Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-03-Speech-2-300"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sales promotions in the internal market (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020903.10.2-300"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-03-Speech-2-3012
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should first like to thank Mr Beysen for agreeing to act as rapporteur. He gave our group sufficient opportunity to express the essence of our views in the report. As a consequence, not only did we gain the support of 90% of the members of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, but we were also able to ensure that the proposal as a whole is now more balanced and shows the human face of the internal market. I have two questions for the Commissioner. I should like to hear the Commissioner's opinion on the amendment in which we want to maintain the national provisions banning sales below cost, or in any case giving the Member States the opportunity to do so. I wonder whether the Commissioner understands our preference for preventive action over ex-post appeals to national or other competition authorities. I wonder whether the Commissioner is fully aware that not all Member States have a legal culture that facilitates appeals to the competition authorities in order to resolve such problems. I wonder whether the Commissioner comprehends that sales below cost are an instrument that can not only be abused by a dominant player to vanquish its rivals within competition law, but that it also enables an integrated distribution company to exploit its stronger financial position vis-à-vis specialised SMEs that have less financial clout. The other question I should like to put to the Commissioner relates to consumer protection, on which a number of announcements have been made. Are we to expect anything more? If so, what? What else does the Commission have up its sleeve?"@en1

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