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"Ms Gebhardt, I am personally aware of how closely you monitor and follow this subject of services of general economic interest. I should also add that, going beyond social services of general interest, you and I share the same concern, since we are aiming at the same political goal for the sake of this competitive social market economy. This goal, which must be, or must become once again, the basis for European action, is to guarantee the quality, accessibility and sustainability of public services in Europe, and wherever necessary to adapt the existing legislation to the realities of the 21st century.
We have made a major commitment, which we are keeping through the Commission’s cross-cutting action on public services, to forge closer links between economic realities and freedom on the one hand and social realities on the other. I am thinking about fundamental social rights within the internal market.
We may argue and debate the issues among ourselves, but I think President Barroso has always been keen to talk about a quality framework. The forthcoming cross-cutting document to be presented by Commissioner Andor on the posting of workers ties in with this subject, as does the document presented by our colleague Mr Almunia on state aid, to which I also contributed. In particular, Ms Gebhardt, the ‘Almunia-Barnier package’ includes a document that clarifies the situation, and provides, for example, for a complete exemption from the state-aid notification procedure for public funding for healthcare services and essential social services, where these fall within the scope of EU law. This package is the second in this quality framework.
The third package is the one I presented on the directives on public procurement and concession contracts, which I have ensured will play a very specific role in the whole area of invitations to tender and public procurement of social services, with higher thresholds and simplified procedural rules.
We do not think that an overall legislative framework is needed over and above the above-mentioned or future cross-cutting directives, and the vertical, or sectoral directives which, if one looks at the list, cover practically all services. Take, for example the Postal Directives, for which I am responsible. I am overseeing the implementation of the directive very closely, from now on in conjunction with users.
I believe these cross-cutting directives, with the improvements I have just spoken of and further consolidation by Parliament, together with the sectoral directives, make up the quality framework that President Barroso has undertaken before this House to establish or consolidate."@en1
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