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There is sometimes good news even in politics, and I think that this is one example from the point of view at least of the work being carried out in the Convention. In fact, the inclusion of a Community competence in the field of sport is currently being considered by the Commission for its draft constitutional Treaty. Following the proposal by the Praesidium of the Convention to introduce such a competence under the areas of supporting actions, the Commission, through its representatives, Mr Barnier and Mr Vitorino, took the initiative of submitting a draft article to the Convention, to which my services and myself made a significant contribution.
The draft constitutional Treaty, as it currently stands, incorporates the principles of the Commission’s draft and includes competence for sport in Part III, Chapter V of the Treaty, areas where the Union may take coordinating, supplementary or supporting action: education, vocational training, youth and sport. Sport is therefore added. In this article, paragraphs 1 and 2 are specifically dedicated to sport, and I am very happy with this proposal, as with this article, the Union encourages the educational and social functions of sport without harmonising the laws and regulations of the Member States. Therefore, this new article, if included at last in the final Treaty, would also provide the response to the previous questions.
The second part of the question relates to the new World Anti-Doping Code. As you know, the Commission welcomes all efforts to combat doping. However, there is no unique or miraculous solution that would enable us to resolve this problem. The World Anti-Doping Code will help to combat this scourge, but other measures are needed too.
The Code is a preventive instrument, targeted at high-level sport. Nonetheless, it is important to be aware that the fight against doping should also cover the amateur sector and encompass issues of prevention, education and research. The Commission wants to emphasise that the issues covered by the Code are not directly within its remit, but it is following these developments very closely and will continue to keep a close eye on them.
The Member States support the Code, and the Commission, which does not have an official position as this is an intergovernmental matter, is, instead, stepping up its efforts in the areas of education, prevention and legislation on sports foods. We have therefore established a form of complementarity: we help the Member States to reach agreement. Moreover – before the major meeting in Copenhagen on doping – a meeting of Sports Ministers was organised by the Commission in Brussels with a view to enabling Europe to speak with one voice. In these cases, however, it is the ministers who speak and not the Commission."@en1
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