Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-02-Speech-4-113"
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"If we are to have a functioning European market for goods, it is important for the consumer’s interests too to be safeguarded. The changes made by the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection to the Commission’s draft legislation laying down rules on nominal quantities for pre-packed products would not, however, bring about such a situation. The rapporteur has proposed rules for the packaging of, for example, butter, milk, pasta and rice. I want European consumers to be able to choose between many products, and there is no intrinsic value in using regulations to dispense with today’s Swedish milk packs containing, for example, 300 ml of milk. Consumers are at present able to decide for themselves what they wish to purchase by comparing prices. We must legislate to improve basic conditions of competition and to increase consumer protection. However, we must, in accordance with the Commission’s ambition, do away with unnecessary rules. I voted therefore in favour of a slimmer but more focused EU, with no place for unnecessary regulation involving unnecessary costs for the food industry."@en1
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