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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Parliament’s report on Competition Policy 2005, we acknowledge the efforts made by the Commission to modernise competition policy.
I should like to highlight the main recommendations of the report.
In the crucial area of energy, we support the Commission’s action on ownership unbundling.
We reiterate the call on the Commission to clarify at Community level the public service obligations to which operators of services of general economic interest should be bound, with regard to strategic security and universal coverage.
We also believe it is important to ensure that the EU’s external dimension is consistent with competition policy when it comes to negotiating bilateral trade agreements.
In spite of the Commission’s efforts at harmonising practices and guaranteeing transparency, it is a fact that there is competition in terms of incentives between EU regions and Member States, which, along with the absence of tax harmonisation, foments the artificial relocation of companies.
These and other challenges illustrate the need to strengthen the EU’s ability to deliver effective competition rules and to improve flexibility of response to new challenges. Hence the importance of continuing to give the European Competition Authority the resources it needs."@en1
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