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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too wish to thank Mr Stockmann for drawing up an excellent report. At first there were various opinions on the matter and even misunderstandings, but the rapporteur managed, through a determined effort, to make headway on this issue and the committee in the end was very much of one mind on the development of the new European loading unit. The topic of discussion is the very challenging idea of making the various means of freight transportation in Europe compatible with one another. Standardised containers would bring benefits for congested Central Europe and, even more especially, to regions overseas. For example, 80% of the flow of foreign trade from my country, Finland, goes by sea, and the flexible operation of multimodal transport is absolutely crucial.
The rapporteur has chosen the right way to proceed. The amendments are an attempt at ensuring there is compatibility with European standardisation offices and the prevention of problems with ISO standards. Operators in the sector will be given the responsibility for designing the new container in detail. There is a potential problem with Amendment No 17. If the height of the containers is to be 2.9 metres they will not, when stacked, fit the space currently available on present Roll-on Roll-off (RORO) ships. For that reason, the Commission’s proposal for the height of a container to be 2.67 metres would perhaps be better. Our group supports the proposal and we hope that the matter will also make speedy progress in practice."@en1
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