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Det er følgelig nødvendigt, at alle aktører på lokalt, regionalt, fællesskabs- og verdensniveau påtager sig deres del af det fælles ansvar, og det må naturligvis ikke glemmes, at den enkelte borger har sit ansvar.
It is thus a scandal that no decision has yet been taken on a seat for the European Environment Agency. After all, one of the tasks of the Agency will be to cooperate with the Commission in monitoring the implementation of the environmental policy.
BREYER (V). — (DE) Fru formand, vi har brug for en radikal, økologisk reform i Europa.
PALEOKRASSAS, Member of the Commission. — (GR) Madam President, I have just been challenged to give point by point answers to all the issues raised in this debate.
Europa skal omsider spille en toneangivende rolle, når det gælder miljøbeskyttelse.
However, I will try to answer the main points raised, as briefly as I can.
Tre år er gået, fru formand, siden vedtagelsen af den forordning, hvorved det ovennævnte Agentur blev oprettet, og Europa-Parlamentet har endda allerede valgt to fremragende videnskabsmænd til at sidde i agenturets bestyrelse.
I think it is time we built up the environmental policy infrastructure in the Community, so that our policy decisions have a chance of being put into effect and, in that context, it is a matter of urgency that the question of the seat of the European Environment Agency be settled as soon as possible.
Men med denne langsommelighed risikerer vi, de keder sig ihjel.
It is a scandal that it has not yet happened.
Hjælpen til Østeuropa er desværre ikke et miljø- og energipolitisk sporskifte, men først og frem mest selvhjælp til den vesteuropæiske atomindustri.
Without any exaggeration, I can answer you that unless appropriate environmental policy is implemented, the cost will be the annihilation of the human race.
Den indbygning af miljødimensionen i EF-traktaterne, som De Grøn ne og miljøorganisationerne havde krævet, faldt til jorden i Maastricht, og det er bydende nødvendigt, at den gennemføres nu bagefter.
Will the Commission, however, now throw off the grey cloak of anonymity that has descended upon it over the last year and accept to include in this the integration of the cost of not having an environment policy?
Subsidiaritetsprincippet bliver desværre i stigende grad brugt mod miljøinteresser.
Will they make that clear as well?
Og hvis Berner-konventionen og habitat-direktivet ikke engang indgår i EF's miljøpolitik, hvilket synes at være tilfældet, så begynder jeg også at tvivle på, om det femte program overhovedet skal indgå i denne politik, hr. kommissær.
It gives valuable support to the Presidency's efforts to promote environ mentally sustainable development in the Community consistent with a high standard of environmental protection. tion.
Hvis miljøbeskyttelse ikke fortsat skal være mundsvejr alene, må miljøplitikken i EF gøres til et fællesskabsanliggende, princippet »i tilfælde af tvivl til fordel for miljøet« inddrages i alle andre fællesskabspolitikker og ligeledes bringes i anvendelse i rammelovgivningen for det indre marked.
First, so far as the Cohesion Fund is concerned, the Commission has taken all necessary steps and has esta blished an internal procedure, on the basis of which a committee of three, comprising the Commissioner responsible for administering the Cohesion Fund, the Com missioner responsible for the environment and the Com missioner responsible for transport, will examine all projects submitted for financing by the four Member States, and will judge to what extent such projects are compatible with environmental policy, and only then approve them.
JENSEN (S). — Hr. formand, jeg synes, det er temmelig pinligt for regeringerne i EF, at de endnu ikke har fundet ud af, hvor Det Europæiske Miljøagentur skal placeres.
I agree with those speakers who deplored the fact that the Council has not been able to take a decision on the siting of the Environmental Agency. An early decision should
Hvis jeg nu for eksempel kigger på transportpolitikken, så spørger jeg mig selv: i hvilket omfang tages der hensyn til miljøelementet?
transport, in accordance with the decision of the Edinburgh Council.
Uanset det faktum, at Miljøagenturet endnu ikke findes, dukker det op som et spøgelse her og der, f.eks. forekommer der referencer i EF-lovgivningen til agenturet, og der har endda været en konto for det på budgettet.
Much that has been said during this debate especially about the Commission, because I can only speak on behalf of the Commission, was mistaken.
I et forsøg på at sætte skub i sagerne, bad Parlamentet Kommissionen opridse de krav, der burde stilles til agenturets hjemsted.
For example, it is not correct that the Commission regards environmental policy as an obstacle.
Jeg tør næsten ikke sige det, som sagerne står nu, men i Miljøudvalget har vi faktisk forestillinger om, hvad agenturet skal udvikle sig til.
The answer is that the sums in question are not available, because at the moment, owing to the legislative framework in force in Russia, it is not possible for Western companies to undertake construction work in that country because there is a large legislative vacuum in relation to insurance.
Udover at indsamle oplysninger om miljøreglernes gennemførelse og behovet for nye initiativer, bør agenturet forberede et egentligt miljøinspektorat.
We have drawn this to the attention of the Russian authorities and we are trying to have that legislative void filled, so that the necessary construction work can begin.
Uden at komme i konflikt med den nationale suverænitet, fornemmer jeg meget stærkt, at meningsdannelsen om EF kraftigt præges af, om regeringernes afgørelser overholdes.
In Bulgaria, for example, where no such legislative vacuum existed, the money set aside for the Kozlodui nuclear station was spent to the full and, at this time, the station has been modernized, has been adapted to the safety standards in force in the Community, and has resumed safe operation to the extent of three-quarters capacity.
Men vi skal også tage hensyn til Fællesskabets politik, og det forekommer mig, at her kan det betyde én ting i den ene forbindelse og en anden ting i en anden.
But I will repeat what I said, namely that no matter what we would like and what we wish for, when we are responding to legal issues we must do so on the basis of legal rules.
Det er derfor, jeg anklager Kommissionen for at improvisere, for i denne sag er den både dommer ogjury.
Now, when that answer was given on behalf of the Commission, the Habitats Directive was not yet in force and could thus really not legally constitute part of the obligatory implementation of environmental policy.
Det er forkert af den. Og det er grunden til, at man i Irland er gået til Domstolen, fordi kommissæren ikke har gjort sin pligt i henhold til Traktaten.
However, that will happen.
Kan forklaringen derfor være, at Kommissionen affinder sig med den manglende oprettelse af agenturet af præcis denne grund?
In any case, it already forms part of the Commission's environmental policy, since it was the Commission itself which proposed that directive, and since the Council approved it.
Der er umådelig stor uro i Danmark over de usikre atomkraftværker i det forhenværende Sovjetunionen.
We have mentioned the forests of the Amazon many times.
Vi bor tæt på mange af værkerne, og EP-parlamentarikerne Christian Rovsing og Freddy Blak har efter besøg på atomkraftværket i Litauen krævet det lukket.
I would like to stress, and ask you to turn your attention to the following question: what can the Com mission do to protect those forests, when it is known that 90% or even 95% of the action required to protect them falls to the national authorities of the countries on whose soil those tropical forests grow, and which are not members of the Community?
Alligevel er utrygheden meget stor.
And again, I say that without exaggeration.
Jeg er enig, når formanden for Rådet af Energiministre, Jan Sjursen, siger, at vi skal arbejde for udviklingen af alternativ energilevering i det område, som værket forsyner.
Concerning the Bern Convention, I have already explained that an important problem attaches to interna tional treaties.
EF-pengene til forskning i atomar sikker hed skal bruges til den helt konkrete opgave at øge sikkerheden for befolkningen i Østersø-området.
I mention this simply as one of the difficulties we are encountering, and as an example of how, in the last analysis, legal arguments prevail where international agreements are concerned.
SCHLEICHER (PPE). — (DE) Fru formand, Det Euro pæiske Fællesskab har det markedsøkonomiske Europa og sikringen af dets sociale strukturer at takke for, at vi har den finansielle mulighed og forudsætning for at kunne lægge os energisk i selen for miljøbeskyttelse, sikring af vort eksistensgrundlag og bevarelse af jordens økosystem.
I hope that was no more than verbal pyrotechnics, but I think it was out of place in this debate, because otherwise I too could let off a few rockets and talk about other currencies, which keep both their eyes and ears closed so long as they do not acknowledge the Commission's efforts at this time, among others with the Presidency and in close cooperation with it, to secure approval of the environmental tax on carbon dioxide emissions and to achieve proper adherence to the obligations undertaken by the Member States in this most vital context.
OOMEN-RUIJTEN (PPE). — (NL) Fru formand, allerførst vil jeg tage afstand fra de bemærkninger, hr. Raffin fremsatte om Parlamentets formands miljøholdning. Jeg synes ikke, hans bemærkninger er berettigede.
When that struggle is in progress, and when we are devoting a great deal of time and effort to it in order to accomplish that vital result, I think it is unjust to express such accusations and use such figures of speech to criticise the Commission.
For det andet, når vi ser på europæisk finansiering via strukturfondene, så bør man ved den europæiske finansiering også altid overholde de økologiske forpligtelser.
Both I and the Commission as a whole would be the happiest of men if the Council, in June at the latest, were to decide where the seat of the European Environmental Protection Service is to be.
Vi mener ikke, det sker.
There is already a task force at work.
Vi har på fornemmelsen, at hvor den ene nægtes tilladelse af miljømæssige grunde, stimuleres en anden lufthavn lige
In other words, it is established temporarily
Men vil Det Europæiske Fællesskab, det største økonomiske område på jorden, kunne klare denne etiske opgave?
VOHRER (LDR). — (DE) Some questions were not answered.
Når man betragter det uværdige slagsmål mellem de tolv med lemsstater om Det Europæiske Miljøagenturs hjemsted, som nu — næsten nøjagtig på dagen — har varet i tre år, kunne man begynde at tvivle.
I would therefore ask that the question, for example, put by Mr Florenz on the economic and tax instruments receive a written reply, because we are entitled to...
Jeg vil gerne endnu en gang erindre om, at Parlamentet inden for ni måneder virkelig har behandlet spørgsmålet hurtigt, medens Rådet — og på dette punkt er jeg enig med alle de foregående talere — ikke har truffet nogen afgørelse.
possible so that we would not be endangered by the operation of such reactors, which cannot be closed down from one day to the next, because those countries cannot close them down.
Denne mangel på beslutning er uansvarlig.
We must understand this, because there is no alternative way to produce energy.
SPENCER (PPE). — (EN) Fru formand, må jeg i den rolle, jeg selv har påtaget mig som Hemmo Muntinghs repræsentant her på jorden, tilslutte mig noget af det, han sagde til Rådet og Kommissionen.
BREYER (V). — (DE) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen.
De har haft dårlig presse i dag fra Parlamentet og i en vis udstrækning har de fortjent det.
It the matter were not so serious we could easily get the impression we were in a cabaret.
Jeg vil gerne sige til kommissæren og Rådet og mine kolleger her i Parlamentet, at hr. Muntingh er en skorpion, og sådan én fortjener vi.
Secondly, as for Mrs Banotti's question: the task force is not concerned with monitoring and accounting for the money for the structural funds and especially for the Cohesion Fund.
Hr. Muntingh er her for at piske os fremad, for det er ikke bare Rådet, der totalt forkludrer vort forsøg på at nå målet for reduktion af COi-udslip.
Such monitoring is carried out by other departments and other teams in Directorate-General XI and XVI, which are responsible for those matters.
Så lad os anvende hr. Muntinghs kommentarer ikke bare over for Kommissionen eller Rådet, men også på os selv, for dette miljøspørgsmål er for vigtigt til at man kan liste uden om det.
And there, the failure to determine a headquarters and to found the department properly does in fact create problems. lems.
Tidsplanerne er for stramme, og vi må have politik, ikke hensigter.
Then the Commissioner failed to tell the truth somewhere else.
SANTOS (S). — (PT) Fru formand, kan man være af den opfattelse, at Kommissionen for eksempel siger, at direk tivet om levesteder og Bernkonventionen ikke udgør en del af Fællesskabets miljøpolitik?
KOSTOPOULOS (NI). — (GR) Madam President, I would like to ask a question.
At Kommissionen virkelig ikke mener, at det drejer sig om miljøpolitik? Og hvordan skal det tolkes, at Kommissionen har afslået at uddybe denne erklæring som svar på en mundtlig forespørgsel?
Mr Commissioner, since Mrs Banotti and other colleagues have referred to the Acheloos project, I would ask you to be kind enough, if you have available specific facts and figures, to tell us from the Commission's point of view how you view the accomplishment ofthat project and whether it is likely to produce catastrophic changes to the environment in that specific area, or in the other area known as Etolo-Akarnania.
Hvilken gavn får Fællesskabet af Kommissionens afslag?
The Council has just said that a decision should be taken on Friday.
Skal vi mon lade Kommissionen endnu en gang forstå, at miljøspørgsmål går på tværs af andre fælleskabspolitikker?
I hope that Friday will not just see aid for the western European nuclear industry but that this tremendous savings potential in the east is used and that it is not really an export subsidy for the nuclear industry under the disguise of safety.
Kan man i længden ignorere, foregøgle eller skjule den beklagelige ødelæggelse af miljøet, som grad vis forværres i Fællesskabet, hvilket Kommissionen i øvrigt selv erkender i beretningen om miljøets tilstand?
DÍAZ DE RIVERA ICAZA (S). — (ES) Madame President, I would just like to point out that we cannot always blame supposed bad interpretation when we wish to avoid answering a question or have failed to understand an answer.
FLORENZ (PPE). — (DE) Fru formand, kære kolleger, vi er alle enige om, at miljøpolitikken i EF står ved et vendepunkt.
PALEOKRASSAS, Member of the Commission. — (GR) Madam President, the question by Mr Kostopoulos has already been answered in writing by the Commission's services.
Hvis vi her i dag beklager meget, som vi har iagttaget i de sidste år, så må vi stille os spørgsmålet: Hvorfor forholder det sig egentlig sådan?
It is well known that the Commission has set certain conditions for the conservation of the environ ment, and unless those conditions are respected, no finance will be granted for the project.
Skyldes det menneskene, eller skyldes det, at vi for miljøpolitikkens vedkommende har udviklet de forkerte redskaber?
BANOTTI (PPE). — Madam President, I should like to thank the Commissioner for his statement and I welcome the taskforce he mentioned.
Jeg tror, at den måde, vi håndterer problemerne på, må underkastes en fornyet overvejelse.
Could we just have a clear yes or no to that?
Jeg vil spørge kommissæren og rådsformanden om de ikke mener, vi har brug for en chokterapi, der kan bekæmpe vanvid, ugerninger, misbrug, fejlopfattelsen af, at naturen kan tåle alt, er i stand til at afhjælpe alt, at de kommende generationer nok skal finde svarene, uanset i hvilken tilstand luften, floderne, markerne, gaderne eller byerne er i?
WHITE (S). — Madam President, I should like to remind the Commissioner that under Article 140 the Commission is obliged to answer questions from Members and although I do not wish to have a second bite at the cherry now, I would seek an assurance from the Commission that we shall receive responses to the many questions which were asked in this debate, if not today then certainly in committee.
Der efterlyses og kræves i denne for bindelse en tænkning i strømme, i kredsløb.
Situation in Bosnia
Produktet må stå i centrum for vore initiativer, og enhver, der fremstiller et produkt, må vide, at det en skønne dag kommer tilbage til ham, og at han er ansvarlig for det, han har produceret.
PRESIDENT. — The next item is the statement by the President-in-Office of European Political Cooperation on the situation in Bosnia.
Kommissionen bør vise beslutsomhed i miljøanliggender ved for eksempel at definere, hvad man forstår ved bæredygtig udvikling, og hvad »bæredygtigt« betyder i forhold til de forskellige politikker.
I have received nine motions for resolutions with request for an early vote to wind up the debate. (')
Det er disse ting, Kommissionen bør oplyse os om, når Parlamentet stiller spørgs
The vote on the request for an early vote will take place at the end of the debate.
Så vil beklagelserne høre op, og vi kan snakke om seriøse mål.
And it is not just the Commission and the Community that are blocked, but other Members States as well, whereas in Bulgaria, where the same problem did not exist, that money was spent.
Ærlige mål — det er det afgørende spørgsmål, som vi behøver for vore
The money in question was technical aid, granted in order to improve the safety conditions as much as
råstoffer, og derfor må miljø blive en faktor i den sociale markedsøkonomi på linje med kapital og arbejdskraft. Det er fremtidens instrumenter!
Subsequently the intention is that the text should be communicated to the Council for discussion in COREPER tomorrow so that it can be approved by the Council before Monday, 26 April.
Lad mig blot for Dem nævne et eksempel, der angår os alle i Europa-Parlamentet — og vi behøver slet ikke hele tiden blot at pege ad Kommissionen: I fremtiden kræver vi af vore virksomheder, at de foranstalter en miljøhøring.
HELVEG PETERSEN, President-in-Office of European Political Cooperation. — (DA) Madam President, the situation in former Yugoslavia is, as we all know, very grave indeed.
Og hvad gør vi her, i Europa-parlamentet?
Circumstances there are of concern to us all.
Vi er endnu ikke engang i stand til at afskaffe plastikflasker til mineralvand!
Every day we see shocking examples of violations of the most elementary human rights.
Jeg er enig med de talere, som har fremhævet, at det er for dårligt, at Rådet ikke har kunnet træffe en beslutning om placeringen af Miljøagenturet.
We all know the situation: the Croats and Muslims in Bosnia have signed the Vance/Owen Plan and the international community, including the UN and NATO, is making plans for its implementation.
Vi bør alle skamme os og definitivt kræve, at Europa-Parlamentet på det moralske plan foregår med et godt eksempel og selv forelægger en økologisk status, for at vi så også kan foreskrive de små og mellemstore virksomheder at opstille sådanne statuser.
The Commission very much hopes that these new measures will lead to a change in the attitude and behaviour of the Serbs, both in Serbia itself and in Bosnia-Hercegovi-na and that that will lead to the acceptance of the Owen/Vance peace plan and cooperation in good faith with regard to its implementation.
Udgangspunktet for arbejdet må være det femte miljø handlingsprogram.
The UN decision to adopt resolution 820 on harsh new sanctions against the Serbs is a step in the right direction.
IVERSEN (V). — Fru formand, en politisk beslutning kan betragtes som en kæde afreaktioner, der til sidst fører tilbage til dem, der tog beslutningen.
The Serbs are faced with a fateful choice and, in these critical days leading up to the time the tighter sanctions take effect, the Community and its Member States are making a vital contribution to the pressure of the combined international community on the Serbs to make the right choice, i.e. to change their course of action.
Men denne kæde er kun så stærk og effektiv som det svageste led i kæden, og dette er et af kerneproblemerne i EF's miljøpolitik.
I am therefore glad of the opportunity, from this influential platform, to launch a strong appeal to the Serbs to think again.
Lad mig i anledning af fru Kirsten Jensens spørgsmål slutte med at sige, at formandskabet har taget initiativ til, at spørgsmålet om den nukleare sikkerhed i Østeuropa bliver drøftet på et kombineret miljø- og energiministerrådsmøde i denne uge.
As long as there is no such acceptance on the part of the Serbs and the Bosnian Serbs on the use of peaceful means to settle the crisis in former Yugoslavia, the international community must in the view of the Commission maintain all necessary pressure to isolate Serbia and Montenegro.
BANOTTI (PPE). — (EN) Fru formand, vi har ventet i fem måneder på denne debat. Jeg håber, at kommissæren, når han svarer, faktisk vil svare punkt for punkt på den mundtlige forespørgsel på dagsordenen i dag.
The Commission will trigger the trilogue mechanism by the end of this month with the Community's budgetary authority in order to be able to give effect to a further ECU 150m for the continuation of the humanitarian aid programme to the victims of the crisis in former Yugoslavia.
Er Bern-Konventionen en del af miljøpolitikken? Er direktivet om levesteder en del af miljøpolitikken? Er vi forpligtede over for konventionen om den biologiske diversitet?
As the Members of Parliament are aware, the most significant contributions made for the benefit of the suffering population in that part of Europe have come through the Community's budget.
For det første gennemførelsen af den vedtagne EF-politik og kontrollen med gennemførelsen af miljøpolitikken.
The most important new sanctions include a ban on all transit traffic through Serbia and Montenegro.
To rimeligt vigtige led vil jeg mene.
Only special exceptions will be allowed by the UN Sanctions Committee.
Derfor er det også skandaløst, at hjemstedet for Det Europæiske Miljøagentur endnu ikke er blevet fastlagt. Miljøagenturet skal jo bl.a. i samarbejde med Kommissionen stå for kontrollen af miljøpolitikken.
The resolution also calls for the freezing of Serbian financial assets abroad and for a ban on all forms of service, apart from telecommunications, mail and legal services.
Som landet ligger nu, er der store problemer med gennemførelsen af kontrollen af EF's miljøpolitik, hvilket klart fremgik af Revisionsrettens særberetning på miljøområdet sidste år.
Finally the resolution gives Member States the authority to confiscate ships, aircraft and trucks abroad on suspicion of sanction violations.
Miljøpolitikken er ikke integreret godt nok i EF-Kommissionen til, at denne kan udøve den nødvendige kontrol alene.
In that connection, shipping movements will be prohibited along the Montenegran coast.
Der er i høj grad brug for et effektivt agentur, der kan samarbejde med Kommissionen om overvågning af den fælles miljøpolitik. øpolitik.
The resolution is about to be implemented in the EC by the adoption of a new EEC Council Regulation and an ECSC Decision and by national measures in areas in which the Member States them selves have powers.
PALEOKRASSAS, medlem af Kommissionen. — (GR) Fru formand Jeg er blevet opfordret til at svare, punkt for punkt, på alle de spørgsmål, der er blevet rejst under denne forhandling.
WOLTJER (S). — (NL) Madam President, once again we are witnessing a terrible human drama unfolding in and around the city of Srebrenica.
Jeg bemærkede mig, at 25 med lemmer havde ordet. Og selv om jeg har fundet forhandlingen yderst interessant, er det mig umuligt at svare på alle punkter, medmindre formanden giver mig den for nødne tid, som vil overskride en halv time.
Anyone who thought after the rapes, after the cold-blooded liquidation of citizens, after the concentration camps, after the anguish of the floods of refugees, that the limits of inhumanity in this wretched war had been reached has found himself wrong yet once more.