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Madam President, it gives me great pleasure, on behalf of my group and as the coordinator for the committee, to congratulate Mrs Pleštinská on her first report in Parliament. I am sure that it will be the first of many. I am really delighted that she has taken on this role. It is entirely appropriate that, coming from one of the new Member States most active in the field of the internal market, she has not only blazed a trail for Members from Slovakia, but also has the moral authority to carry this forward.
If you look at the internal market scoreboard, you will see that top of the list of countries that have transposed internal market legislation and adopted European standards are the new Member States. They are putting all the old Member States to shame in that respect. So I believe that she has done outstanding work here. I am also delighted that we have reached an agreement with the Council and the Commission in pre-conciliation to get this important package through at first reading.
Let me turn to some of the issues. I have to take issue with the spokesman from the Committee on Budgets, who has totally misunderstood what this is all about. As you said, Commissioner, it is largely about the development of effective technical standards for products. That is one of your crucial responsibilities in the new allocation of portfolios in the Commission. But we must not forget that this is all part of the total development of the internal market. We are now on the verge of a very important review of the future of the internal market. I share the view of my colleague, Mr Rübig, that the role of standardisation bodies is crucial in making that market work better. We still have problems where those standards are not being recognised by Member States. It is still too difficult for manufacturers to take advantage of the single market.
I have to ask the limited number of people here how we are going to create jobs and growth in the European economy if we cannot get the internal market to work properly; if we cannot engage all the tools and weapons at our disposal. I was really pleased that the President of the Commission, in the statement that he made this week about delivery for our citizens, put the completion of the internal market absolutely at the top of the list. That is where it should be. If we cannot make the internal market work, what else have we got to do to achieve success in the global economy? Standards are part of that, not just in Europe but also in the world as a whole.
As the rapporteurs say in one of their amendments – and I would also like to thank the shadow rapporteur, Mrs Herczog, for her work – we want to ensure fair and transparent access to European standards for all market players throughout the Union. That is what this proposal is all about."@en1
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