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"Mr President, I am able to report that it is still the strawberry season in the northern Member States. In the conclusions of 27 September 2001, to which Mr Sterckx referred, the Council took note of the Commission’s report on the application of the regulation on the free movement of goods – what is termed the strawberry regulation. The Commission’s report contained
a number of proposals for possible changes to the regulation with a view to enlarging its scope and expediting the procedures. The report was not, however, a formal proposal from the Commission on which the Council was to adopt a position. The Council and Parliament were merely called upon to take note of the report. Nonetheless, the Council chose to respond to the Commission’s report by adopting formal conclusions at the ‘internal market’ meeting on the day in question. The Council decided that the Member States and the Commission should closely cooperate in using the regulation in a more dynamic way so that account is taken of the need to protect basic civic rights, including the right or freedom to strike. Even though there was still limited experience of applying the regulation, the Council welcomed some of the Commission’s initiatives designed to facilitate its practical application, for example a handbook on the procedures to be followed if obstacles are placed in the way of the free movement of goods. The Council is still fully committed to protecting the free movement of goods between the Member States. That is a central feature of the internal market. The Council resolution of 7 December 1998, which was adopted at the same time as the regulation, and the conclusions of 27 September 2001 are expressions of this.
With regard to Mr Sterckx’s question concerning the arrangements made by the Member States for implementing the Council conclusions of 27 September, it has to be said that it is not the Council’s task to monitor what arrangements are made by the Member States in this area. Nor does the Council receive information from the Member States about such arrangements, so I regret to say that I cannot, unfortunately, answer that part of the question."@en1
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