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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Gas supplies2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040419.10.1-125"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-19-Speech-1-1262
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, first of all, I should like to thank Mr Mombaur for his work as rapporteur on this difficult issue. When the legal basis of a proposal is unreliable, when the rights of the Member States are infringed in the process, and where the actual text leaves something to be desired, it is not easy to draft a sound report. It is gratifying to note that the Council has reached a political agreement after all, in which Parliament’s reservations have been duly incorporated. Last year, during the discussion of the issue of safeguard security of gas supplies, I was the draftsman of the opinion on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. I then indicated why the Commission proposal was unsatisfactory on a number of scores. It is satisfying to see that the Council has adopted the most important recommendations to have been made during the debates. A first recommendation concerned the legal basis of the Commission proposal. The Commission took Article 95 – internal market – as its basis. At the time, we talked about the fact that it would be preferable to use Article 100, which deals with crisis measures. I think the Commission is wrong in its view that Article 100 applies only to economic and monetary policy; in a wider context, economic policy can also include energy policy. You stated, Commissioner, that the Commission fails to see eye to eye with the Council and Parliament. Do you intend to go to the Court of Justice again? My second recommendation is this. In the Council, Commission and Parliament, the gas directive, in respect of which the Council’s common position was determined, was circulated last year. The proposal concerning security of supply does not appear to be in keeping with this. On the contrary, the proposal seems to contravene the gas directive. It was surprising that pending the procedure with the gas directive, a proposal was submitted to Parliament on safeguarding security of gas supplies. I should like to hear from the Commissioner whether the amended proposal on safeguarding security of gas supplies has been based on the gas directive. If so, in what way was that done?"@en1

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