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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-10-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121026.23.5-223-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-10-26-Speech-5-224-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:João Ferreira2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-02-03)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2012-02-07--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	". This report consents to the conclusion of an agreement to extend the Energy Star programme, created by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve the energy efficiency of office equipment. Back in the year 2000, the European Union and the United States of America signed a five-year agreement on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment. This agreement was renewed for a second period in 2006. The programme has been managed by the European Commission and the EPA, including cooperating on the development of product specifications and the mutual recognition of products registered in the EU and the US. The rapporteur, while giving her approval for the extension of the programme, nevertheless notes that the principle of mutual recognition will cease to apply, due to the introduction of third-party certification in the US. The European Commission, however, considers that this will not have any particular impact on European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (the Commission assures us that the vast majority of European manufacturers tend to sell to the European market and that large exporters have already registered their products in the US), and that it is therefore preferable to maintain the lighter self-registration procedures in the EU, in order to avoid additional costs for manufacturers, particularly SMEs. There was a consensus within the Committee on Industry that this report should be approved. We voted in favour."@en1

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