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"Mr President, this report, which is known as ‘Omnibus I’, involves adapting the entire body of EU commercial law and all our procedures to the new provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon and, in particular, Articles 290 and 291 thereof. The Treaty of Lisbon gives the European Parliament the right to a say in trade issues, which no other parliament in the European Union has in the same form. We have taken the US Congress as our model, rather than the national parliaments.
Until now, European commercial policy has essentially been excluded from the current comitology procedure. Instead, the decisions were ultimately made by the Council. Now this special regime has come to an end and the executive decisions concerning trade policy will be made by the Commission, as in other areas of policy in the European Union. However, the Commission cannot do this in a vacuum.
I would like to outline briefly the most important changes proposed in my draft report. Firstly, there is the issue of taking account of the common understanding. The European Parliament has reached a common understanding with the Commission and the Council which makes the use of delegated acts and of implementing provisions subject to a uniform model. To my great surprise, the Commission has not taken this into account in its proposal. Therefore, my report deals with this and is based on the terms of the common understanding.
Secondly, the report endorses the introduction of delegated acts in all of the areas proposed by the Commission. Thirdly, we come to the question of examination procedures or advisory procedures. The report confirms the Commission proposal to use the examination procedure when applying implementing provisions in the vast majority of cases. However, there are sometimes cases in which the examination procedure would be too time consuming. Here, we need another procedure and we recommend the advisory procedure.
Fourthly, there is the consultation procedure. We endorse the Commission’s proposal to replace consultations, which are no longer necessary when procedures are initiated as part of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures, with a requirement for the Commission to inform the Member States. We do not want to extend the time limits in the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy regulation to the maximum permitted by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Industry and trading partners need certainty in order to be able to plan ahead. This will only be the case if the time limits are shorter, which also makes the measures more effective. Therefore, the draft report proposes that the time limits are shortened, but it always allows for exceptions.
In addition, the report recommends requiring the Commission to report to the European Parliament and to the public with regard to most of the regulations in question. The importance of this is demonstrated by the current discussion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) procedure, which was not entirely transparent. We live in the age of the Internet and, therefore, we can never do enough to provide information to the public.
My report reflects the changes brought about by the Treaty of Lisbon. It is, in fact, a very technical report and it is very complex with regard to the purely technical issues. At the same time, it is highly political because it represents the start of a new era in the very important field of foreign trade relations. I would like to thank all the shadow rapporteurs and Mr De Gucht. Mr Cioloş, please would you pass my thanks on to him."@en1
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