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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would first of all like to thank Mrs McNally for her work as rapporteur on this Decision. I am aware that she has worked intensely with all our colleagues in Parliament and the Council to reach the position we are now dealing with. I believe it is extremely important that today, and tomorrow at the vote, we can conclude the approval of this programme once and for all. The present proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision relates to a multi-annual action programme in the energy sector, to cover the period 2003-2006, and hence the urgency of concluding this debate.
We have four specific fields: the rational use of energy, the management of demand, which previously fell within the SAVE programme; new and renewable energy sources, previously known as ALTENER; transport aspects relating to energy: STEER; and the promotion at international level of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, known as COOPENER.
Before discussing the amendments, I would like to make a brief comment on an issue which I have noted causes concern in Parliament: the coordination of the programme and its relationship with other Community policies with an energy dimension, particularly in the field covered by the programme. This has just been pointed out by Mrs McNally, who wishes it to be made absolutely clear. I would therefore like to say that I share the honourable Members’ concern – in particular that of the rapporteur, Mrs McNally – and, in this regard, I believe that the inter-service consultations and cooperation are of great importance and should be common practice.
I have committed myself fully to increasing and improving these interrelationships with regard to the management of our programme. I am convinced that in this way the execution of actions in the field of energy will be carried out in a way which is coherent with the different Community instruments. To this end, Mrs McNally, I therefore propose to establish an interservices group, consisting of all those Commission services whose policies and programmes relate to the present programme. I am essentially talking about the services responsible for development cooperation, agriculture, regional development, the environment and technological research and development.
With regard to the amendments presented by the European Parliament, I am pleased to note that, following the recent discussions with the Council, a compromise has been reached with regard to the amendments which were still awaiting agreement. I would like to affirm and confirm the Commission's total support for the new text presented by Parliament. Please allow me therefore, ladies and gentlemen, to congratulate you on behalf of the Commission on the agreement reached with the Council, particularly with regard to the budget for the programme, that is, the famous EUR 200 million, which represent a considerable effort. As we know, Mrs McNally possibly wanted more. So did we, but I believe 200 million is a significant sum, which, over four years, represents a very considerable increase in the budgets when compared to what we have been using in the past.
I trust that you will approve the vote recommended by the rapporteur and that a speedy approval of the programme will allow it to be launched without wasting the funds corresponding to 2003; and that there will be a global approval at the end of the year, since we will have made sufficient progress in this regard, and that they will therefore be able to be used, including the funds corresponding to 2003.
I would like to thank Mrs McNally once again for her wonderful work and the honourable Members for their attention."@en1
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