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"Mr President, it is with real pleasure that I once again express my appreciation to Commissioner Barrot for proposing an excellent solution to us. Commissioner, it really is a contribution to creating a safe European airspace. I would like to congratulate Mr Paolo Costa, the Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on his report. Under your guidance we have achieved a high level of agreement, irrespective of a few individual reservations.
Protecting citizens gives them a feeling of security, and protecting air transport stabilises the aviation market. These are the aspects I wanted to highlight today as particularly important, especially from the point of view of those countries in which this market is in its infancy. In my country, air traffic is increasing by around 30% a year. However, I do not share the reservations concerning the supposedly excessive new competences of the Commission and the Aviation Safety Agency, as they are necessary.
We have had five years of experience since 11 September2001. In the draft regulation mentioned above, we have defined tasks for governments and states, we have defined the responsibilities of airports and airline operators, we have defined the competences of civil servants and air security workers, and we have also defined the guidelines for acceptable passenger behaviour. The draft regulation also mentions how this programme is to be funded. I would urge against minimising costs as an aim in itself. After all, we have the responsibility to monitor air traffic security. Neither do we have any objections towards the proposal presented by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. I therefore believe that our fears concerning restrictions on human rights and civil liberties are not entirely well-founded.
The fact of the matter is that this regulation will have a positive, even perhaps excessively positive, influence on the competitive dominance of the airline industry compared to other transport sectors."@en1
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