Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-03-Speech-2-201"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Report on the preparations for the introduction of euro notes and coins2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010403.9.2-201"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-03-Speech-2-2022
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christelijke Volkspartij (1999-07-20--2001-09-30)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I do not have as many misgivings as some of my fellow MEPs. I believe that, on the whole, things are going well. We still have a few months left. Ordinary consumers and small businesses are not great planners, and the information will only strike home once they realise that things are getting serious and that it is high time they did something about it. Of course, we could lend them a helping hand, and I have two suggestions in that respect. As far as the SMEs are concerned, they should be given incentives in order to be ready on time. So far, there are a great many small and medium-sized businesses, especially those working for the local market, who can only see the drawbacks. They need to invest in order to be able to work with the euro, but they are not gaining any direct benefits. My question is whether it would not be possible for the Commission to encourage the Member States by, for example, offering SMEs small fiscal incentives to be prepared in good time. It is also important to make the consumer fully conversant with the fact that coins are not exchangeable in every Member State. Foreign coins must be spent, and it is vital for people to know this before the summer. So I would advise you to give them plenty of warning about this. Secondly, could I suggest that you take the initiative of collecting all coins locally and maybe using them for a good cause? That is better than simply binning them."@en1

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