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"It must be stressed that the European Commission has taken a step in the right direction by recognising the special nature of services of general economic interest (SGEIs). Nonetheless, I do regret the legal basis that was selected: by choosing to base its proposal on Article 106 (State aid) alone, the Commission is choosing to ignore the innovations of the Treaty of Lisbon and the possibility of fully including the European Parliament by using Article 14. This is regrettable. The Simon report expresses this clearly and provides food for thought: yes, we need more clarification; yes, it seems perfectly relevant and necessary to provide a degree of flexibility when applying the rules relating to State aid. In particular, we have to exempt from notification the granted compensations that do not affect trade between Member States and take into account the exclusively local nature of some public services. Finally, we must not lose sight of the objective, which is to promote services of a high quality and that are accessible to all. Let us hope that the Commission will listen to the European Parliament’s point of view when drafting the revision of the Monti-Kroes package."@en1
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