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I voted in favour of this report as did all of my colleagues from the CPNT party. The substance of the report, which defends the system of fixing book prices, for which the Member States are free to make provision in their national legislation – as is rightly recalled and stressed – is beyond reproach. On the other hand, it is sad to see that we need to be reminded of a position which is plain common sense and that a directive, which at the end of the day is relatively cumbersome, is going to have to be drafted to counter the whims of competition policy and its enforcement by the Court of Justice.
Nevertheless, there is no cause for triumphalism, because during yesterday's debate the Commissioner said that the current case law was quite sufficient and because, confident of their unacceptable monopoly on the right of initiative, the Commission seems determined to ignore this request based on Article 192, which is used only extremely rarely. This confirms that it is better to restrict the scope of Community action to what is strictly necessary upstream rather than having to repair the damage afterwards. It also explains my group's actions in respect of the Lamassoure report on the division of competences and the adverse vote which resulted."@en1
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