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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	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991025.4.1-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-25-Speech-1-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Gianfranco Dell'alba2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-22--2000-12-31)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 co-chair; TGI (1999-07-22--2001-10-02)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, firstly, I would like to welcome Commissioner Liikanen as for the first time he is concentrating on information society matters and no longer on budgetary matters. I wish him every success in his work. I am very pleased by this development. I hope that with our vote we will accelerate the procedure as much as possible in order to finally allow electronic signatures to be recognised, something which already exists in practice. We are aware of the speed with which this system is growing and the fact that the world of the Internet, that is to say, the world of the users of the information society, is already well advanced as regards the validity of contracts and transactions via the electronic system. I would stress that we in the European Parliament should have been the pioneers of this, but we were not because our administration refused to comply with one of Parliament’s decisions. Some years ago, we voted on an amendment to the Rules of Procedure which aimed to make electronic signatures valid, especially as far as petitions and appeals to the Ombudsman were concerned. This would have allowed petitions to be presented via the Internet, increasing transparency and the chance to contact Parliament and the other institutions, for example the Ombudsman’s department. Well, despite this amendment, this provision has, to a large extent, remained a dead letter. Indeed, it is true that a petition can be presented via the Internet, but then written confirmation by the writers is always needed, which in fact makes this method redundant. I hope that during the vote which we are about to take, the strength of Parliament’s wish will be affirmed in a way that will immediately establish the provision that will straight away allow more visibility, more transparency and give the citizens of Europe more access to our democratic life."@en1

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