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". – Mr President, network and information security has become increasingly important, with growing use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies. In today’s society, much depends on networks and information systems. Yet, in order to fully realise the advantages of the information society, people need to be able to trust the system. It has become clear that we have to make a common effort to strengthen network and information security in Europe.
This Agency will operate in the sensitive field of security and it urgently needs to be put in place now. I hope Member States will do their best to participate in the Management Board in order to make the Agency work successfully.
This Agency is a major step forward for Europe or at least for eEurope. Member States have shown a willingness to cooperate actively on this issue in order to strengthen the internal market and to help the European citizens, businesses and administrations make full use of the networks and information systems. This will be a signal both to stakeholders in Europe and to countries outside the Union that we take the issues of network and information security seriously and that Member States and the Commission, with the support of this House, are ready to act.
In 2001 the Commission presented a communication on a policy framework and in February 2003 a proposal to establish a European Network and Information Security Agency. Now, nine months later, we are about to witness a first reading agreement on ENISA.
Let me take this opportunity to thank the rapporteur, Mr Paasilinna, for his thorough work, as well as the political groups which have helped to reach a satisfactory compromise with the Council.
It is very positive that there has been such a strong will to negotiate and to reach an agreement. The European Parliament has contributed a lot to this process, as it has to the important telecom-related legislation over the past three years.
I am happy that Parliament has been able to overcome a number of difficult issues and to reach this compromise. The compromise has to be confirmed today and tomorrow by this House, in order for the Telecom Council on 20 November 2003 to adopt a political agreement which would allow the Agency to start at the beginning of 2004. That is what the European Council called for last spring.
I want to thank Parliament for the support it has given the Commission. This support has enabled the Council to make concessions on the involvement of industry by introducing a permanent stakeholders' group. Although not fully in line with what the Commission wanted in terms of composition and voting rules for the Management Board, the compromise proposal has made the management of the Agency considerably lighter and given the Executive Director the main management tasks.
The Commission has looked carefully at Parliament's compromise amendments and can accept them. The present text from Parliament has clarified the objectives and tasks of the Agency. It will be a learning process to transpose the tasks into a more operational set of actions, but I am happy to see that there is wide agreement on the general lines of what the Agency should do.
As for the composition of the Management Board and its voting rules, the Commission would have preferred a reduced composition, together with an extension of the simple majority voting rules. We consider that the extended management board with two-thirds majority voting rules is a potential obstacle to the smooth functioning of agencies.
In this specific case the Commission has, however, decided to accept a deviation from the proposed framework for regulatory agencies of December 2002, although that should not be considered as a precedent for future agencies."@en1
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