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Verbatim report of proceedings
Tuesday, 20 April 2004 - Strasbourg OJ edition

Charging HGVs for infrastructure
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  Dhaene (PSE). (NL) Mr President, everything essential has already been said, and I understand the anger expressed by Mr Turmes. A radical transformation is needed in the charging structures with a view to internalising social and environmental costs of transport.

Greenhouse gas emissions are mainly attributable to road transport. Although that is a well-known fact, it was still difficult to make others see that this is not about pestering lorries. According to some texts, there is a dramatic increase in traffic, and along with this, a dramatic increase in the emission of greenhouse gases. This is a tragedy, and it simply has to stop.

I should briefly like to bring to your attention Amendment No 24 from the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy. It looks like a new committee is being created. I hope that this committee, when it is up and running in a couple of years' time, will duly seek advice from the NGOs in the field of protecting personal privacy and the environment.

 
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