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Mr President, firstly, let me express my congratulations to the European Parliament and in particular to the rapporteur, Mr Chichester, for his intensively prepared second reading report and by using the word 'intensively', I am not exaggerating.
The present proposal replaces ten existing directives and implements the principle of the new approach for technical harmonisation. The aim of the proposal is to ensure appropriate consumer protection by imposing the use of high-quality instruments for measurement tasks, covering commercial transactions. Examples are gas meters, electricity meters, petrol pumps and taxi meters.
The proposal imposes technical requirements, expressed in performance terms, allowing for different technical solutions to be applied, thus allowing innovative products to be developed and enhancing competitiveness in line with the principle of subsidiarity. The proposal, however, does not use legal instruments to lay down which measurement tasks must be performed. This remains the competence of Member States.
I am pleased that the rapporteur supports the common position concerning measuring instruments. His amendments contain many good and useful suggestions, all of which the Commission can support. In reply to the rapporteur's question, the revision of conformity assessment procedures, which has been agreed upon in the joint declaration and in Amendment No 32, also includes harmonisation of the definitions of specific terms used in certification, such as 'manufacturer', 'authorised representative', 'trader', etc.
With the Commission’s support for Parliament’s amendments, I trust that the Council will agree with you in a second reading."@en1
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