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"Mr President, as the shadow rapporteur on the Legal Affairs Committee working with my colleague Mrs Berger, I would like to thank our colleagues on the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee for accepting so many amendments from our committee.
I want to focus on those, particularly by talking about some of the complexities of this regulation and making it work in practice. But, first of all, I want to join in the congratulations to Professor Monti on having the courage to move ahead with such a bold and a wide-ranging reform. I remember sharing a platform with him at a conference back in May 2000 when he set out his concerns very clearly. He has worked through that consistently. I am lending my support even though I am one of the relatively few people who have not been lobbied by the Commissioner. I know he has been very active in lobbying round Parliament for his proposal.
I want to declare an interest because I have, in my former years, been a director of sales for a major car company. I have managed distribution all over the world. I am pleased that you see, Commissioner, that independent competing dealers will continue to be the foundation of providing good quality sales and service for consumers. In that connection I encourage colleagues to support the amendments that my colleague Mrs Villiers has proposed to reinforce that independence. It is crucial.
I want to say to you, Commissioner, that these regulations are exceptionally complex. You have given dealers a huge range of new weapons. They need to be encouraged to use those quickly and you will need to produce clear and unambiguous guidelines, on both sales and service. We must not underestimate the service you have done for consumers by opening up competition in after-sales and spare parts. That will in fact mean more to most consumers on an annual basis. They only buy cars relatively infrequently. This across-the-board approach will be good for consumers and I encourage you to make sure that those independent dealers really have the business security they need to invest and take advantage of your proposals."@en1
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