Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-13-Speech-1-137"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State aid reform (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060213.12.1-137"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-13-Speech-1-1382
lpv:speaker	lp:Rolf Berend2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all warm thanks to the rapporteur, Mr Hökmark, for his outstanding report. As we heard, this House, in an own-initiative report a few weeks ago, spoke out in favour of State aid for disadvantaged regions being continued until 2013. As the support businesses get from State aid is among the factors that influence them when making decisions about investment in a given area, it has an essential contribution to make to economic growth and the creation of jobs in that area. The EC Treaty includes a fundamental prohibition of State aid where it has a detrimental effect on the internal market by potentially distorting competition, but an exception is made for certain types of State aid, such as that given to promote the economic development of Europe’s disadvantaged regions. As a member of the Committee for Regional Development, I am firmly of the conviction that direct State aid has a key role to play in regional development and plays an important part in achieving our primary cohesion goals. The scope given to aid by Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty in conjunction with the guidelines for regional aid have, in the past, enabled the regions concerned to attract businesses and thereby actively contribute to their own regeneration. Were such support is no longer possible, these regions’ convergence process would be jeopardised by the lack of any competitive advantage against not only regions without developmental disadvantages but also regions in the new Member States in receipt of the maximum amounts of aid. This is particularly the case for regions bordering on the new Member States. The reduction of bureaucracy is an important part of the law on aid and, like the increase in aid, makes an important contribution to making the legal environment more welcoming to businesses."@en1
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