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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Universal service in electronic communications2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010612.16.2-324"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-12-Speech-2-3252
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by praising the quality, breadth and importance of the European Commission draft directive. I must say, however, that I regret that this text, which is, after all, an integral part of the Telecom package, has been withdrawn from the competency of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, to the benefit of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, which, in my view, seems to be becoming an extremely bad habit. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that, even if they are included in the same directive, universal service and consumer protection are two areas which are, admittedly, related and important, but they are different. Consumer protection requires guarantees, clarity, simplicity and, above all, therefore, transparency. The amendments voted in committee are a step in this direction. Other amendments could have gone further still, if a majority in the committee had wanted this to happen. Universal service is a much wider concept which has many other more complex goals. Universal service requires a definition at a given time, but it also requires the means and mechanisms to ensure its development over time. It of course requires planned funding. Lastly, I would reiterate that it is independent of the legal nature of the company that provides it. I welcomed the European Commission’s text, but I remain convinced of the need for a framework directive for all European universal services. I would like to finish with a personal comment, by reaffirming that universal service cannot and should not be what could be called the fading leftovers of liberalisation. It has, for me and for my colleagues, a value and an objective in itself, which is one of the conditions of social cohesion, which provided the basis of our Europe. It should, therefore, be desired, defined, affirmed and chosen on its own merits."@en1

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