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Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank Mr Brok for the high quality of the work he has carried out enabling us to vote today on a decisive text in our history. I fully support the general approach taken by this report and the encouragement it contains. In my own report, however, I have taken the liberty of dwelling at greater length on certain factors which are fundamental to the creation of the internal market.
First of all, I have discussed the need for the judicial and administrative systems in the candidate countries to be truly independent. Much remains to be done in terms of selection, training and evaluation procedures for judges. Furthermore, coherent reform of the public administrations must be a priority objective. Impartiality is essential in these areas. Secondly, the free movement of persons, which is a cornerstone of the internal market, is all too often blocked, in particular by the lack of recognition of occupational qualifications. Lastly, I would encourage our future Member States to step up their efforts to combat counterfeit and pirated goods, for that is the key to achieving compliance with intellectual and industrial property rights.
The factors that I have just mentioned are all elements with regard to which the European Parliament is committed to remaining vigilant. This vigilance is possible thanks to the measures established at the appropriate times by the European Commission over previous periods and following accession. Safeguard clauses specifically linked to the internal market may be implemented in the event of failure to comply with the obligations arising from accession and invoked as a warning prior to accession. It should be made clear that these clauses create an additional safety net. I would also invite the Commission to update us on progress in these matters in its final report, due to be presented in November 2003.
Lastly, I would like to emphasise the importance of this time and of 16 April next. Sadly, the past few days have been coloured by the conflict in Iraq, by the positions taken by governments in Central and Eastern Europe, and, lastly, by the problem of funding enlargement. Failure to give our assent, however, would send an extremely unfortunate signal to the candidate countries, where referendums are underway. The timetable must be observed. We must make room for our common future."@en1
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