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Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Miguélez Ramos, once again for the work she has done, as well as the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism on the way in which they have carried out their work and the improvements they have made to the text, since the majority of the amendments are acceptable, although in some cases with a slightly different wording. I would also like to thank the rapporteurs, Mr Oreja Arburúa and Mr Folias, from the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, respectively, for the opinions they have contributed and which have also served to improve the text proposed by the Commission.
The rapporteurs’ work in close cooperation with the Commission and the Council will allow – I hope – this text to be approved at first reading.
There are many amendments, which are enormously technical, which are intended, if I have understood correctly, to bring the Commission’s proposal closer to the text resulting from the activities of the Council which for its part has held many meetings on this project, in the presence of experts. I am happy that, thanks to this interaction – a kind of almost permanent trialogue throughout the negotiation – we have been able to find a positive response to almost everything.
I would like to point out, in response to what has been raised by some of the honourable Members, specifically Mr Folias and Mr Hatzidakis, that we accept the amendment which calls for a study focused on the distribution of funding between public authorities and operators without prejudice to the distribution of competences between Member States and the European Community, a study in which the costs of the application of these measures will be analysed, as well as its repercussions on the competitiveness of the maritime sector in relation to alternative transport systems and the European economy in general. We will naturally present this study to Parliament and the Council and where necessary we will draw up the relevant proposals in accordance with it.
Nevertheless, there are five amendments which raise certain problems for the Commission and which I would like to comment on briefly. Two of them we cannot accept because they call into question the delicate balance we have achieved with the Council with regard to the extension of these measures to national traffic. I prefer those of your amendments which precisely reflect the balance which has been achieved.
There are three new amendments relating to comitology, which, in so far as they do not jeopardise the role of the Maritime Safety Committee, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002, we will be able to accept. Finally, given the complexity of the tasks in hand, the Commission accepts removal of the early implementation of these measures, although I believe it to be essential that each State adopts a national programme for the application of the legislation we are proposing with this Regulation.
In summary, the Commission can accept 62 amendments in full, 5 partially, and rejects, as I have said, just 2. These figures clearly reflect the cooperation which has taken place, which I am glad about and in relation to which I would like to thank once again all the honourable Members for your work throughout these months."@en1
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