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"en.20120911.32.2-353-750"2
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"I voted in favour of this report. The regulation on standardisation that has been adopted enriches the current legislative framework and provides businesses with a useful tool for achieving harmonisation in the single market. The establishment of clear rules which have the same force in all the countries of the Union will mean that our market can operate on the basis of common production criteria. Through the benefits of simplification, two areas necessary to the development of our free market area will be enhanced: the competitiveness of businesses and the protection of consumers. These two elements in combination are essential for harmonising the European system of production, although we need to exclude social services for citizens. On the one hand, common standards will improve the market; on the other hand, we cannot allow a situation to arise in which the standards applied to consumer goods are also applied to services for citizens. It is up to the Member States to set criteria for the organisation, management and financing of social security and health services; the standardisation process must not be used to regulate the primary needs of citizens. This restriction represents a victory for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament; together, we have safeguarded citizens’ right of access to services."@en1
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