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Hvad er det da min betænkning anbefaler?
Why has action been delayed ?
Den er faktisk i høj grad enig med kommissionsmedlem Davignons synspunkt, at industrien skal finde sine egne løsninger og at disse løsninger skal respektere Det europæiske Fællesskabs konkurrencepolitik.
Not for the reason implied in one of the amendments, namely, that the industry wilfully over-invested at a time when everybody knew that there was no hope of selling the end products.
En væsentlig del af Det europæiske Fællesskabs petrokemiske industri er statslig og ansvarlig over for natio nale regeringer.
The situation between the first and second oil shocks was very unclear. Export demand in fact increased in 1974 and 1975.
Det øger vanskelighederne ved en restrukturering, jeg tænker her især på faren for ulovlig brug af statslige midler til at holde økonomisk ineffektive virksomheder i gang, så deres overskudsproduktion kan oversvømme markedet.
No one could guess how successful the OPEC action would be in effecting a permanent increase in oil prices of some 12 to 15-fold.
Både Frankrig og Italien har i de sidste to år ca. brugt deres rege ringsmagt til at gennemtvinge en række nationaliseringer for at forbedre chancen for at rationalisere deres overskudsproduktion ved at koncentrere produktområderne inden for industrigrupper.
No one could foresee that such would be the profits of the conventional energy-rich nations — in principle, the oil suppliers — that they could invest heavily in modern petrochemical crackers and plastic plants using their surplus flared gas.
Det kunne være nyttigt i deres tilfælde, men skridtet til at
Nor that within some twelve years they could be in a position, if neces
Den viser, at han er en fremragende fagmand, hvis mangeårige erfaringer inden for industrien sikkert er kommet denne betænkning til gode.
An ethylene cracker employs only about 45 workers, and the total number of workers involved directly in 1982 in the total surplus European ethylene production was only about 500 people.
I betænkningen under streges arbejdsgiversynspunktet og rent formelle konkurrencesynhensyn stærkere, end der tages hensyn til arbejdstagernes interesser på dette område.
With a total surplus capacity in down stream plants perhaps 2 000 workers could be employed, but most of these plants have not been fully manned since 1974, or even at that date.
Derfor har vi krævet, at vedtagelsen af Vredeling-direktivet skal være en af forudsætningerne.
I believe that it is the responsibility of the firms in the industry itself to relocate these skilled workers, and I do not believe that it will prove to be a difficult problem.
Nu må Parlamentet ikke spænde ben for os, hvis vi laver et lille kartel til det!
We call upon you Members of Parliament not to put spokes in our wheels, if we put together a small cartel in order to achieve that aim'.
Jeg sagde så til repræsentanterne for industrien: Det var jo jer selv, som opbyggede kapaciteterne på et tidspunkt, hvor det allerede kunne forudses, at disse ville blive overflødige.
I then said in reply to the representatives of industry : 'But it was you yourselves who decided to increase capacity at a time when it could already have been foreseen that such extra capacity would not be needed'.
Man sagde så hertil: Det var dengang, men nu vil vi ikke have markedsøkonomi på dette område mere, for vi tog fejl.
The argument in reply to that was : 'Yes, that is true, but now we want to dispense with the market economy in this domain, because we were wrong'.
Virksomhederne tager altså fejl, opbygger nye kapaciteter, og senere skal så arbejdstagerne på lige fod bære følgerne uden at have haft indflydelse på virksomhedsafgørelserne.
So businessmen make mistakes, increase their capacity and the employees have to put up with the consequences later, without having had any influence on the decisions taken by these businessmen.
Dette punkt kan vi ikke acceptere som socialdemokrater og socialister; derfor har vi fremsat et ændringsforslag, som understreger disse kendsgerninger endnu en gang, fordi vi mener, at dette ikke må for blive usagt i betænkningen.
As Social Democrats and Socialists, we cannot accept this ; for this reason we have tabled an amendment which makes these facts clear once again, since we think that such things should not be passed over in silence in this report.
Det sidste punkt, jeg vil nævne, er spørgsmålet om en generel konsultation af fagforeningerne fra Kommissionen for De europæiske Fællesskabers side.
Finally, the chemical industry has always been a science-based technological industry, profitable and capable of change.
Det fører arbejdsgiverne så frem på nationalt plan og siger: Nu har vi endelig fået bekræftet af Kommissionen, at vi skal gøre dette eller hint.
It is an essential European industry, which vastly benefits our trade balance and provides a high level of growth and stable employment.
Hvorfor bliver sådanne konsultationer ikke til noget?
The solution to the problem must not be one of minor tinkering with the job.
Vi ønsker — derfor har vi endnu en gang fremsat dette forslag — at arbejdstagerne og deres organisationer regelmæssigt konsulteres om udviklingen — ikke kun inden for den petrokemiske industri, men inden for hele den kemiske sektor — og om påtænkte afgørelser.
The industry can and must reshape itself now to utilize its capital, its labour and its skills in the most suitable areas for the balance of this century and the two decades which follow.
Imidlertid vil jeg godt bemærke, at hans angreb på statsstøtte — efter min opfattelse — er ganske uacceptabelt i forbindelse med en sektor, som den han behandler, hvor han udmærket ved, at hele sektorer i den kemiske industri i alle lande er opstået netop takket være den stats støtte, der blev ydet i krigstid og ikke kun i krigstid.
It does mean firms differing in shape, perhaps more specialized, perhaps even smaller in relative terms but, without doubt, firms set up to be world-competitive, stable and profitable, serving industry, the economy, their shareholders and their workers.
Hvilken rolle kan nu Kommissionen og Parlament spille i denne sag?
Now then, what role can the Commission and Parliament play in this affair ?
I bidraget fra hr. Beazley blev der meget smukt nævnt, hvilken funktion kartellet for syntetiske fibre har haft.
In Mr Beazley's contribution the question as to what function the synthetic fibre cartel had had was tackled very well.
Hvis jeg har hørt rigtigt, har dette kartel ført til, at industrien bliver overbeskyttet, og tilpasningsprocessen derfor forløber for langsomt.
If I heard correctly, this cartel led to industries being too well protected and the process of adaptation consequently taking longer to work itself out.
Det er en arbejdsgivers synspunkt, hr. Beazley.
That is the viewpoint of an employer, Mr Beazley.
Jeg vil nu anskueliggøre fagforeningernes synspunkt for Dem.
You are kindly requested to put up with the consequences'.
Hvad netop dette af Dem nævnte kartel også har bevirket er, at firmaerne med EF-Kommissionens tilladelse slår sig sammen, indgår hemmelige aftaler, hvorefter arbejdstagerne på stedet må finde sig i det, som arbejdsgiverne forsvarer med argumentet: »Det er godkendt af Kommissionen vi handler i henhold til undtagelsesbestemmelserne og kan derfor danne et kartel, følgerne kan I værsgo' selv tage«.
The report shows that he is a distinguished specialist whose many years of experience in industry have left their mark on this report. As Socialists we nevertheless have some reservations with regard to one or two points because although the economic foundations of Mr Beazley's analysis are certainly correct — with regard to worldwide development, in particular, development in the Middle East — we consider his report to be rather too one-sided.
Alt dette uden at arbejdstagerne og deres organisationer har haft indflydelse på, hvordan kartellet kom i stand og uden at være blevet konsulteret en eneste gang om det.
It only takes account of the viewpoint of the employer, and purely formal competition-orientated points of view are given greater prominence than the interests of the workers in this industry.
Jeg tror, at noget lignende også gælder for den seneste offentliggørelse fra EF-Kommissionen om sagen ICI-BP-om low-density-Polyætylen — hvor to store britiske eller europæiske koncerner ligeledes har indgået en aftale om, hvordan de kan specialisere sig i produktionen uden at de berørte fagforeninger har kunnet udtale sig herom.
I think that the same thing is also true of the newest publication by the EC Commission on the ICI-BP case concerning low density polyethylene in which, similarly, two large British or European companies have come to an agreement as to how they should specialize in production without the unions involved having had the opportunity to state their opinion.
Vi er derfor af den opfat
So we have tabled another amend-
Dette har specielt været af betydning for den petrokemiske industri, hvor statsstøtten er blevet begæret af private, brugt af private også i en periode, hvor det var i overensstemmelse med loven, og hvor man måtte forudse, at de olieproducerende lande selv ville have foretaget den første forarbejdelse af olien og følgelig i de fleste tilfælde have anskaffet sig petrokemiske industrianlæg.
I remember it well : when, almost two years ago, we were engaged in a discussion with a series of Members of Parliament and representatives of the petrochemical industry, the representatives of industry said : 'The situ
Leonardi på en sådan måde, at de europæiske virksomheder, uden dog at overtræde de i punkt 84, 85 og 86 omhandlede konkurrenceregler, kan blive virkeligt effektive. Det drejer sig nemlig ikke blot om at dække det europæiske markeds behov; industrien i Det euro pæiske Fællesskab skal nødvendigvis kunne eksportere. Det kan den nu, og det skal den blive ved med at kunne.
Gautier ment which emphasizes that, in connection with this inevitable reduction in capacities, the Vredeling Directive should first be approved by the Council of Ministers, as the companies in question are often multinational companies and the employees of these companies are not in a position to get hold of the requisite information.
Jeg vil gerne minde min kollega Beazley om, at det netop i de år i Italien lykkedes oppositionen at forhindre en enorm investering inden for ætylen, som blev foreslået af rege ringen, og som, hvis den var blevet realiseret, ville have udgjort et yderligere negativt element i vort lands økonomi.
in Italy during those years managed to prevent huge investment in the field of ethylene which the govern ment had proposed and that had it been implemented, it would have been yet another blow to our country's economy.
Her skal årsagen til et enormt spild søges, som skyldes uduelighed fra private og offentlige virksomheders side, fra regeringer og pengeinstitutter, og naturligvis — på dette punkt tilslutter jeg mig det, min kollega Fritz Gautier har sagt — er det især arbejderne, der skal betale regningen for disse dårligt konstruerede anlæg.
Enormous waste derives from the inability of private and public undertakings, govern ments, credit institutions and, with reference to what Mr Gautier said, the bills for these badly designed plants naturally have to be paid primarily by the workers.
Lad mig tilføje, at vi absolut ikke må glemme, kære kolleger, at adskillige sektorer inden for den petrokemiske industri er af strategisk betydning og at vi ikke kan komme uden om at betragte den petrokemiske industri i et europæisk sikkerhedspolitisk perspektiv.
In this case there is a specific example in my country, and the surplus capacity is obvious above all in the poorer areas, where large amounts of money went into facile investment in plants which are no longer needed today.
Eksemplet med mit land er specifikt i dette tilfælde, og overkapaciteten er fremfor alt udtalt i de fattigste områder, hvor disse meget ukomplicerede, men meget dyre investeringer er blevet foretaget; investeringer som i dag ikke længere tjener deres formål.
Hence, it is not a matter of attacking State aid but of improving it, regulating it and ensuring that it opens up possibilities of development for private industries also, so that they can operate through the market.
Endelig vil jeg tilføje — og dermed vil jeg slutte mit indlæg, hr. formand — at vi opfordrer Kommissionen til at fremme ethvert samarbejdsprojekt mellem virksomheder i flere medlemsstater og i lande, som er associeret med Fællesskabet, og det ikke blot inden for forskning, men inden for alt, som har med produktion og følgelig med økonomisk effektivitet at gøre.
The last point to which I wish to address myself is the question of general consultation of unions by the Commission of the European Communities. The Commission does not just make policy regarding regulations or directives but also, through its dealings with companies, takes decisions regarding competition or drafts guidelines.
Imidlertid er det usandsynligt, at vi kan stemme for en sådan beslutning.
If our amendments were to be accepted, then many of my friends and I would be in a position to give our agreement.
For nærværende vil vi undlade at stemme, mens vi afventer resultatet af afstemningerne om ændringsforslagene.
Should they not be accepted, we shall regretfully have to consider Mr Beazley's report as somewhat lacking in balance.
Cousté (DEP). — (FR) Af grunde, der afviger totalt fra dem, jeg har hørt fra min gode kollega Leonardi's mund, finder jeg, at denne betænkning er særdeles god.
Mr Cousté (DEP). — (FR) For opposite reasons to those which I have just heard expressed, in particular by my good friend, Mr Leonardi, I consider that this report is a very good one.
Den er fremragende, og vi vil gå ind for den; vi ønsker den ændret, og vi går ind for den, netop fordi . man i betænkningen er for et frit marked med normale konkurrencevilkår, og endelig fordi den rummer en analyse, der forekommer os at være udmærket, både når det gælder den historiske analyse, når det gælder analysen af den nuværende situation og når det gælder den særdeles gode analyse af oliechokenes følger, jeg mener kort sagt, at man i betænkningen på udmærket vis har behandlet de grundlæggende aspekter af den petrokemiske industris situation i Det europæiske Fællesskab.
It is excellent and we shall approve it ; we hope that it will be amended and we approve it precisely because it is orientated towards the free market and the normal organization of competition in the market and, finally, because the analysis it makes seems to us to be correct from an historical point of view and from the point of view of the present situation, from the point of view of the consequences of the oil shocks, which have been very well analysed, and I believe, in a word, that the fundamental aspects of the situation of the European Community's petrochemical industry have been prop erly dealt with.
Den afspejler for det første hr. Beazley's erfaring, men desuden udtrykker den en efter vores mening udmærket økonomipolitisk anskuelse.
Mr Leonardi (COM). — (IT) Mr President, we welcome and agree with many of the points in Mr Beazley's report.
Jeg vil tilføje, at den i betænkningen fremførte fordømmelse af medlemsstaternes indblanding i den måde, omlægningen af den petrokemiske industri gennemføres på, også er velfunderet og iøvrigt er dens fordømmelse af nationaliseringer, navnlig dem, der er blevet gennem ført i· Frankrig, efter min opfattelse også på sin plads.
However, I would like to point out that in my view we cannot possibly accept his indiscriminate attack on State aid in a sector like the one under discussion, when he knows very well that entire sectors of the chemical industry, in all countries, developed thanks to State aid given during the war and after.
Jeg har gentagne gange bladet disse tekster igennem, men de har lige så lidt som de mundtlige redegørelser fra hr. Beazley kunnet vildlede mig.
There is Mr Beazley's own experience, but there is also an economic policy approach which in our opinion is excellent.
Jeg er kommet til den konklusion, at beslutningsforslaget, som vi diskuterer,· på alle punkter yderst behændigt fremmer de konkrete monopolinteresser, som det uformelle petrokemiske industrikartel i EØF har. Det drejer sig om vi siger i parlamentssproget, bogstavelig talt om tro kopier af disse interesser.
Let me add that his condemnation of Member States' interventions in the business of restructuring the petrochemical industry is also well inspired and that his condemnation, moreover, of nationalizations, in particular those which have been carried out in France, also seems appropriate to me.
For i betænkningen der hovedsageligt foreslået en nyopdeling af produktionen af og markedet for petrokemiske produkter blandt kartellets monopoler, men samtidig udelukkes eller umuliggøres det ligefrem at andre nationale petrokemiske virksomheder kan eksistere uden for kartellet.
This is especially important for the petrochemical industry, where private companies called for and made use of State aid — even in a period when it was allowed and we should have foreseen that the oil-producing countries would want to carry out the initial processing of the oil themselves and thus, in short, take control of the petrochemical plants.
Det er netop dette formål, som kontrollen med statsstøtte og- investeringer inden for den nationale petrokemi har inden for Fællesskabet. Forslaget tilstræber en institutionalisering af denne taktik, som med magt blev anvendt i Grækenland, hvilket følgende eksempel viser: Mit land havde besluttet at opføre et petrokemisk industrikompleks.
It is not true that it was unforeseeable ; to direct is to foresee, otherwise there would be nothing to directing.
De tekniske installationer er nu til salg i England.
I would like to remind Mr Beazley that the opposition
De i alt seks ændringsforslag, som vi har stillet, tager derfor sigte på, at der — hvilket er absolut nødvendigt — gennemføres en europæisk markedsordning
This is why the six amendments which we have tabled are aimed — and this is a real necessity — at the organization of the European market in such a way that European companies, whilst abiding by the provisions on competition set out in Articles 84, 85 and 86, may nevertheless be genuinely efficient.
Med andre ord, på behovet for at genoprette en rimelig balance mellem kapacitet og produktion.
Cousté objective of this Community is to remove the imbalances between its various regions.
I den sammenhæng har Kommissionen analyseret situationen og drøftet den med de store petrokemiske producenter og med plaststofforarbejdningssammen- slutningerne og den organisation, som repræsenterer kemikaliearbejdernes faglige sammenslutning.
remain so. This is why we have no hesitation in pro posing that with regard to companies in Statetrading countries — whose prices are political prices in the precise sense of that term — protective measures may be adopted by the Community with immediate effect and even, as American practice has shown us, with retroactive effect.
Tugendhat, næstformand for Kommissionen. — (EN) Hr. Formand, med betænkningen af Beazley har Parlamentet fremlagt en kritisk undersøgelse af en hel række industrisektorer, som indbyrdes er meget forskellige.
Mr Tugendhat, Vice-President of the Commission. — Mr President, with the Beazley report, Parliament has launched a critical examination of a whole range of industrial sectors, each very different from one another.
Før jeg vender mig specielt mod den kemiske industri, vil jeg gerne fremsætte nogle gene relle synspunkter som jeg mener resten af mine bemærkninger vil falde ind under.
Before turning specifically to the chemical industry, I should like, if I may, to make some general points into which I think the rest of my remarks will then fall.
Ligesom hr. Beazley understreger Kommissionen vigtigheden af definitivt at fjerne urentabel kapacitet, hvis fortsatte opretholdelse ikke tjener noget formål i det lange løb.
I shall add that it is indispensable, ladies and gentlemen, that we should bear in mind that several sectors of the petrochemical industry are of strategic importance and that we cannot separate our view of this petrochemical industry from the needs of European security.
Ligesom hr. Beazley og økonomi- og valutaudvalget understreger vi også, at ansvaret for at fjerne denne kapacitet helt og holdent ligger hos de berørte virksomheder. somheder.
Finally, I shall say that we call upon the Commission — and this is my last word, Mr President — to promote all projects for cooperation between companies located in various Member States of the Community and in the countries associated with the Community, not merely in the field of research but with regard to everything that has to do with production, and therefore with economic efficiency.
Det fundamentale princip i det fælles marked er ideen med en markedsøkonomi, som pr. definition kræver, at virksomheder tager deres egne individuelle beslut ninger, især hvor det drejer sig om investerings- og desinvesteringspolitik.
The fundamental principle underlying the Common Market is the concept of a market economy which, by definition, requires enterprises to take their own individual decisions, particularly where their investment and disinvestment policies are concerned.
I et centraliseret system af den art skal sektorundersøgelser derfor aldrig foretages med henblik på at sætte et dirigistisk system i stedet for et, hvor virksomheden bærer ansvaret.
Hence, in a centralized system of this type sectoral studies should never be made with the intention of substituting a dirigiste system for one in which the entrepreneur bears the responsibility.
Det siges meget klart i Beazleys betænkning, som på eksemplarisk måde anvender et konkret eksempel til at vise rigtigheden heraf og derfor fortjener Kommissionens fulde støtte.
This point is made very clearly in the Beazley report which is exemplary in the way it uses a specific example to demonstrate the point, and therefore it deserves the full support of the Commission.
Dog betyder dette hovedprincip ikke, at de nationale eller Fællesskabets myndigheder ikke inden for veldefinerede rammer skal tage skridt til at forhindre konkurrenceforvridning eller sikre markedskræfternes frie spil.
Nevertheless, this guiding principle does not mean that under well-defined conditions the national or Community authorities should not take steps to prevent distortion of competition or to ensure the free play of market forces.
Sådanne foranstaltninger skal ses i deres økonomiske sammenhæng.
Such measures must be considered in. their economic context.
Med disse forbehold og med forståelse for, at forskellige økonomiske sammenhænge kræver forskellige foranstaltninger, er efter vor opfattelse sektorundersøgelser af nævnte art nødvendige.
Subject to these reservations and the understanding that in different economic contexts different measures can be taken, sectoral studies of this type are, we believe, necessary.
I godt et år nu har industrien gjort sig store anstrengelser for at tilpasse sig, omend der bestemt skal gøres mere, med henblik på at eliminere urentable og forældede anlæg.
The fact that Mr Beazley has succeeded in this onerous task deserves the Commission's gratitude and congratulations.
Ikke desto mindre vil industrien efter Kommissionens opfattelse ikke opnå en permanent forbedring i forsyningsstrukturen, medmindre' den resolut skrotter urentable anlæg, især til produktion af PVC og polyætylen med lav vægtfylde, eftersom enhver kapacitet, som blot lades uudnyttet kan få en destabiliserende virkning på markederne, da de standsede anlæg let kan startes igen, og føre til et forsyningsoverskud, med efterfølgende prisfald.
The Commission also welcomes the interest of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in this industry which has for some years now accounted for 13% of all exports to non-Community countries, and against the background of the deep recession of the past few years has none the less made a trading surplus of 15 billion ECU, compared with the Community's overall external trade deficit of 50 billion ECU. It goes without saying that the Commission fully shares Parliament's concern for this industry sector.