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Mr President, I know it is late but I should like very briefly to reply to some of the questions that have been put.
Mrs Oomen-Ruijten asked me why it took so long to start an infringement procedure against Germany. The answer is that the Commission wanted to give the German Government every opportunity to explain its actions and to redress the situation. There has been a lot of correspondence back and forth and Minister Tritin has visited Brussels. This has been done in order to give the German Government the opportunity to change this unsatisfactory situation.
Mrs Oomen-Ruijten further asked how long it will take to solve the problem. This depends on the German Government. At this moment the Commission can do no more than it has already done.
Mr Medina Ortega asked why there should not be a European solution. In my view, the subsidiarity principle provides that, in this case, since it is not really a cross-border situation, it is up to Member States to take the requisite action.
Mr Manders asked whether it would be possible for the German Government to suspend the present rules. That is precisely what the Commission has asked the German Government to do. Until now, the German Government has not wanted to do so and that is why the Commission has now decided to start infringement proceedings. Furthermore, Mr Manders asked whether it would be possible for companies to sue the German Government to get compensation for the losses they have had. That depends on the law of the Member States concerned – in this case German law. It is not the duty of this Commissioner to make a pronouncement on German law and therefore we must wait to see what will happen with the companies that have suffered losses.
Mrs Breyer asked why I attacked the individual solutions
the
. These have lead to a break-up of the German market, and that is obviously contrary to the spirit of the internal market. She also mentioned Spain and Portugal in this connection. We have not had complaints about Spain and Portugal; in the case of Germany we had 50 complaints from 10 Member States.
Mrs Corbey said that the Commission should see to it that the German legislation is transparent. The result of the Commission's infringement proceedings should indeed be that German legislation becomes clearer. At the moment, the legislation, and in particular the way it is implemented, is anything but clear.
Lastly, Mrs Corbey wanted a definitive solution to this problem. Once again, as I said earlier, that depends on the reactions of the German Government. The Commission would like nothing more than to see a final solution to this problem."@en1
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