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". – Mr President, I will keep Parliament regularly informed on implementation and the rate of compliance. This is one of the most important issues we have to work on in the next few years and that is also why it is given as one of the priorities in the Sixth Environmental Action Programme. We have to concentrate on implementation. I will, of course, come back to Parliament and if necessary introduce legislation, the so-called guillotine approach. We will put pressure on Member States. I think when people come to the conciliation process they put a lot of time, effort and energy into it and they want to agree, so it is worthwhile.
It will help if the citizens of Europe are kept informed about implementation and we are proposing different ways of doing that. Any more ideas on how we might achieve this and keep up the pressure on the Member States will be welcome.
The difference of opinion was on the legal instrument that would best meet the objectives. I am glad that we have reached an agreement on the form and wording of the instrument by taking on board Parliament's amendments.
I also support Mrs Jackson's suggestion that this sentence should be inserted in all the proposals from now on. It is a good reminder for the Member States. The amendments will tighten up the requirements in the recommendation. For instance, reports on site visits should be available within two months of the inspection taking place. We now have to ensure that the recommendation is fully implemented.
I should like to acknowledge IMPEL's role. Its work on minimum criteria for inspections helped in the drafting of the recommendation and they are a very important instrument. IMPEL now has a mandate under the recommendation to review inspectorates, inspection practices and best practices in the training and qualification of inspectors.
The recommendation would now require Member States to report to the Commission on the operation within two years. The Commission will then consider whether to put forward a proposal for a comprehensive directive covering the inspection's life cycle. We will definitely come back to this and I hope that together we will be able to improve the implementation of the
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