Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-08-Speech-3-121"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EC Merger Regulation2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031008.11.3-121"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-08-Speech-3-1222
lpv:speaker	lp:Olle Schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I wish to begin by thanking Mr Della Vedova for an excellent report that has the full support of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party. If I were to grade different areas of responsibility within the EU, issues of competition would be among the most important. The work you do, Mr Monti, is of the greatest importance if the market economy is to operate, if Europe is to be able to grow, if there is to be a business-oriented EU and if all European consumers are to be given a choice in respect of low prices and high quality. Trying to strike a balance between the interests of companies and those of the consumer is not always simple, but I respect you for the work you have done. It is of necessity that the concentration rules are now being reviewed and modernised. The market is changing. Competition is increasing, and internationalisation and globalisation give rise to different basic conditions. We are entitled to demand that the EU’s concentration rules be legally secure and predictable, that investigations and assessments be genuine and rapidly carried out and that both the Commission’s and the national authorities’ rules be clear. These are things we are entitled to demand, Mr President. The Della Vedova report further strengthens the Commission’s proposals in these respects. We believe it would be a step in the wrong direction to enlarge what is called the concept of dominance. Allow me to touch upon the amendments by the ELDR Group. The Commission should be able to have a more dynamic and long-term perspective when the market basis is assessed in the case of concentrations and be able to see the common market in a global context. That applies in purely general terms but, in particular, it is important for leading companies in smaller countries to be able to grow stronger, within their own countries as well, and to do so with a view to providing more jobs within the whole of the EU and to increasing competitiveness outside the EU too. We are sympathetic towards the amendments by the Group of the Party of European Socialists. The employees’ viewpoints are, of course, important, but concentrations of that type should, in our view, not be regulated in this context."@en1

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