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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sales promotions in the internal market (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020903.10.2-302"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-03-Speech-2-3032
lpv:speaker	lp:Pilar Ayuso2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--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
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, this proposed Regulation on sales promotions in the internal market will allow European companies to take better advantage of the removal of borders in order to carry out their economic activities. I therefore believe that the proposal is very appropriate in order to humanise the national provisions on the communication of sales promotions. This proposal has given rise to a very important debate in this Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy on a very specific aspect, namely, once again, sales at a loss. I am glad to see that the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market has included the views of the Environment Committee in its amendments, and I therefore congratulate Mr Beysen, rapporteur for the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, and Mrs Patrie, draftsperson of the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy. It is reasonable that sales at a loss should be regulated at national level. At the moment, the majority of Member States prohibit this practice: Germany, Austria, France, Ireland, Greece and Spain, amongst others, and it is not an arbitrary prohibition. I am going to be the last speaker to say that sales and re-sales at a loss cannot be considered commercial promotion practices, because these practices distort the principles of fair competition and in particular prejudice small retailers, who do not have the margins to compete in such a situation. Furthermore, they create a false alarm in terms of consumer information, harm the image of the brand and seriously alter the planning of manufacturers and suppliers. Specifically I support Amendments Nos 27, 28, 29, 30 and 32 and I trust that the majority of this House will approve them and that the Commission will accept them."@en1

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