Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-11-Speech-1-101"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Postal services2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020311.7.1-101"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-11-Speech-1-1022
lpv:speaker	lp:Helena Torres Marques2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Parliament’s position at first reading of the draft directive on the opening of postal services to competition was decisive. In fact, the Council accepted four out of the five basic principles we put forward. Our only demand not to be accepted was that of bringing down the weight limit of normal post from 150 grammes to 100 grammes. We should not forget, however, that the weight limit proposed by the Commission was 50 grammes. What is the most important aspect of this discussion? To my mind, it is to maintain the security of postal services as universal services, which all Europeans citizens have the right to use, regardless of where they live. It is also essential that the postal services continue to fulfil the irreplaceable social role that they have traditionally played, whilst being able to remain competitive and to provide increasingly up-to-date services. What is the issue here? The issue is that by the end of this year, it will be possible to end the monopoly of postal services that has hitherto been allowed to exist, and unless we are able to reach a common position between the Council, Parliament and the Commission, in 2003 the Commission, using a different legal basis, will be able to treat this problem as a case of competition within the internal market, which falls within the competence of the Commission alone. The proposal we are now discussing is, then, under the current circumstances, the safest one. Not only is the common position reasonable and accepted by the companies responsible for postal services in our countries, but it also makes any new liberalisation dependent on co-decision by the Council and Parliament. We suggest that we vote in favour of the Ferber report with the amendments that we adopted in the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism."@en1

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