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lpv:speaker	lp:Andris Piebalgs⁶
lpv:spoken text	". Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@en⁴
lpv:translated text	"Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@cs¹ "Jeg kan forsikre Dem for, at Kommissionen er meget opmærksom på kommercielle - herunder finansielle - tjenesteydelsers store økonomiske potentiale. Dette er en vigtig del af WTO-forhandlingerne, og det er ikke blevet ignoreret, selv om det ikke har haft så stor mediebevågenhed som andre dele. Kommissionen har fremhævet betydningen af adgang til finansiering i udviklingslande ved mange lejligheder, f.eks. i en meddelelse, som den støttede sidste år i WTO. Finansielle tjenesteydelser er helt klart et de områder, som Kommissionen prioriterer i forhandlingerne om tjenesteydelser, og de er derfor fremtrædende i Kommissionens anmodninger om bilaterale tjenesteydelser. Desuden var Det Europæiske Fællesskab en af medforslagsstillerne til den plurilaterale anmodning om finansielle tjenesteydelser, der blev indgivet for nylig, og det er særligt aktivt i plurilaterale og bilaterale forhandlinger med vores handelspartnere i Genève. Desværre et de fleste af de tilbud inden for finansielle tjenesteydelser, der er blevet givet indtil videre, skuffende. Dette gælder især mange lande i Asien. Visse medlemmer af ASEAN med meget få forpligtelser for øjeblikket har ikke givet tilbud om finansielle tjenesteydelser, og større aktører såsom Kina og især Indien kan også sagtens forbedre deres tilbud. Kort sagt er de fleste af vores vigtigste anmodninger inden for finansielle tjenesteydelser ikke blevet taget alvorligt af vores handelspartnere. Det er årsagen til, at Kommissionen vil vedblive med på alle niveauer at presse meget hårdt på for at overbevise vores handelspartnere om, at det er nødvendigt at ændre situationen ved at give stærkt reviderede tilbud i juli i år."@da² ". Ich möchte Ihnen versichern, dass sich die Kommission des enormen wirtschaftlichen Potenzials der kommerziellen Dienstleistungen, einschließlich der Finanzdienstleistungen, sehr wohl bewusst ist. Das ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil der WTO-Verhandlungen, der durchaus nicht ignoriert wurde, auch wenn weniger über ihn berichtet wird. Die Kommission hat bei vielen Gelegenheiten auf die Bedeutung des Zugangs zu Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten in Entwicklungsländern verwiesen, so beispielsweise in einer im letzten Jahr im Rahmen der WTO veröffentlichten Mitteilung, an der sie beteiligt war. Finanzdienstleistungen zählen bei Dienstleistungsverhandlungen eindeutig zu den Prioritäten der Europäischen Kommission und spielen daher in den bilateralen Dienstleistungsersuchen der Kommission eine wichtige Rolle. Außerdem war die Europäische Gemeinschaft einer der Ko-Sponsoren der unlängst vorgelegten plurilateralen Ersuchen im Bereich der Finanzdienstleistungen, und sie leistet einen besonders aktiven Beitrag zu den plurilateralen und bilateralen Verhandlungen mit unseren Handelspartnern in Genf. Leider sind die bisher unterbreiteten Angebote im Bereich der Finanzdienstleistungen zumeist enttäuschend. Das gilt insbesondere für zahlreiche Länder in Asien. Bestimmte ASEAN-Mitglieder mit sehr geringen Verpflichtungen haben keine entsprechenden Angebote unterbreitet, und größere Akteure wie China und vor allem Indien könnten ebenfalls bessere Angebote vorlegen. Zusammenfassend kann festgestellt werden, dass die Mehrzahl unserer Anliegen im Bereich Finanzdienstleistungen von unseren Handelspartnern nicht aufgegriffen wurde. Deshalb wird die Kommission auch künftig sehr energisch und auf allen Ebenen versuchen, unsere Handelspartner davon zu überzeugen, dass sie diese Situation korrigieren und im Juli dieses Jahres deutlich überarbeitete Angebote vorlegen sollten."@de⁹ "Επιτρέψτε μου να σας βεβαιώσω ότι η Επιτροπή γνωρίζει πολύ καλά τη σημαντική οικονομική δυναμική των εμπορικών υπηρεσιών, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των χρηματοοικονομικών υπηρεσιών. Αποτελεί ένα σημαντικό θέμα των διαπραγματεύσεων του ΠΟΕ και δεν έχει αγνοηθεί, έστω και αν έχει λάβει λιγότερη δημοσιότητα από άλλα θέματα. Η Επιτροπή τόνισε σε πολλές περιπτώσεις τη σημασία της πρόσβασης στη χρηματοδότηση στις αναπτυσσόμενες χώρες, για παράδειγμα σε μια ανακοίνωση που συνυπέγραψε πέρυσι στον ΠΟΕ. Οι χρηματοοικονομικές υπηρεσίες αποτελούν σαφώς μία από τις προτεραιότητες της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής στις διαπραγματεύσεις για τις υπηρεσίες και, κατά συνέπεια, κατέχουν εξέχουσα θέση στα διμερή αιτήματα της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής για τις υπηρεσίες. Επιπλέον, η Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα ήταν μία από τους συνυπογράφοντες του πολυμερούς αιτήματος για τις χρηματοοικονομικές υπηρεσίες που κατατέθηκε πρόσφατα και είναι ιδιαίτερα ενεργή στις πολυμερείς και διμερείς διαπραγματεύσεις με τους εμπορικούς εταίρους μας στη Γενεύη. Δυστυχώς, οι προσφορές στις χρηματοοικονομικές υπηρεσίες που έχουν τεθεί στο τραπέζι των διαπραγματεύσεων επί του παρόντος είναι πολύ απογοητευτικές. Αυτό ισχύει ειδικά για πολλές χώρες στην Ασία. Ορισμένα μέλη του ASEAN, με πολύ λίγες τρέχουσες δεσμεύσεις, δεν έκαναν καθόλου προσφορές σχετικά με τις χρηματοοικονομικές υπηρεσίες και οι μεγάλοι φορείς, όπως η Κίνα και ειδικά η Ινδία, έχουν επίσης περιθώριο να βελτιώσουν τις προσφορές τους. Εν ολίγοις, τα περισσότερα από τα βασικά μας αιτήματα στις χρηματοοικονομικές υπηρεσίες δεν έχουν καλυφθεί από τους εμπορικούς μας εταίρους. Γι’ αυτό η Επιτροπή θα συνεχίσει να πιέζει πολύ σκληρά και σε όλα τα επίπεδα προκειμένου να πείσει τους εμπορικούς εταίρους μας για την ανάγκη να διορθωθεί η κατάσταση υποβάλλοντας σημαντικά αναθεωρημένες προσφορές φέτος τον Ιούλιο."@el¹⁰ ". Permítanme asegurarles que la Comisión es muy consciente del gran potencial económico de los servicios comerciales, incluidos los servicios financieros. Esta es una parte importante de las negociaciones dentro de la OMC y no se ha pasado por alto, incluso si ha recibido menos publicidad que otras partes. La Comisión ha destacado en numerosas ocasiones la importancia del acceso a la financiación en los países en vías de desarrollo, por ejemplo en una Comunicación que copatrocinó el año pasado en la OMC. Los servicios financieros son sin duda una de las prioridades de la Comisión Europea en el marco de las negociaciones sobre los servicios y, por consiguiente, ocupan un lugar prominente en sus propuestas bilaterales en materia de servicios. Además, la Comunidad Europea fue uno de los copatrocinadores de una propuesta multilateral en materia de servicios financieros presentada recientemente y trabaja activamente en las negociaciones multilaterales y bilaterales que tienen lugar en Ginebra, con nuestros socios comerciales. Desgraciadamente, la mayoría de las ofertas sobre servicios financieras que se han presentado hasta ahora resultan decepcionantes. En particular las presentadas por muchos países asiáticos. Algunos miembros de la ASEAN, que hasta ahora no han asumido compromisos de envergadura, no han presentado ofertas en esta materia, y los países grandes, como China y en especial India, cuentan con margen de maniobra para mejorar sus ofertas. En conclusión, nuestros socios comerciales no han respondido a la mayoría de nuestras principales propuestas en materia de servicios financieros. Por esa razón, la Comisión seguirá ejerciendo fuertes presiones en todos los niveles para convencer a nuestros socios comerciales de que es necesario corregir esta situación mediante la revisión sustancial de sus ofertas en julio de este año."@es²⁰ "Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@et⁵ "Voin vakuuttaa teille, että komissio on täysin tietoinen kaupallisten palvelujen ja rahoituspalvelujen merkittävästä taloudellisesta potentiaalista. Ne ovat tärkeä osa WTO:n neuvotteluja, eikä niitä ole jätetty huomiotta, vaikka ne ovatkin saaneet vähemmän julkisuutta kuin muut neuvoteltavat alat. Komissio on korostanut useaan otteeseen rahoituksen saatavuuden merkitystä kehitysmaissa muun muassa tiedonannossa, jonka laatimiseen se osallistui viime vuonna WTO:ssa. Rahoituspalvelut ovat selvästi yksi Euroopan komission painopisteistä palveluja koskevissa neuvotteluissa, ja ne ovatkin keskeisessä asemassa palveluja koskevassa Euroopan komission kahdenvälisessä pyynnössä. Euroopan yhteisö osallistui lisäksi vastikään rahoituspalveluja koskevan monenvälisen pyynnön laatimiseen, ja se on osallistunut erittäin aktiivisesti kauppakumppaniemme kanssa käytäviin monen- ja kahdenvälisiin neuvotteluihin Genevessä. Valitettavasti tähän mennessä esitetyt rahoituspalveluja koskevat tarjoukset ovat pääasiassa tuottaneet pettymyksen. Näin on erityisesti useiden Aasian maiden kohdalla. Tietyt ASEANin jäsenet, joiden tämänhetkiset sitoumukset ovat erittäin vähäisiä, eivät ole esittäneet mitään rahoituspalveluja koskevia tarjouksia, ja myös Kiinan ja erityisesti Intian kaltaisilla talousmahdeilla on varaa parantaa tarjouksiaan. Lyhyesti sanottuna kauppakumppanimme eivät ole vastanneet rahoituspalvelujen alalla esittämiimme tärkeimpiin pyyntöihin. Siksi komissio jatkaa vahvaa painostusta kaikilla tasoilla saadakseen EU:n kauppakumppanit vakuuttuneiksi siitä, että niiden on korjattava tilanne esittämällä kuluvan vuoden heinäkuussa täysin muutetut tarjoukset."@fi⁷ ". Permettez-moi de vous assurer que la Commission saisit pleinement l’important potentiel économique des services commerciaux, services financiers inclus. Ils représentent un volet important des négociations de l’OMC et n’ont pas été laissés de côté, même s’ils n’ont pas fait l’objet d’autant de publicité que d’autres domaines. La Commission a souligné l’importance de l’accès au financement dans les pays en développement à maintes reprises, notamment dans une communication qu’elle a coparrainée l’année dernière dans le cadre de l’OMC. Les services financiers comptent indubitablement parmi les principales priorités de la Commission européenne dans les négociations sur les services et, par conséquent, figurent en bonne place dans les demandes de services bilatéraux de la Commission européenne. De surcroît, la Communauté européenne a été l’un des co-initiateurs de la demande multilatérale de services financiers récemment présentée et est particulièrement active dans les négociations multilatérales et bilatérales avec nos partenaires commerciaux à Genève. Malheureusement, les offres présentées à ce jour dans le domaine des services financiers sont généralement décevantes. Cette constatation est particulièrement vraie pour de nombreux pays d’Asie. Certains membres de l’ANASE, dont les engagements actuels sont particulièrement faibles, n’ont présenté aucune offre de services financiers, tandis que des acteurs importants tels que la Chine et l’Inde en particulier pourraient eux aussi améliorer leurs propositions. En résumé, nos partenaires commerciaux n’ont pas donné suite à la majorité de nos demandes principales en matière de services financiers. C’est la raison pour laquelle la Commission continuera d’exercer une pression considérable à tous les niveaux pour convaincre nos partenaires commerciaux de la nécessité de remédier à cette situation en soumettant des offres révisées de manière substantielle en juillet de cette année."@fr⁸ "Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@hu¹¹ "Le garantisco che la Commissione è ben conscia dell’importanza del potenziale economico dei servizi commerciali, compresi quelli finanziari. Questa è una parte importante dei negoziati dell’OMC e non è stata ignorata, anche se ha avuto meno pubblicità rispetto ad altre parti. La Commissione ha sottolineato in svariate occasioni l’importanza dell’accesso ai finanziamenti nei paesi in via di sviluppo, per esempio in una comunicazione che ha cosponsorizzato l’anno scorso in seno all’OMC. I servizi finanziari sono chiaramente una delle priorità della Commissione europea nei negoziati sui servizi e, pertanto, occupano un posto di rilievo nelle relative richieste bilaterali della Commissione. Inoltre la Comunità europea è stata tra i della richiesta multilaterale sui servizi finanziari recentemente presentata ed è particolarmente attiva a Ginevra nei negoziati multilaterali e bilaterali con i nostri commerciali. Purtroppo, finora, le offerte attuali nell’ambito dei servizi finanziari sono quanto mai deludenti, soprattutto per quanto riguarda molti paesi asiatici. Alcuni membri dell’ASEAN, il cui coinvolgimento attuale è molto esiguo, non hanno fatto alcuna offerta in materia di servizi finanziari e le offerte di operatori di maggior rilievo, come la Cina e soprattutto l’India, presentano ancora margini di miglioramento. In breve, la maggior parte delle nostre richieste principali in materia di servizi finanziari non è stata soddisfatta dai nostri commerciali. Perciò la Commissione continuerà a insistere con grande determinazione e a tutti i livelli per convincere i nostri commerciali che è necessario modificare la situazione presentando offerte sostanzialmente rivedute nel luglio prossimo."@it¹² "Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@lt¹⁴ "Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@lv¹³ "Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@mt¹⁵ "Ik kan u verzekeren dat de Commissie zich goed bewust is van het belangrijke economische potentieel van de commerciële dienstverlening, inclusief financiële diensten. Dit speelt in de WTO-onderhandelingen een grote rol. Er is niet aan voorbijgegaan, ook al heeft het minder publiciteit gekregen dan andere punten. De Commissie heeft het belang van toegang tot financiering in ontwikkelingslanden bij talrijke gelegenheden benadrukt, bijvoorbeeld in een mededeling die zij afgelopen jaar in de WTO ondersteunde. Financiële diensten vormen duidelijk een van de prioriteiten van de Europese Commissie in de onderhandelingen over de dienstverlening en hebben daarom een prominente plaats in de verzoeken van de Commissie in verband met bilaterale diensten. Verder was de Europese Gemeenschap een van de ondersteuners van het onlangs ingediende multilaterale verzoek op het vlak van financiële diensten en voert zij bijzonder actief multilaterale en bilaterale besprekingen met onze handelspartners in Genève. Helaas zijn de meeste aanbiedingen op het gebied van de financiële dienstverlening tot dusver teleurstellend. Dat geldt met name voor veel landen in Azië. Sommige ASEAN-leden, die in het verleden minimale toezeggingen hebben gedaan, hebben helemaal niets aangeboden en grotere spelers als China en vooral India zouden het wat dit betreft ook beter kunnen doen. Kort gezegd zijn onze handelspartners niet ingegaan op de meeste van onze voornaamste verzoeken op het terrein van de financiële dienstverlening. Daarom zal de Commissie op alle fronten grote druk blijven uitoefenen om onze handelspartners ervan te overtuigen dat zij hun zaakjes in orde moeten maken en in juli dit jaar aanbiedingen moeten doen die op wezenlijke punten zijn herzien."@nl³ "Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@pl¹⁶ "Permitam-me que lhe afiance que a Comissão está bem ciente do significativo potencial económico dos serviços comerciais, incluindo os serviços financeiros. Trata-se de um capítulo importante das negociações da OMC que não tem sido descurado, ainda que tenha porventura sido menos publicitado que outros. A Comissão tem sublinhado em muitas ocasiões a importância do acesso ao financiamento nos países em desenvolvimento, por exemplo numa comunicação que co-patrocinou o ano passado no quadro da OMC. Os serviços financeiros são, claramente, uma das prioridades da Comissão Europeia nas negociações relativas ao sector dos serviços e, como tal, ocupam um lugar proeminente nas solicitações bilaterais em matéria de serviços que a Comissão Europeia apresenta. Acresce que a Comunidade Europeia foi um dos co-patrocinadores da solicitação multilateral relativa aos serviços financeiros recentemente apresentada e tem uma participação particularmente activa nas negociações multilaterais e bilaterais com os nossos parceiros comerciais que estão a decorrer em Genebra. Infelizmente, no campo dos serviços financeiros, as propostas que se encontram sobre a mesa são, na sua maioria, decepcionantes. Isto é especialmente válido para muitos países da Ásia. Certos membros da ASEAN, com compromissos muito reduzidos, não fizeram quaisquer propostas em matéria de serviços financeiros e actores de maior peso, como a China e, em particular, a Índia, dispõem igualmente de margem para melhorar as suas propostas. Em suma, a maioria das nossas principais solicitações em matéria de serviços financeiros não teve seguimento por parte dos nossos parceiros comerciais. É por isso que a Comissão continuará a exercer uma pressão muito intensa e a todos os níveis tendo em vista persuadir os nossos parceiros comerciais da necessidade de corrigirem a situação apresentando propostas substancialmente revistas no próximo mês de Julho."@pt¹⁷ "Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@sk¹⁸ "Let me assure you that the Commission is well aware of the significant economic potential of commercial services, including financial services. This is an important part of the WTO negotiations and it has not been ignored, even if it has received less publicity than other parts. The Commission has highlighted the importance of access to finance in developing countries on many occasions, for example in a communication that it co-sponsored last year in the WTO. Financial services are clearly one of the European Commission’s priorities in the services negotiations and, therefore, figure prominently in the European Commission’s bilateral services requests. Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva. Unfortunately, the offers in financial services on the table so far are mostly disappointing. This applies particularly to many countries in Asia. Certain ASEAN members, with very low existing commitments, have not made any financial services offers and larger players, such as China and particularly India, also have room to improve their offers. In short, most of our main requests in financial services have not been addressed by our trading partners. That is why the Commission will continue to press very hard and at all levels to convince our trading partners of the need to correct the situation by submitting substantially revised offers in July this year."@sl¹⁹ ". Låt mig försäkra er om att kommissionen är väl medveten om den viktiga ekonomiska potentialen hos kommersiella tjänster, däribland finansiella tjänster. Detta är en viktig del av WTO-förhandlingarna och har inte förbisetts, även om den har fått mindre publicitet än andra delar. Kommissionen har belyst betydelsen av tillgång till finansiering i utvecklingsländer vid flertalet tillfällen, t.ex. i ett meddelande som kommissionen ställde sig bakom i Världshandelsorganisationen förra året. De finansiella tjänsterna är tveklöst en av Europeiska kommissionens prioriteringar i tjänsteförhandlingarna och har därför en tydlig plats i EU-kommissionens begäran om bilaterala tjänster. Europeiska kommissionen var dessutom en av initiativtagarna till den multilaterala begäran om finansiella tjänster som nyss lades fram och är särskilt aktiv i multilaterala och bilaterala förhandlingar med våra handelspartner i Genève. Tyvärr har de flesta erbjudanden som har lagts fram hittills när det gäller finansiella tjänster varit en besvikelse. Detta gäller framför allt många asiatiska länder. Vissa Asean-stater med mycket små nuvarande åtaganden har inte erbjudit några finansiella tjänster, och större aktörer såsom Kina och särskilt Indien kan också förbättra sina erbjudanden. Kort sagt har våra handelspartner inte tagit itu med de flesta av våra viktigaste krav när det gäller finansiella tjänster. Det är därför kommissionen kommer att fortsätta att sätta hård press på alla nivåer för att övertyga våra handelspartner om att de måste rätta till situationen genom att lägga fram avsevärt reviderade erbjudanden i juli i år."@sv²¹
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Andris Piebalgs,"^{5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,13,4} "Member of the Commission"^{5,19,15,1,18,14,16,11,11,13,4} "cosponsor"¹² "partner"¹²