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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	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051130.19.3-219"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-30-Speech-3-2202
lpv:speaker	lp:Marta Vincenzi2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (2004-07-21--2007-06-29)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2005-11-15--2007-06-29)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-06-29)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I agree with all those who consider it useful to review, but not abolish, Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, whilst hoping that the aim of this revision will be to guarantee efficiency of services, adequate time frames, precise deadlines and freight rates in line with administration costs. As has already been said, the exemption for liner conferences has traditionally given balance to the maritime sector, but it is also true that the decline in conferences has been made obvious by the figures on individual shipments – the 1994 law – and by the appearance of effective and independent major carriers. In general nowadays, freight rates decrease when demand falls and increase when supply is limited, and it is well-known that conference agreements do not seem to have made it possible to impose coordinated increases on shipments affected by a decrease in demand. The proposal to abolish the prior fixing of freight rates – which is the principal effect of conferences – is sensible and therefore to be welcomed. It is necessary, however, to be vigilant and to check that, when all is said and done, this does not mean that ports of call are cut out or are selected exclusively on the basis of shipowners’ interests, and that it does not bring about an artificial decrease in freight rates. This is already happening in consolidated trading practices: we know that Chinese exporters are arriving in Europe with negative quotations for their goods but are making up the GAP differential through the payment of exorbitant selling rights on handover which are then transferred back to the same Chinese exporter. It is necessary, therefore, to pay very close attention and to monitor any aspects of artful liberalisation practices – as they could become – if our mutual aim is to have a competitive European merchant shipping sector along the lines drawn by Lisbon."@en1

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