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"Mr President, I come from Sweden where we have quite a high degree of exposure to competition and privatisation of various services. The lesson to be drawn from our experience is that the crucial issue is not really market competition or privatisation, as such, but quality, greater efficiency and good, cleverly designed organisation. These are aspects to which the Commission has given insufficient consideration in its proposal. I want to express my thanks to Mr Jarzembowski who, as rapporteur, has come up with many criticisms of the Commission’s proposal.
I should like to make a number of important exceptions, and I shall point out a couple of these. Quite a few speakers have referred to pilotage. I believe that pilotage is quite clearly a service for the benefit of everyone. Pilotage must not therefore be regarded in terms of the same economic criteria as ordinary production, but from a safety perspective.
Taking responsibility oneself can have very serious consequences when it comes to loading and unloading. That especially applies in view of the fact that flags of convenience are a common phenomenon.
I am in favour of transparency and public scrutiny where ports are concerned. I am in favour of self-financed ports. I want to see quality and efficiency brought about through ports’ preparing their own development programmes instead of being subjected to extensive forms of control from Brussels. Such programmes must be carried out in cooperation with staff and clients at the ports."@en1
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