Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-30-Speech-3-217"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-11-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Applying competition rules to maritime transport2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051130.19.3-217"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-30-Speech-3-2182
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Toussas2
lpv:spokenAs	member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, shipping conferences were created as a form of union for better cooperation between liner companies in a bid to control the profitable sector of maritime transport. Today, the same monopoly business groups are calling for a change to Regulation 4056/86 and the European Commission also agrees with this approach, repeating the same argument, namely that these changes are necessary in order to provide users with cheaper services. However, life itself has shown us that the major monopoly business groups which participate in maritime transport have emerged as the winners and the workers have emerged as the losers from this entire procedure. Today, things have changed. Companies are merging or buying each other out. Behemoths are being created which impose their terms; in other words, we have a monopoly situation. Today mergers and concentrations of capital in this specific sector have progressed to the point at which, essentially, a few companies – which you can count on the fingers of one hand – control scheduled transport. Typical examples are a European-owned shipping company which operates 550 ships and an Asian-owned company which operates 112 ships. To talk of competition under such circumstances is pure hypocrisy. For cabotage, despite the fact that Regulation 4056/86 has been overtaken by Regulation 3577/92, we do not agree that domestic transport should be integrated into competition rules because, to judge from experience in my country, with its island configuration, the repercussions are dangerous, both for seamen and for island residents."@en1

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