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"Mr President, Commissioner, I wish to thank the rapporteur for his constructive work and, like the rapporteur, regret that we are holding the debate at this hour, but I believe it is our common love of boats, sailing and shipbuilding that brings us here this evening. There is of course a saying that goes
Anyway, it is one of the most important things in life we are dealing with here.
At the same time, the issue is also extremely important to, for example, those regions I represent, in which boat building is an important industry. I have been following the genesis of this directive ever since Germany and Sweden proposed that we should introduce uniform standards. Today, we can see that the agreement concerning this directive has stopped the European market from fragmenting. In the same way, I am glad that we have finally agreed between ourselves upon similar standards in connection with lakes and seas. I believe that the rapporteur has had a very important role to play in this connection. In the speech he made today, he has also shown that he is familiar with what applies in different parts of Europe. I am grateful for his having mentioned my own country.
We have arrived at a sensible proposal, and one that is important in terms of the environment. The directive also entails the introduction of something essential: noise regulations for water scooters. The new water scooters released onto the market as from 1 January 2005 will have to comply with the directive. When, before the end of 2006, the Commission goes on to review the directive, it is important for the issue of noise from water scooters to be examined in detail, because water scooters at present constitute the greatest nuisance in terms of noise in many areas of the vulnerable Scandinavian archipelago.
I am also delighted that it has been possible to agree upon a review of the various categories of boat. You cannot imagine the anxiety that has been felt in Finland concerning what would happen in connection with what are known as the Savolax boats. There was concern that they might fall foul of the directive, an issue of which the Finnish Commissioner is well aware. This matter too would now appear, however, to have been dealt with. I hope that a new approach can be adopted when reviewing the directive, for we are concerned here with thoroughly detailed regulation that should perhaps take a different turn in the future.
Finally, I agree with the rapporteur that it is a good solution not to require the Commission to go in for in-use compliance testing
There are certainly many alternatives, including voluntary systems, for achieving precisely what we are seeking, and at a more reasonable cost. On behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, I wish to recommend that we, by acclamation, approve the report by the conciliation delegation."@en1
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