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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a few weeks ago, the former President of the European Parliament, Mr Cox, gave its new and old members the excellent advice that, when a new dossier is tabled in Parliament, it should be submitted to the telephone booth test. This was a reference to the public telephone booths in Ireland, which were allowed to continue in service thanks to a European directive on account of them being recognised as a service of public interest. It was immediately obvious to the Irish that we in this European Parliament are concerned with very concrete matters.
I have also applied this test to the Motor Vehicles Directive, and I think it has passed with flying colours, because it is a directive that benefits the public. Anyone involved in transport and traffic is bound to gain. The directive has practical and positive consequences that are important to the citizens. Despite this, I should like to draw your attention to a specific point that has already been mooted in this debate. There is a submission deadline for insurance claims in the various countries, which, moreover, is different in every country. Before victims of a traffic accident can submit an insurance claim, they must have the official report at their disposal. However, in some cases, it takes months before this official report reaches the victims. That is why I think the provision we included in Article 14 is so important. I should like to thank Mr Harbour, Mrs Wallis and Mrs Medina Ortega for the openness they have displayed in producing a compromise text on this subject. I think, though, that it is vitally important for the Member States to make every effort to provide the victims, or their representatives, with the necessary information at the earliest opportunity, with a view to submitting their insurance claims in time.
I think that the text drafted is a good compromise, and I hope, as Mr Whitehead has said, that we can find the Commission and Council open to finding a solution that is satisfactory to everyone. This is, to my mind, a really distressing problem, which should be tackled, by means of this directive, as a matter of urgency."@en1
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