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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to express my particular thanks for the very constructive spirit that has characterised this debate, and for the consensus that has emerged from it.
This is very important, as technical standardisation is something that, astonishingly, is frequently entirely misjudged in the mind of the European public. We have all seen how certain standards have been seized on in the public political debate as bizarre examples of ‘excessive European regulation’. It has been rightly pointed out this evening that the European public would be very surprised if this instrument did not exist, as our daily lives could no longer function without it, nor could most economic sectors. It is a very modern instrument and, from a legal point of view, a very flexible one and the instrument of choice. Indeed, the question should be asked – and here I refer to a remark by the rapporteur from the Committee on Budgets, with which I disagree – whether it is always necessary to bring in the legislative big guns – laws, in other words – straight away when we want to regulate something, or whether putting responsibility for technical standards in the hands of those who need them, and merely laying down a policy guideline stating that a rule is necessary, would perhaps take much greater account of our own society’s right to freedom.
I should like to announce to you once more this evening my political intent to use the experience we have gained with the New Approach over the last 20 years to extend this modern instrument of European legislation to other fields of the internal market and to other policies, too."@en1
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