Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-25-Speech-1-056"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Electronic signatures2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991025.4.1-056"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-25-Speech-1-0572
lpv:speaker	lp:Maria Berger2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2000-03-07)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would first like to give my heartfelt congratulations to the rapporteur for his report on behalf of my group and to give him my especial thanks for having been able – in spite of being new to this House – to steer this report on the Directive on electronic signatures so quickly to its second reading. Because in a matter such as the regulation of requirements for the recognition of electronic signatures, a rapid solution is at least as important as finding the proper solution. I am convinced that we have found both a rapid and proper solution for helping the electronic signature along and making it possible for there to be a breakthrough in the suitability for everyday use of the new information and communication media. What strikes me as being particularly appropriate is the demarcation of the scope of closed and open systems, the neutrality of technology, enabling people in the legal field to apply these rules unambiguously, and the admissibility of pseudonyms. First and foremost, this will allow the consumer to remain anonymous on the net, as anonymous as in everyday business in the ‘offline’ world. It will also allow the prevention of a precise profiling of the consumer. In accepting one of the amendments we want to establish this week that it is the responsibility of the Member States to stipulate those legal areas where the use of electronic signatures may apply. This clarification has certainly been necessary. However, I would like to see this clarification combined with a request, a request to Member States, to be as generous as possible here and to limit the applicability of electronic signatures and the equal status accorded them only in exceptional cases. If we now more or less conclude the Directive on electronic signatures at second reading, it will be an important stage victory. The aim, which is to achieve a consistent and halfway-complete European legal framework for the information society, has not yet been achieved. For that, we still need the second reading on the Directive relating to e-commerce, the Directive relating to copyright and that relating to the distance selling of financial services. To conclude, I would therefore like to appeal to the Council to establish its common position on these draft directives as quickly as possible, of course as far as possible on the basis of the amendments from first reading in this Parliament, in order to submit it to Parliament for second reading."@en1

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