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". – Mr President, I shall make short comments on some of the amendments tabled for the vote tomorrow. Most relate to the draft implementing regulation.
Firstly on the legal base, as the Commission has already made clear in the Council, it believes that Article 133 – not Article 175(1) – is the correct legal base. The Commission has to reserve its right to make use of the legal means at its disposal.
Given our position on the legal base, the Commission cannot accept that national regulatory actions taken by Member States should only fall within the scope of the regulation and be subject to the procedures for export notification and PIC notification. It follows that the Commission cannot accept Amendments 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 20, 26, 33 and 34. On the other hand, the Commission recognises that Community import responses for PIC chemicals should, additionally, give us as complete a picture as possible. The Commission can therefore accept Amendments 11 and 18.
On the Commission's role as regards Community participation in the Convention, given its position on the legal base, the Commission cannot accept Amendment 28. Article 14 of the Commission proposals provides for the possibility of an export ban for certain chemicals to be listed in Annex V. The Commission knows the wish of Parliament and the Council to add the chemicals subject to the POPs Convention to Annex V, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant annexes to that convention. However, the Commission can accept Amendment 56, as drafted, together with the associated Amendments 41 to 46, 48, 50 and 53.
The remaining amendments are technical, mainly aimed at giving greater precision to certain provisions. The Commission can accept all these amendments.
I now turn to the draft ratification decision. Three amendments have been tabled and, for the reasons I have already explained, the Commission cannot accept the change of legal base proposed in Amendment 1, nor can it accept Amendment 3 that stems from it.
Finally, the Commission can accept Amendment 2 which reintroduces the principle of a key Commission role in the Community's participation in the different bodies implementing the convention.
I shall hand over a summary of the Commission position on oral statements, if that is acceptable to you.
Finally, once again I thank Mr Blokland for his hard work on a constructive and valuable report."@en1
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