Examples of using Applying the precautionary principle in English and their translations into Finnish
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In unclear cases,the EESC recommends applying the precautionary principle.
Applying the precautionary principle does not, therefore, automatically imply a ban.
Any persisting control andenvironmental problems would be addressed, by applying the precautionary principle.
We know that a lack of objectivity in applying the precautionary principle has led to countless cases of non-compliance.
We have seen studies showing the risks involved in driftnets, andI think that the studies no doubt justify applying the precautionary principle in this case.
When applying the precautionary principle, consideration must also be given to the risks to the environment arising from the use of other agents similar to cyanide as an alternative.
Maybe we should also consider that some people might talk about applying the precautionary principle to new treatments.
In view of these different factors, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy has tabled an amendment which would extend the marketing ban to octabromodiphenyl ether also,thus strictly applying the precautionary principle.
It must not be possible to condemn a state for applying the precautionary principle, for protecting its environment, or for rejecting imports proved to be produced by child labour.
He is simply doing what the consumers, the voters andpeople of France asked him to, i.e. applying the precautionary principle for the sake of food safety.
It recommends applying the precautionary principle in a measured and balanced manner, with reference to the Commission document,the ESC opinion and the relevant resolution adopted by the Nice Council, which responded to a number of points made in the ESC opinion11.
It should lead us to reflect on both agriculture, and, more importantly, on other sectors such as public health,with the aim of henceforth applying the precautionary principle at European level.
Mr President, Commissioner, regarding the relationship between science,on the one hand, and applying the precautionary principle on the other, the communication states that invoking that precautionary principle always requires a political decision if there is a lack of scientific evidence.
This principle in essence means that safety and health must be put before any conflicting scientific evidence, andI fully support the previous speakers who again referred to the importance of applying the precautionary principle.
It seeks to minimise the negative impacts of urban areas on ecological cycles at all levels, applying the precautionary principle, and to improve ecological conditions to make cities healthy places to live.
We all want to conserve resources- that is not the problem; we accept all fair decisions to conserve resources; the problem is how to distribute between fleets,resources that scientifically, reasonably, with common sense, applying the precautionary principle, are considered fair.
Instead, my group believes we need to strike the right balance between encouraging innovation and applying the precautionary principle concerning food safety, consumer and environmental protection and animal welfare.
Applying the precautionary principle to new threats that have not been fully described is important and necessary if swift action is to be taken, but it is just as important to establish a procedure for an exit strategy if the threat ceases or new knowledge justifies such action.
By accepting rules which act against our interests and measures such as the one covering sufficient scientific proof,which prevents us in practice from applying the precautionary principle, previous Commissions did a great deal of damage to our companies and to our economies.
We really must emphasise strongly today that we have no intention of permitting exceptions and that we attach great importance to the preservation of the precautionary principle, for we know that treating contaminated water is ten times more expensive than applying the precautionary principle.
Nevertheless, at the last Fisheries Council of 1999, held on 16 and 17 December, the Member States involved in this area of fishing, namely France, Spain andPortugal, considered that applying the precautionary principle which sets a TAC reduced from 5 000 tonnes to 2 000 tonnes, as the Commission proposed, was excessively cautious.
As you rightly said, Madam President, the problem has arisen as a result of the method of extracting olive residue oil, and therefore traces of benzopyrene were found in the olive residue oil and, given the lack, as you also said,of a European regulation setting the limits, the Spanish Ministry of Health proceeded, applying the precautionary principle, to withdraw this oil from circulation.
It applies the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle. .
On this crucial issue we must trust to good sense and apply the precautionary principle.
I would urge you again to take this alarming study seriously and really apply the precautionary principle- which, after all, we have enshrined in European law.
In well-founded cases of doubt the Commission can apply the precautionary principle, as indeed it did in the case of Avoparcin.
But once the crisis has passed, apply the precautionary principle and tackle the causes rather than the consequences.
We must apply the precautionary principle here, just as we should apply it to all the genetically modified organisms whose import into Europe has unwisely been authorised by the Commission.