Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Market access to port services2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.5.2-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:Marcello Vernola2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Forza Italia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2005-04-25--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to add a few technical considerations. Above all, it seems that this proposal does not take account of the Green Paper being prepared by the Commissioner for Transport, Mr Barrot. We should take the opportunity offered by this initiative to examine the new supply of services from the countries that have recently joined, and we should compare the national legal requirements on costs to be borne by the goods, so that free-market conditions can effectively prevail. It seems to me that the directive before us runs absolutely counter to competition and market rules, in that it allows the large companies operating in northern European ports to set up oligopolies, in contrast to the different situation in Mediterranean ports, and above all it leaves us open to attack from the major East Asian companies, which are invading our port system. We must certainly compare the effects of state aid policies on competition and clarify the concept and practical applicability of such aid, particularly as regards concessionary leases and other means of allowing a provider of services to provide them as a public service subject to public rules. Above all, this directive includes no comparison of the environmental protection rules for carrying out new infrastructure works, or of waste disposal policies. We have to clarify the rules on competitiveness in view of the risk of unfair competition from the East and, even more importantly, we must reaffirm the environmental guarantees for the Mediterranean, which is under attack by operators who do not respect Community environmental legislation. Self-handling is a very serious threat to the small and medium-sized enterprises operating within our ports."@en1

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