Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-10-Speech-1-100"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-12-10"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20011210.5.1-100"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-10-Speech-1-1012
lpv:speaker	lp:Astrid Thors2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Daems, if we reach an agreement this week, it will be one of the few decisions in which the European Council’s timetables are put into effect. That is a good reason why we should try to achieve something in this area, in contrast to what has sometimes happened with regard to other decisions about liberalisation. I especially want to thank the rapporteur, Mr Harbour, with whom I have worked closely. I want to agree with those speakers who have said that we are now introducing important rules for disabled users. In certain contexts, I have felt ashamed at the fact that our rules have not been as advanced as the rules in other large markets. I also want to emphasise what Mr Harbour said about the ‘must carry’ principle. The intensity with which we have debated TV issues in recent weeks shows that it is not entirely acceptable to distinguish between content and the principles we had when we first debated convergences. We are talking here about important cultural values in respect of which the Commission and the Member States must be able to depart even from strictly commercial rules. We should support the compromise in the Paasilinna report. In that context, I also hope that the Commission will apply a fairer competition policy between large and small countries than that we have seen, so that small and different markets too can continue to exist. That is something to which perhaps not enough attention has been given. Turning now to the issue of digital TV, I really regret the Council’s position on API for digital receivers. In many contexts, the European Parliament has clearly given its backing to an open common and approved standard. In this area, there is no market, as on many other issues. The market cannot therefore be researched. I hope that, before we vote on Wednesday, the Commission will be able to say when it is intended to take measures to bring about interoperability and genuine freedom of choice for consumers, and what it is intended that these measures should be. I therefore hope that the Commission will be able to come up with a declaration before we vote on Wednesday. That is important for this sector’s competitiveness in relation to other sectors within the telecommunications sector."@en1

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