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Madam President, we may soon be able to form a club of those who spend their evenings in this Parliament. It is interesting that the questions raised here are always those that have been followed by the same MEPs every night.
I, too, would like to start by congratulating Mrs Pleštinská on her first report. Like Mr Harbour, I, too, hope that she will draft many more reports in the next three years, during the time that we are MEPs here together. I would like to thank her for the very friendly environment she created both in the Committee on the Internal Market and in the course of the talks and negotiations with the Council, enabling us to reach an agreement. This environment enabled us to reach an agreement on every issue following the first reading, and hopefully everyone will be able to support the amendment proposals.
I need to make another brief comment. Mr Harbour said that new Member States are at the top of the list in transposing internal market regulations. At this point we need to remember the work of Commissioner Verheugen in this area, because without him we would never have been able to do this so efficiently. At that time he was responsible for the enlargement of the internal market.
Returning to the report, I think that the most important result we have achieved is that by starting this European financing, we are better able to ensure the improved operation of the internal market and clean competition for each market player and interested party; also, we have managed to achieve this without creating too much bureaucracy or, God forbid, a new institution, which we are so keen on doing. I personally like the approach of trying to increase the efficiency of the work of existing institutions that already operate efficiently, and making it available to everybody, using a relatively low amount of resources.
The law in the process of being adopted ensures equal opportunities for companies in respect of Community assistance allocation and the handling of public funds, also ensuring an open and transparent procedure, while – and I emphasise it again: this is extremely important to us in view of the Better Regulation Programme – it prevents unnecessary bureaucracy. Personally, I feel that this is the greatest result achieved by this amendment proposal.
It is very important to mention that the appropriate and competent Community assistance provided for standardisation is not an expenditure, but a clear investment. It is an investment in the better operation of the internal market, in the enhancement of European competitiveness, in the information, protection and increased safety of consumers using standard products and services, and in the improvement of the market situation and chances of small and medium-sized enterprises, even if – and I completely agree with the Commissioner here – this law is not meant to support small entrepreneurs individually.
I would like to express my gratitude once more for the cooperation of all those with whom I have had the opportunity to work together in connection with this law, and my wish is that we will have many other laws like this, and that REACH, in particular, will follow along the same lines."@en1
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