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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Radio spectrum policy2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010703.14.2-266"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-03-Speech-2-2672
lpv:speaker	lp:W.G. van Velzen2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-09-01--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Niebler carried out sterling work in her capacity as rapporteur. I should like to congratulate her on the quality of her report. In this connection, I should like to broach two subjects which are a little controversial. Subject one is the possibility of stepping up the harmonisation of the military use of the radio spectrum. We know that a huge proportion of the spectrum is used by the military. That is, of course, understandable in an historical context, but if we are working towards a common security policy, we will also have to question whether the level of efficiency is proportionate to its use. I believe that that is not the case. It resembles one large patchwork at the moment. In my opinion, the private sector, in particular, needs a larger proportion of the spectrum. What can we do? Normally speaking, we could attempt to harmonise, but that is of course extremely difficult. That is why I propose a step-by-step plan. First of all, we must prioritise in terms of military and civil use. Secondly, Member States must be transparent in terms of the use of the military spectrum. Thirdly, the Commission, Council and Parliament, and all those involved, must join forces, finally, to open a discussion on this topic and, especially, to look for ways of bringing about harmonisation in the future. Not easy, but it has to be done. My second point: a separation of political affairs and technical implementation. Many of the CEPT actions are technical, but all these technical points have a great many political ramifications. That is why I believe that it is of great importance for the political aspects to be discussed more among the Commission, Council and European Parliament, and for the technical side to be left to the CEPT to take care of. But I believe it is crucial for us finally to discuss the political framework in this arena too. That is why I warmly recommend this amendment."@en1

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