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It gives me pleasure to reply to Mr Harbour. Let me deal first with the question of safety. In markets where the repair market has been liberalised, as in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy or the Netherlands, there have been no incidences of casualties attributable to the fact that third party providers have supplied some spare parts. The safety record in liberalised markets is as good – or, if you like, as bad – but no different from the safety record in markets where there is protection of the design.
Secondly, believe it or not, there are 90 directives, concerned with the safety of pedestrians, which apply to all cars and parts of cars, and therefore also to parts supplied by third party suppliers.
The third point is that there is a so-called 'extended impact assessment' attached to the proposal, which deals with safety – it runs to 50 pages. I can assure Members of this House, particularly Mr Harbour, that it is a very thorough impact assessment. He and other Members of Parliament that express an interest will receive it, together with the proposal. The extended impact assessment deals with the issue very thoroughly, but in order to still fears and apprehensions which exist, not only here but also at the Commission, I have said that, now that the proposal has been adopted, I shall see to it that a further study is carried out into the safety aspects, so that we all can rest assured that the matter is being looked at. The extended impact assessment is a very thorough job and I have held extensive consultations with stakeholders, particularly with the car industry itself. Members of this House will be able to read the extended impact assessment and form their own opinions. I look forward to a discussion on this proposal in Parliament, even though I personally will not take part, but will be replaced by my successor, Charlie McCreevy from Ireland."@en1
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