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". – Mr President, in the peaceful summer of 2011, we were all shocked to learn that in Norway – on an island where young people had been gathering – a massacre had been committed, and that the heart of Oslo was also bombed out. According to Europol, one of the reasons why we were able to find the perpetrator was that he had been buying a lot of the chemical materials that can be used to make explosives at home. That is why I welcome our finally coming together in the European Union, in the Member States, and hopefully also in this House tomorrow on this very good proposal from the Commission – thank you, Commissioner Reding – on harmonising the existing rules to prevent such terrible accidents and incidents from happening again.
Terrorism and criminality are without borders – are cross-border – while our rules are fragmented and divergent. What is the next step forward? Firstly, at least in most of the Member States, the public will require a licence to be able to buy these explosives – these potential explosives – in a shop or with wholesalers. Secondly, these chemical substances should not be sold above a certain concentration or a certain threshold that would make them suitable for making home-made explosives. Thirdly, this legislation will ensure traceability, which means that economic operators will have to report when these materials have been bought in large quantities. I think we also have a good system for protecting data when these transactions are reported, and it is up to Member States to define what kind of penalties will exist.
This is a first step, and in three years’ time the Commission will have to report back on whether there is a need to go further, and whether there is a need to harmonise further. I would invite the Commission to monitor and follow this very closely to see whether the rules that we are now approving are adequate and sufficient to ensure the safety and security of our citizens.
I think we have struck the right balance between safety and security, which was our primary concern, without adding red tape for companies, for farmers, or for hotels with swimming pools which need to be cleaned with chemicals. I also think that we have struck a balance between reporting and data protection.
I would also like to welcome and thank the shadow rapporteur of the EPP Group, Ms Véronique Mathieu, who is at this time unfortunately attending a very important meeting on criminality in her capacity as coordinator. I would however like to say that she very much enjoyed the cooperation with the rapporteur. We in the EPP Group believe that she has gone the extra mile to show flexibility and to come together with others on what is an extremely important piece of legislation to prevent criminality and terrorism and to protect our citizens in Europe."@en1
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