today. The Kyoto Protocol established in 1997 as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change expires in 2012, and therefore Member States will again make an attempt in Doha to extend the commitments by eight years to 2020. Although certain Member States, including Hungary, made individual commitments too, based on the ‘bubble concept’ the European Union is considered to be a single state. This explains why Central and Eastern European countries, including Hungary, also adhere to the majority of the emission reduction obligations undertaken by the EU for 2012, and accept the resultant burdens.
Specifically, Hungary agreed to a 6 % reduction based on the Kyoto Protocol, in contrast to which a saving of 25 % was actually made. This is why we find the opinion of the Commission unacceptable that it will not allow us to carry such reserves forward to the following period and perhaps sell them. This is at a time when countries in Central and Eastern Europe could find such resources vital and use them for new environmental protection and emission-reduction investments. The Hungarian Government has made a specific proposal in this respect and I would like the Commission to discuss it and enforce it during subsequent negotiations."@en1
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