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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, our group agrees with Mrs Haug’s report on payments to the VAT-based own resources. This Parliament has tried, through every means possible, to influence the Council on its new decision on own resources. Unfortunately, and despite the fact that Mrs Haug last year played the roles of both general rapporteur for the 2001 budget and permanent rapporteur for the European Parliament on own resources, we were not able to make progress in the conciliation procedure with the Council in a manner which was satisfactory to us. The Council continues to believe that revenues are its exclusive prerogative and does not allow any significant progress in relation to Parliament’s participation. This is an unfortunate circumstance which those of us who deal with own resources have to face. Our role is purely consultative, and we believe that this involves the very definition of Parliament’s competences. The modification of the European System of Accounts, from the replaced 1979 system to the more representative 1995 system, is a good measure which will allow a more realistic and representative revenue since it will provide a more accurate reflection of the accounts of each Member State. We fully accept the first amendment, in particular because it refers to the neutrality of this change in the system of accounts. And, since our powers as MEPs are so limited in the field of own resources, the rapporteur’s request for more information, even of a quarterly nature, will improve our position. We therefore also fully recommend the second amendment. The third amendment, if we take account of the comments of our Chairman, Mr Wynn, may be a little more complicated, but I believe we must vote in favour on this amendment and then we see what result it has later. The result will possibly be the same as always: they will ignore us.
In any event, the Interinstitutional Agreement of 1999 allows us to hold a dialogue on own resources. These amendments increase the possibility of such a dialogue and must therefore be accepted."@en1
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