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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to reiterate my congratulations to the rapporteur, Mrs Thors. Congratulations are also due to Mr Turmes, draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy. I should like to thank both honourable Members for their work and contributions to the debate.
I certainly believe that what we are concerned with here is a major initiative. It could have a real impact on the aim of decoupling growth from increased energy consumption. Significant savings in energy consumption can be made. I agree with the honourable Members who pointed out that presenting an overview of the whole process is the best way to avoid deluding ourselves. After all, there is no point in economising in part of the process of creating a product or in part of its useful life if the end result is a negative overall balance.
A detailed list of the Commission’s position on the various amendments will be forwarded to the Presidency. Nonetheless, I should like to say a few words on some of the issues raised and discussed in the course of the debate.
I shall deal first with the question of Council approval. I would like to make it clear to the House that I had hoped this text would be agreed with the Council, and I did my best to ensure agreement, as this would have enabled the text to be adopted at first reading. The fact is that when it came down to it, the Irish Presidency encountered serious obstacles to achieving our objective the first time round. Nonetheless, I feel it is very likely that this text will be adopted at second reading, should it prove impossible to adopt it at first reading. As many honourable Members have pointed out, the matter is urgent. It is essential to put this new Community regulation in place once and for all. In addition, comitology procedure must be launched. The procedure needs to be sufficiently flexible to adapt to subsequent change and technological development. It must also be able to provide an appropriate response on more specific matters.
On the subject of comitology and lack of control by Parliament, I should like to remind you, ladies and gentlemen, that we are party to global generic agreements concerning good legislation and the institutions’ capacity to forge links between themselves. I believe these agreements provide sufficient assurance that there will be no deviation or real difficulties regarding the implementation of these measures.
As to the legal basis, Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market has confirmed that Article 95 of the Treaty is the only appropriate legal basis for this proposal. I endorse this view, and hope you will too.
These are the key issues I wished to mention. I must emphasise the urgency of adopting this measure. I very much hope that by the time we meet again in June, the Council’s common position will be as close as possible to the proposal put forward by Parliament itself. Adoption of the text at second reading should then be fairly straightforward, always supposing it is not adopted at first reading. I hope adoption will be possible as soon as the new Parliament assembles. The text certainly needs to be adopted before the end of this year."@en1
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