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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have reached an important point in this complex discussion at which the European Parliament is going to give its opinion on the Council's common position.
You will probably support the recommendation to approve at second reading the amendments approved at first reading, with a view to quickly beginning the conciliation procedure, as pointed out by Mr van Dam, who is replacing Mr Caveri.
I would like to thank Mr Caveri and Mr van Dam, and the whole committee, for the work they have done on this difficult issue.
As you know, the objective of reaching conciliation quickly has the full support of the Commission, since the current system ends on 31 December 2003. However, the different parties will have to make an effort to find a compromise solution and, furthermore, the Austrian authorities will have to display a degree of flexibility. Otherwise, it will be impossible to find a solution before the end of the year, with all the consequences that could entail. Let us remember, for example, the prohibitions imposed by the region of Tyrol at the moment and the procedures the Commission has initiated in that regard.
In this situation, the Commission must act in accordance with the commitment made on 31 December 2002, and confirmed on 28 March 2003, and must therefore reject the majority of the amendments presented by the European Parliament.
I would like to assure the honourable Members, however, that the Commission is prepared to adopt an open attitude towards amendments such as the geographical scope of the system, the methods for applying it to candidate countries and others and, in any event, we will show the flexibility necessary to achieve the agreement we all want to see within the context of the conciliation and we will work to try to achieve it, although this would appear to be very difficult, since the differences between Parliament and the Council are very significant."@en1
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