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The Commission’s proposal on this matter already came quite a while before the events in Norway, which have once again brought us face to face with the facts. In a common market in the European Union, our rules need to be as similar as possible in order to control the sale of substances that can be used as explosives as much as possible and eliminate as many risks as possible. Therefore it is good that the Commission has proposed a regulation and not a directive. We believe that as many countries as possible should observe the common rules.
One exception has been made. Parliament and the Commission were more or less in agreement, but there was not full agreement within the Council. One country already has a registration system instead of a licensing system and wishes to continue with that. Parliament has agreed, and we are satisfied with the compromise. In five years’ time, we will evaluate which system is best and perhaps then we can establish a uniform system for the whole of the European Union.
What is now being decided concerns an initial list of certain products with a certain concentration that can be sold only under licence. There is a second list of products with a rule that, if something is suspected, it must be reported as soon as possible. It is therefore very important for national contact points to be set up in every country, where any suspect transaction can be recorded, so that the national governments and the Commission can react as quickly as possible.
I think that Parliament’s proposals on the definition of a suspect transaction have significantly improved the Regulation. We must, after all, be constantly on the alert, and so it is good that the Regulation states that there must be as much consultation as possible between Member States, with Member States and with experts in this field.
If anything in the list has to be amended, and that was a major concession by Parliament, especially as regards the first list, if a new product has to be added or a product removed, that must be done through legislation. Parliament and the Commission would have preferred it to be done through delegated acts, but you cannot have everything, and so Parliament has agreed to let the Council have its way on that point.
As regards changes in concentration, the Commission can still decide on those through delegated acts, and then Parliament and the Council can eventually decide within a certain period whether to approve the proposal or reject it.
Ammonium nitrate has been discussed at length: we agree that, so far, it comes under the REACH Regulation, but also that the evaluation to be carried out in due course will consider whether it is not better to include that substance in the present Regulation.
Finally, the approval or the supervision we have agreed on must be by the Member States. We assume that the fines imposed in the various Member States for infringement of this Regulation will be adequate. We hope that, with this Regulation, we are taking a step towards preventing terrorist attacks and other crimes in the European Union."@en1
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