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Mr President, I should like to thank my colleagues from the various political groups who have worked so hard and effectively to achieve today’s first-reading compromise package with the Council and the Commission: in particular, Mrs Wallis, Mr Wieland, Mr Lehne, and Mrs Berger from my own political group.
The UK Presidency has been very cooperative and has taken on board many of Parliament’s amendments, which allows us now to vote on this first reading package of the general enacting terms of the European payment order. That will now help us to speed up and simplify cross-border payments for business. It will also assist debt recovery. In short, we know that companies that do not get paid are at risk of collapsing, with knock-on effects for staff and suppliers. A lack of enforcement systems for payment undermines the internal market and business confidence.
There are, however, some outstanding technical issues involved in drawing up the annexes and finalising our recitals that need to be resolved with the Austrian Presidency. In addition, Mrs Wallis has asked us to look at a technical legal issue related to the ‘cross-border’ definition.
I look forward to working with the Austrian Presidency and finalising this very pragmatic law that will assist businesses and citizens in recovering debts, and to a full plenary debate with the Council and Commission and a vote in the New Year. I urge Members, therefore, to vote for the agreed negotiated package that is before us today at first reading."@en1
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