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"Mr President, it gives me great pleasure, both as the shadow for this dossier, but more particularly as the chairman of the committee, who chaired the trialogues, to welcome this agreement. As the Commissioner said, it has taken a long time to get here, rather deceptively I think, because when we started on this – and I want to commend our excellent rapporteur, Zuzana Roithová, for her great patience in sticking with this dossier – we expected it to be rather more straightforward than it was. We made a lot of worthwhile improvements, as she notes, in terms of bringing the information requirements up to date, making them more electronically favourable and advancing consumer interests.
The problem has not been related to the content that we needed, but to the bureaucratic procedures that we are now facing with the Lisbon Treaty about the delegated and implementing acts. That this is something that you, President, on behalf of the Parliament, need to reflect on. We have found significant difficulty in getting the Member States in Council to work with us and to accept the balance of discretion and power to the Commission that lies between delegated and implementing acts. Even though the Prime Ministers agreed this great Lisbon Treaty, it is quite clear that, at an operating level in Member States, they seem to be curiously unwilling to accept what they regard as an excessive level of delegation to the Commission. There is clearly a lack of trust there about the Commission’s willingness to consult them during the process. This is something the Commission has to reflect on, but I would say that it is also something that this Parliament needs to take up directly with the Council. We can call today for a renewed interinstitutional agreement that is going to reflect these issues, and I hope that this matter will be taken back to the President of Parliament. Overall, there are some clear lessons to be learned from this.
The other point I would make, if I may – as I note that you have five minutes for catch-the-eye but, since I see nobody else apart from Mr Cofferati who is waiting to speak, I am sure you will indulge me a bit as chairman of the committee, because I do not get any extra time for being chairman – is that we need to examine the whole relationship here between the comitology procedures and our entitlement as a parliament to be involved in working group meetings. This is conferred on us under the Lisbon Treaty, and we have sought to safeguard that by the change that Ms Roithová has made. Unfortunately the Commission has so far resisted this – and no doubt Mr Tajani will hand me a statement of objection tomorrow – but this is an important point, Mr President, which I think you, as the chairman, need to be aware of. The Commission will give us a statement complaining about the way in which we are safeguarding Parliament’s prerogatives and it is very important that I get that on the record this evening so that you and the Presidency understand that. I am disappointed we have not been able to reach an agreement on this matter, but in these complex technical issues there are much deeper points that have to be examined.
In conclusion, I do not want to detract in any way from what Ms Roithová has done, but I would ask you to take back to the Presidency some of the issues that have arisen during this really important review and approval of this legislation."@en1
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