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"en.19990915.12.3-265"2
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") Mr President, as the Honourable Member states, several countries that have applied for membership have asked, during the accession negotiations at present going on, for a period of transition, for them to be able to keep in force some restrictions to the right on the part of Union citizens or companies to freely acquire land. These requests, which are being justified in terms of political, economic and social necessity, are being examined at present in Council bodies established to formulate the EU common position at the negotiations. The Union will, however, determine its final position only after it has received further information and reports from the countries in question on the scope and consequences of the requests. Nevertheless, we must remember that the European Treaty contains undertakings, according to which Community companies based in countries that have applied for membership have the right to acquire land, including agricultural land. The Union also stressed its common position, when the negotiations on accession started on 21 March 1998, that the requests in respect of transition measures may not involve changes to Union regulations or policy or prevent them from being properly implemented. In this connection, it has to be said that a transition period in respect of land acquisition has been proposed in the chapter on the free flow of capital. This principle is of primary importance as far as the proper functioning of the single market is concerned. In a general sense, this means it should be guaranteed that all kinds of capital transfers may take place freely in connection with accession."@en1
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