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Mr President, I shall explain some of the key points that may be of interest to Members of Parliament, in particular the amendments tabled by this Parliament.
I shall summarise my reply at the end of this debate in five points. Firstly, some amendments call into question the current legislation and cannot therefore be accepted. This concerns particularly the limitation of the scope of application of the directive to liberal professions, the suppression of the recognition of formal qualifications for many crafts and trades professions, the limitation of recognition to qualifications at the same level and the several other more restrictive requirements for recognition.
My second point concerns facilitation of cross-border service provision. A real simplification of temporary and occasional service provision implies less formalities. Adequate guarantees to consumers can be provided through comprehensive information, and declarations to competent authorities and pro-forma registration can be accepted for healthcare professions. In any case, formal control of qualifications by host Member States is not compatible with a real facilitation of cross-border service provision.
Thirdly, consolidation is not the appropriate framework for the introduction of new harmonising provisions; that requires in-depth consideration by all the interested parties and a specific impact assessment.
Fourthly, enlargement justifies a simpler organisation of recognition systems. Community procedures have to be limited to Union-wide measures and this fully justifies the new approach for recognition of medical and dental specialities common to only some Member States, which will improve the likelihood of their continuing development.
Fifthly, enlargement also demands simpler management mechanisms, particularly through one single comitology committee. The Commission is willing to contribute to this goal by setting up an expert group and by introducing more open and flexible consultation mechanisms with interested parties.
The Commission's opinion on the individual amendments of which there are many, as we all know has been provided in writing and will be distributed shortly.
Furthermore, I am confident that the valuable efforts made by the European Parliament will provide a good basis for further constructive discussions.
Lastly, I should also like to congratulate Mrs Gebhardt on her birthday next week."@en1
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