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". − Mr President, I am very pleased to see the reform of the Brussels I Regulation on the agenda of this plenary session, and I would like to thank all those very dedicated politicians and administrators who have managed to bring this forward.
Firstly, of course, your rapporteur, Mr Zwiefka, has done a wonderful job, together with this committee and, secondly, the Presidencies – the Polish and Danish Presidencies and now the Cyprus Presidency – have ensured a smooth finalisation of this file in the upcoming December Council. Now this is a real success story, for citizens, for companies and for the Single Market, and it is one of those success stories which builds a European area of justice. It also shows that justice can contribute to growth.
We are speaking here about 500 million consumers; we are speaking about companies, mainly SMEs, which are reluctant to use the potential of the Internal Market because of many legal obstacles. Forty per cent of companies would be more inclined to trade cross-border if the procedures for settling disputes were simplified, so that is precisely what we are doing here: removing bureaucratic obstacles which impose extra costs and legal uncertainty on companies; and this is part of our central objective to create a single market which is attractive also to our SMEs.
With the reform of Brussels I we are making an important contribution. As the rapporteur has already said, we are abolishing the
procedure, a procedure which in most cases is not necessary but which costs money – usually EUR 2 000 per case wasted on this formality. In future we will get rid of this red tape; the benefits to companies will be EUR 47 million per year and we will actually do what the United States has been doing for a long time under Article IV of the Constitution, which says that there is a principle of full faith and credit. By abolishing
we will also have a ‘full faith and credit’ principle in the European Union.
Then there is the question of the choice-of-court agreements, which will be better respected in the future. The overwhelming majority of EU businesses – almost 70 % of all companies and 90 % of large companies – use choice-of-court agreements. The parties involved need to be sure that their choice will be respected; the review which is on the table now provides greater legal certainty.
On the external aspects of Brussels I, when there are proceedings with third states, and also with respect to the weaker parties, we have taken decisions to ensure that all consumers and employees in Europe will have access to the courts in Europe no matter where they live. This is a real concrete benefit for our European citizens.
Finally, on the difficult question of arbitration, Mr Zwiefka, I can accept the compromise, which I believe marks a step in the right direction. In conclusion, Mr President, this is an important step towards a real European area of justice. I would like to thank Parliament for its support and I look forward to defending the proposal of Parliament in the Council, and then to celebrating a success in December."@en1
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