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"Mr President, honourable Members, ladies and gentlemen, I would like first of all to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Wortmann-Kool, for her work, both on my own behalf and on that of my friend Mr Savary, who was unable to be present to take part in this debate this evening and who has asked me to give you his apologies.
It is a balanced report, and while it does not include all the views expressed by my group, it is still acceptable, since it stresses the most important things. It asks for the speedy publication of guidelines by the Commission so as to afford greater legal certainty to those providing international tramp and maritime cabotage services.
It also points out that exchanges of information are important and may be beneficial for the stability and efficiency of these sectors. It brings useful detail and, lastly, gives particular importance to small operators.
As a member of this Parliament’s Committee on Transport, I would nevertheless like to express a few regrets, stressing one point in particular. Together with my colleagues Mr Savary and Mr Sifunakis, I tabled an amendment concerning the legal basis of the text on which Parliament is to vote tomorrow morning. That amendment was rejected by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. As a result, it could not be submitted for the vote in plenary. I deplore that. Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, which this regulation proposes to repeal, was adopted on a twofold legal basis: Articles 84 (transport policy) and 87 (competition) of the Treaty, now Articles 80 and 83. The proposed repeal takes up only Article 83 (competition).
That is a political choice with serious consequences. It in fact determines the procedure applicable and limits the powers of Parliament, since the legal basis relating to competition alone involves a consultation procedure. The legal basis relating to transport, on the other hand, would have resulted in a codecision procedure. In my opinion, that would have been preferable. While I think that competition may be stimulating and beneficial to the economy, I do not see it as a panacea and am not in favour of its blind and indiscriminate application to all sectors of the economy, with no regard to their specific nature or even the state they are in.
Sadly, the Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition has sometimes given us the impression of defending that rather dogmatic outlook against all comers and especially against the opinion of other Commission services.
Although it is a consultative document, I hope that this report will at all events give the Commission a better picture of the concerns of operators who are not against the idea of reform, but who would like some guarantees and guidance regarding the changes with which they will be faced. These are legitimate concerns, and all the more so because this sector is of fundamental importance for Europe’s future and its development."@en1
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