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Madam President, first of all, I would like to thank Mrs García Pérez, Mrs Jöns and Mr Angelaka, who have submitted excellent reports, and all the Members who have spoken.
Of course, additional proposals could have been included in the framework of the recovery plan. They have not all been included, but they will contribute to the discussion the Commission is to initiate to strengthen the effects of the recovery plan and offer additional facilities to the national authorities managing the projects. The Commission therefore set up a working group on simplification in November. Its work has already led to a draft revision of the Commission’s implementing regulation. Other proposals to amend the general regulation and regulations specific to each fund may follow.
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, obviously, all the observations made in the course of this debate will be very useful and others will also be welcomed. I would particularly like to thank the European Parliament for its commitment to resolve the serious problems posed by the crisis more quickly.
On the issue of the amendments to the draft European Regional Development Fund Regulation tabled by Mrs Schroedter, three relate to the recitals and one to the substance. As regards the recitals − Amendments 8 to 10 − their inclusion would not have changed the general tenor of the proposals presented by the Commission, but it would have prolonged the procedure for adopting the regulation.
As regards the amendment to the substance, the Commission is not opposed to the principle. However, it aims to adopt a mechanism that was not included in the compromise text from the Council, as the text caused difficulties with implementation in the Member States.
I had to make these clarifications, and I have done so at the end of my speech. Once again, I would like to thank Parliament for enabling us to act more quickly to limit the painful effects of the crisis, which some of you have pointed out and described so well.
The vast majority of these speeches have given their support to the measures proposed by the Commission, by emphasising their relevance to an effective fight against the effects of the crisis on the European economy. On behalf of the Commission, I would like to thank you for that.
Your speeches have highlighted the European Parliament’s desire to provide the European Union with the resources to counteract the effects of the crisis on the ground. You have insisted on the need to act quickly, and this is our objective. The Czech Presidency, which I would like to thank here for its support, is also committed to allowing the final adoption of the regulations as quickly as possible.
If we make a reasonably optimistic assumption, the new regulations could enter into force in the coming weeks and therefore make a swift impression on the operational programmes. The advances, in particular, could be paid out in full at the start of May.
Moreover, other speeches have insisted on the introduction of rigorous monitoring of the application of these measures and on the presentation of a report in 2010, showing the results obtained. The Commission has made this commitment and it is included in the statement that I have submitted to the Presidency.
It will have therefore taken the European institutions barely four months to prepare and approve this legislative package. I would like to give some mention to the issue of energy efficiency, which has been raised in many speeches.
I would like to point out to Parliament that a workshop on this subject will take place in June, in the course of a seminar with the management authorities of the Member States. We are asking the Member States to describe to us their intentions as regards turn around time in the strategic reports that they have to draw up for the end of 2009.
Obviously, given the current state of affairs, it is up to the Member States to define the energy efficiency criteria and eligible measures. This is what subsidiarity is about. However, it is true that a directive on energy efficiency is under consideration and, once this directive has been adopted, it will of course have to be applied. Moreover, I will gladly add my voice to those Members who have emphasised how research into the energy efficiency of buildings has the twin advantage of creating jobs and subsequently allowing us to prepare for the future and of helping us to solve the problems of global warming.
I would also like to say that, aside from this crisis, which has in a way created very close cooperation between the institutions, it is obviously increasingly important to be able to establish a partnership between the Commission and Parliament that is based on a high degree of confidence. The Commission has sought to rise effectively to the challenge posed by the economic and financial crisis and, at the same time, it wanted to take advantage of this interactive discussion with the Member States and the European Parliament to respond to the calls for simplification of these procedures and these policies."@en1
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