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Mr President, I would say to Mrs Torres Marques that my obligation is not to be anxious. My obligation is to resolve the problems and view the difficulties rather coolly and with a certain distance.
I believe that we may have a distorted view of reality. When you see the communication you will see the level of decision which each of the Member States has reached and the amount of information available at a national level. I believe that the citizens who have wished to be informed have been so, the companies are reasonably well informed and the public administrations are also acting.
However, it is the case that the coins and notes campaign has still not begun, since most of it will begin in June, and be reinforced in September. There will be national campaigns, as well as a European Central Bank campaign which will undoubtedly have a specific effect on coins and notes and their technical characteristics, including security characteristics, which will take place as we come closer to the final stage and will give everybody a clearer knowledge of the situation.
Another problem which you have raised is a rather complex issue, which you know well, and which appears on page 46 of our communication. I am not yet able to offer you a definitive solution. You will be able to see there the progress we are making on the different problems raised and that, since November 2000, the banking association has launched the STEP I project, which is the first project to offer us a system of compensation at a cross-border level, which should be a key element in helping us to reduce the cost of these operations which, for you and for us, are an issue of special concern.
It is going to be very difficult for the citizen to understand that, from 1 January, and working with euros in different countries, that a cheque in Portuguese euros paid in Portugal is not going to cost the same as a cheque in Portuguese euros paid in Belgium or vice versa. Therefore, this is a point which has to be resolved, but resolving it necessitates the existence of a cross-border compensation system equivalent to the national compensation systems. You will see in the difficulties posed by this issue in the communication, and we are prepared to do everything necessary to launch this project because we agree that it is a fundamental problem.
With regard to guidelines, I would say to Mr Karas that these have been established, with the Commission, through the different agreements which have been reached with the different Member States and, therefore, we are convinced that, if the agreements which have been reached for transfers of resources are applied correctly, there should be no problems in this regard.
And I would say the same to the respective ministers in relation to their national programmes. The national programmes are all being discussed in the Commission. There are references to each of the national programmes, including the communication issues, even the web pages relating to each Member State and the present communication informs us of exactly the action which each of the Member States has planned. In any event, if Parliament or yourself have any doubt about any particular programme, we are prepared to give you the relevant information."@en1
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