Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-17-Speech-3-152"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Electronic road toll systems2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031217.5.3-152"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-17-Speech-3-1532
lpv:speaker	lp:Luigi Cocilovo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Partito popolare italiano (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-04-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mrs Sommer, whom I would like to thank for your work, I feel that our debates would sometimes be simpler if we were a little more with the order of business. I agree that this proposal for a directive will serve to simplify and, therefore, to some extent to promote the widespread use of systems of charging by means of tolls, rights of use and other means, but the subject of the directive is not so much charging as the interoperability of the different systems. For us, this was a goal which really was indispensable, in that only by guaranteeing interoperability can barriers to trade and potential distortions of the internal market be eliminated. In this sense, what we are doing is not supporting exploitative or technological monopolies but establishing the indispensable need for interoperability. I have no objection to resolute investment in pioneering technologies or the satellite sector as set out by the rapporteur. I have listened on a number of occasions to objections relating to the ‘Big Brother’ risk. I am no advocate of ‘Big Brother’, but, quite frankly, I would not like it whatever country it came from. It would not be right for any of us to be totally indifferent to Mr Bush’s ‘Big Brother’ and to be concerned solely about the European ‘Big Brother’, although, clearly, if I have to choose between them, I would choose the European branch of the family. One last point: the interoperability obligation must apply to contractual regulations too. We have to make things simpler for users and taxpayers too, with clear rules which make contractual relationships and regulations applying to individual operators flexible and open to common use by all operators. Legal, fiscal and other barriers make the obligatory reference to a single-contract system more complex."@en1

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