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Malerba (FE), ordfører. — (IT) Hr. formand, kære kolleger, den aftale, Europa-Parlamentet skal udtrykke sig om i dag, vedrører samarbejdet mellem Den Europæiske Union og De Forenede Stater om konkurrenceregler.
Diez de Rivera Icaza (PSE), in writing. — (ES) Given that this Parliament has been calling for proper implementation of Community environmental law for many years, the eleventh annual report on the control, and I emphasize control, of the application of Community law has come as something of a surprise.
Jeg vil gerne først og fremmest understrege, at der er tale om den første aftale af denne type, som bliver forelagt Europa-Parlamentet. Det sker efter Domstolens dom, som annullerede akten om indgåelse af
After a vague and inaccurate reference to the supposed instruments of control established in the Fifth Programme of Action on the Environment, it fails to state clearly that as there is no proper inspection service, the
Diez de Rivera Icaza (PSE), skriftlig. — (ES) Efter så mange år, hvor Parlamentet har krævet en korrekt gennemførelse af fællesskabsretten på miljøområdet, er man overrasket over den ellevte beretning om kontrollen Jeg siger udtrykkeligt kontrol, med gennemførelsen af fællesskabsretten.
Malerba (FE), rapporteur. — (IT) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the agreement on which the European Parlia ment is today required to deliver its opinion deals with cooperation between the European Union and the United
Malerba den aftale, Kommissionen undertegnede i 1991, og krævede en procedure efter artikel 87, som indebærer høring af Europa-Parlamentet og vedtagelse af Rådet.
This results from a judgment of the Court of Justice, which annulled the act of conclusion of the agreement entered into by the Commission in 1991 and imposed a procedure based on Article 87 which provides for consultation of the European Parliament and adoption by the Council.
For nu at vende tilbage til den foreliggende aftale, som vi skal stemme om, vil jeg gerne bekræfte, at Udvalget om Eksterne Økonomiske Forbindelser, som jeg er talsmand for, ligesom Retsudvalget og Økonomiudvalget har udtalt sig positivt, og selv om denne aftale endnu på en måde er umoden, ser vi positivt på en udvikling hen imod en bedre regulering af konkurrencen på det internationale marked.
Turning to the agreement before us on which we are to vote, I would confirm that the REX Committee, whose spokesman I am, has given a favourable opinion, as have the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Economic Affairs. Even though this agreement is still somewhat immature, we think it has the potential to ensure better regulation of competition in the international market.
Den aftale. Kommissionen undertegnede i 1991, er således stadig gyldig på det internationale plan, men vedtagelsesproceduren bør gentages af hensyn til fællesskabsretten.
The agreement signed by the Commission in 1991 therefore remains valid in international law but the adoption procedure must be repeated under Community law.
Et andet vigtigt aspekt er, at der er tale om den første af en række aftaler om konkurrence på det internationale plan, som Kommissionen agter at indgå også med andre handelspartnere: en aftale med Canada er faktisk på trapperne.
Another important aspect is that this is the first of a number of international agreements regarding competition which the Commission intends to sign with other trade partners as well; in fact, an agreement with Canada is in the pipeline.
Pex (PPE). — (NL) Fru formand, takket været Domstolens afgørelse kan vi i dag udtale os om en aftale, der allerede har været i kraft i tre år.
Pex (PPE). — (NL) Madam President, thanks to the ruling by the Court of Justice we can now finally comment on an agreement which has already been in operation for three years.
På nederlandsk siger vi så: dette er sennep efter maden, altså en postgang for sent.
There is little point in talking about the substance of the agreement so long after the event.
Jeg ville have ladet det være herved, havde det ikke forholdt sig således, at jeg alligevel gerne vil fremsætte et par bemærkninger, fordi det her drejer sig om en vigtig sag.
I would leave it at that, except that I still have a few comments to make on an important matter.
Jeg håber, at denne ubehagelige begyndelse på denne procedure er anledning til for Kommissionen i al fald at besvare mine spørgsmål seriøst.
I hope that the unfortunate start to this procedure will be reason enough for the Commission to give my questions serious consideration.
Uagtet at den ansvarlige kommissær ikke er til stede, ville jeg synes, at det var ubehageligt ikke at få noget svar.
Even though the Commissioner responsible is not here, I would be most disappointed not to receive an answer.
Denne aftale indebærer reelt ikke regler om løsning af konflikter, der kunne opstå mellem Kommissionen og de tilsvarende konkurrencemyndigheder i De Forenede Stater, det vil sige Department of Justice eller Federal Trade Commission, men den går snarere i retning af at sikre et minimumsniveau for rådgivning og informationsudveksling mellem Den Europæiske Union og De Forenede Stater med regelmæssige konsultationer om proceduren på konkurrenceområdet, ubegrænset informationsudveksling — det vil jeg gerne understrege — om handelsaftaler og fusioner, som kan være tilfælde af misbrug af dominerende stilling.
In fact this agreement does not make provision for a mechanism for solving disputes that might arise between the Commission and its opposite numbers in the United States, namely the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission; rather it is intended to ensure a minimum level of consultation and information exchange between the European Union and the United States, with regular consultations on procedure with regard to competition, the exchange of non-confidential information (a point that should be emphasized) on trade agree ments and mergers which might be held to constitute abuse of a dominant market position.
Hvad drejer det sig nemlig om?
The point is this.
Informationsudveksling er et ømtåleligt anliggende. Det angår her ofte vigtige informationer for virksomheder, der arbejder sammen med hinanden.
Exchanging information is a sensitive issue, and in this case often involves important information for firms working in cooperation.
Uden således at rokke ved denne aftales betydning rent politisk vil jeg dog alligevel bede Kommissionen om at iagttage den yderste omhu ved udveksling af informationer, hvorved jeg navnlig beder Dem om at betænke to aspekter, nemlig at de virksomheder, om hvilke der bliver leveret informationer til amerikanerne, bliver underrettet herom — dette forekommer mig i al almindelighed at være et spørgsmål om høflighed og også et spørgsmål om anstændig forvaltning — og også at virksomhederne, før oplysningerne bliver udvekslede, får lejlighed til at protestere over for Kommissionen, hvilket er en logisk følge af, at de pågældende virksomheder oplyses om, at disse informationer bliver udvekslede.
So without wishing to detract from the political importance of this agreement, I would ask the Commission to exercise the utmost caution when exchanging information, and to be particularly careful about two things: firstly, that firms are notified if they are the subject of information given to the Americans — as a matter of courtesy and good management — and secondly that firms have the chance to appeal to the Commission before the information is exchanged, which is a logical consequence of notifying firms in the first place.
Fra september 1991 til august 1994 har der været 102 meddelelser fra Kommissionens side og 112 fra De Forenede Staters side.
Between September 1991 and August 1994 there were 102 notifications by the Commission and 112 notifications by the United States.
Fra august 1994, tidspunktet for Domstolens dom, har Kommissionen standset sine meddelelser, mens De Forenede Stater fortsat har respekteret sine forpligtelser.
Since August 1994, when the Court of Justice delivered its judgment, the Commission has suspended notifications, while the United States has continued to comply with its commitments.
Kreissl-Dörfer (V). — (DE) Fru formand, principielt går vi ind for en skærpet kartelret i EU og naturligvis også for en mere effektiv kontrol med transnationale koncerner af internationalt format.
Kreissl-Dörfler (V). — (DE) Madam President, in principle we are in favour of more stringent anti-trust legislation in the EU, and also of course more effective surveillance of transnational companies operating worldwide.
For så vidt står vi ikke helt afvisende over for den foreliggende antitrustaftale mellem EF og USA, der nu omsider også er blevet forelagt Parlamentet.
To that extent, we do not reject out of hand this anti-trust agreement between the Community and the USA, which has at last been presented to this House.
Det samarbejde på konkurrenceområdet, som denne aftale har medført, har allerede givet positive resultater. Jeg har kunnet læse en tilgængelig rapport om Microsoft-sagen, hvor den amerikanske virksomhed, der ejer rettighederne til softwaren i operativsystemet MS-DOS Windows, som bruges af et stort flertal af personal compwfer-fabrikanter, også i Europa, blev beskyldt af konkurrenten Novell for misbrug af dominerende stilling, især på grund af formen for licens af softwaren.
Cooperation on competition matters generated by this agree ment has already produced some beneficial results: I was able to read a non-confidential report on the Microsoft case, in which the American company, which owns the operating software of the MS-DOS Windows system (which has been adopted by a large majority of personal computer manufacturers, including European ones), was accused by its competitor Novel of abuse of a dominant position, mainly because of the way in which it licensed its software.
Personal cowpwrer-fabrikanterne med den såkaldte licens per processor, betalte en royalty til Microsoft på hver solgt maskine, hvad enten Microsofts software virkelig var installeret eller ej.
Personal computer manufacturers with what is known as a 'licence per processor' were paying Microsoft a royalty on each machine they sold, whether Microsoft software was installed in it or not.
Koncentrationsprocessen i verdensøkonomien, dvs. opbygningen af store koncerner, som indtager en dominerende stilling på markedet, er blevet fremskyndet enormt i de seneste år.
The process of concentration in the international economy, the development of large groups possessing a dominant market position, has accelerated enormously over the past few years.
Der er i dag ca. 37.000 transnationale virksomheder i verden, fire gange så mange som for tyve år siden, og bare 100 af disse multinationale selskaber kontrollerer en tredjedel af alle udlandsinvesteringer på internationalt plan.
There are around 37 000 transnational companies in the world today, four times as many as 20 years ago, and just 100 of these multinationals control a third of all foreign investment throughout the world.
Sådanne koncerner, der ikke på nogen måde er demokratisk legitimerede, er i dag mægtigere end mange stater.
Such groups, which have no kind of democratic legitimacy, are more powerful than many govern ments nowadays.
Et andet aspekt, som fortjener opmærksomhed, er en vis asymmetri i konkurrencelovgivningen, som indebærer en ekstraterritorial anvendelse for De Forenede Staters vedkommende, men ikke for Den Europæiske Union.
After the US Department of Justice and the Commission had jointly investigated the matter, with the cooperation of Microsoft, the latter undertook to introduce fairer sales practices in both the USA and European markets.
Jeg vil her ganske kort redegøre for hovedpunkterne i vor kritik af den foreliggende antitrustaftale.
However, in my view the most important question is the future status of this agreement.
En bilateral aftale mellem to økonomiske blokke er et forkert udgangspunkt.
The agreement makes provision for a review after two years with the aim of concluding a more ambitious agreement.
WTO ville have været den rigtige tilsynsmyndighed til at kontrollere monopoler eller monopolagtige aftaler — en chance, der desværre som så mange andre blev forpasset.
A bilateral agreement between two economic blocs is not the right approach; the WTO would be the appropriate supervisory body to monitor monopolies or monopolistic agreements — yet another opportunity lost.
De svageste har mest brug for beskyttelse.
And those who are weakest need most protection.
Ifølge UNCTAD's World Investment Report for 1994 er amerikanske, europæiske og japanske multinationale selskabers direkte investeringer i udviklingslandene næsten fordoblet i tidsrummet 1991 til 1993.
According to the 1994 UNCTAD world investment report, direct investment by American, European and Japanese multinationals in developing countries almost doubled between 1991 and 1993.
Kreissl-Dörfer om og koordinering af gennemførelse af lovgivningen, ved at skabe mulighed for møder mellem konkurrencemyndigheder ne i EU og USA hvert andet år og ved at skabe en struktur, hvor begge parter rutinemæssigt tager hensyn til den anden parts væsentlige interesser ved gennemførelsen af lovgivningen.
Kreissl-Dòrfler by encouraging cooperation and coordination of enforcement activities, by providing for bi-annual meetings between the competition authorities of the EU and the US and by setting out a structure under which the important interests of each party are routinely taken into account in the enforcement activities of the other party.
markederne i udviklingslandene og deres forbrugere, som det er at beskytte det europæiske og det amerikanske marked mod for megen koncentreret koncernmagt.
just as important to protect markets and consumers in developing countries as it is to protect the European and American markets from unduly powerful companies.
Det betyder, at USA og naturligvis også EF i stedet for at beskytte amerikanske koncerner også uden for USA's grænser ved hjælp af ekstra territoriale bestemmelser burde kontrollere deres egne koncerner med hensyn til deres adfærd i den tredje verden.
Which implies that instead of protecting US groups by means of extraterritoriality provisions applying outside the country, the United States — and of course the Community too — should examine the behaviour of its own companies in the third world.
En særlig fortrolighed som stipuleret i aftalens artikel 8 er ikke på sin plads i forbindelse med kartelprocedurer.
A special confidentiality clause, as contained in Article 8 of the agree ment, is out of place in anti-trust proceedings.
Store koncernes regnskaber skal ikke vogtes som statshemmeligheder.
The budgets of big businesses should not be guarded like state secrets.
I stedet skal der stilles krav om mere gennemskuelighed, dvs. at også forbrugerbeskyttelsesorganisationer skal involveres.
Rather, it is greater transparency which should be demanded, and that means involving consumer protection organizations.
Den foreliggende aftale nærmer sig desværre kun de nævnte mål millimeter for millimeter. Den er alt for tilbageholdende og for eksklusiv.
Unfortunately, this agreement hardly even begins to tackle such objectives; it is far too tentative and too exclusive.
Sagligt forkaster vi den derfor som helt utilstrækkelig, men måske er et første lillebitte skridt alligevel bedre end slet intet.
So we reject its content as totally inadequate, although perhaps one first tiny step is still better than none at all.
Derfor vil vi undlade at stemme.
We shall therefore be abstaining.
Næste gang vil jeg tale bayrisk.
Next time, I shall speak in Bavarian.
Jeg vil gerne understrege, at aftalen ikke på nogen måde udgør en undtagelse fra fællesskabsretten, og med hensyn til informationsudveksling i henhold til aftalen er Kommissionen og dens tjenestemænd underlagt de gældende regler vedrørende behandling af fortrolige oplysninger, som indsamles i forbindelse med håndhævelsen.
I should like to stress that the agreement does not in any way derogate from Community law and as regards the exchanges of information envisaged by the agreement, the Commission and its officials are bound by current rales on the confidentiality of information gathered during its enforcement activities.
Aftalen har været i kraft i godt og vel tre år.
The agreement has been in place for just over three years.
Den tvivl, som Domstolens behandling af sagen har skabt vedrørende konklusionerne, har imidlertid medført en vis tøven med hensyn til at anvende aftalen fuldt ud og bragen af aftalens revisionsklausul.
However, the doubt created by the Court challenge to its conclusions has led to a certain hesitation in fully applying it or in activating its review clause.
Ikke desto mindre har Kommissionen i løbet af denne periode modtaget 128 meddelelser fra De Forenede Staters myndigheder, og Kommissionen har sendt meddelelser til De Forenede Staters myndigheder i 103 tilfælde.
Nonetheless, during that time the Commission has received 128 notifications from the United States authorities and the Commission has sent notification to the United States authorities in 103 cases.
Størstedelen af meddelelserne fra begge parter vedrører fusioner og virksomhedsopkøb.
The major part of notifications on both sides relates to mergers and to acquisitions.
Flynn, medlem af Kommissionen. — (EN) Fru formand, aftalen mellem De Europæiske Fællesskaber og regeringen for Amerikas Forenede Stater om anerkendelsen af deres konkurrence lovgivning blev underskrevet på vegne af Kommissionen den 22. september 1991.
Flynn, Member of the Commission. — Madam President, the agreement between the European Communities and the Government of the United States of America on the application of their competition rules was signed on behalf of the Commission on 22 September 1991.
På daværende tidspunkt var Kommissionen af den opfattelse, at dette var en administrativ aftale vedrørende konkurrencelovgivning, et område, der falder inden for Kommissionens kompetence i henhold til EØF-Traktaten og Rådets forordning 17/62.
At that time the Commission considered that this was an administrative agreement dealing with competition rules, an area in which the Commission has competence under the EC Treaty and Council Regulation 17/62.
Nytten af en sådan systematisk udveksling af baggrundsoplysninger fremgik med al ønskelig tydelighed i Microsoft-sagen.
The usefulness of this kind of systematic exchange of basic information was amply demonstrated in the Microsoft case.
Alene det faktum, at vi var klar over, at De Forenede Staters myndigheder var i færd med at efterforske en sag, hvor vi også havde modtaget en klage, resulterede i et samarbejde mellem de kompetente myndigheder, med Microsoft's accept, af hidtil uset omfang, hvilket førte til en vellykket afslutning på sagen.
There the mere fact that we were aware that the United States authorities were investigating a matter in which we had also received a complaint resulted in cooperation between the competition authorities, with the consent of Microsoft, on an unprecedented scale, leading to an ultimately successful conclusion of the matter.
Man håber, at et lignende samarbejde kan finde sted fremover i forbindelse med lignende sager.
It is hoped that similar cooperation may take place in the future where appropriate cases arise.
Som vi ved skulle denne aftale i henhold Domstolens dom af 9. august 1994 have været indgået både af Rådet på vegne af Det Europæiske Fællesskab og af Kommissionen på vegne af Det Europæiske Kul- og Stålfællesskab.
As we now know, following the ruling of the Court of Justice of 9 August 1994, this agreement should have been concluded by the Council on behalf of the European Community as well as by the Commission on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community.
Domstolen annullerede ikke aftalen som sådan. I henhold til folkeretten og navnlig Wienerkonventionen forpligter et organ, som ikke utvetydigt er inkompetent til at undertegne en traktat, den stat, på hvis vegne den handler.
The Court did not in fact annul the agreement itself.
Kommissionens manglende kompetence var ikke tydelig for nogen af parterne ved aftalens undertegnelse, og derfor betragtes De Europæiske Fællesskaber som værende bundet af aftalen.
The Commission's lack of competence was not apparent to either of the parties to the agreement and so it is considered that the European Communities are bound by the agreement.
Der har også været regelmæssige møder mellem Kommissionen og De Forenede Staters konkurrencemyndigheder, hvor man har udvekslet synspunkter om fælles interesseområder, såsom internationale aspekter af konkurrencepolitik, udviklingen i Fællesskabet eller i USA eller specifikke sektorer, som er dybest involveret i den globale økonomi, som for eksempel telekommunikation og luft- og søtransport.
There have also been regular meetings between the Commission and the United States competition authorities to exchange views on areas of common interest, such as international aspects of competition policy, developments within the Community or the US or specific sectors which are most profoundly implicated in the global economy, for example telecommunications and air and sea transport.
Det er uundgåeligt, at der i en global økonomi opstår et ønske om samarbejde med konkurrencemyndighederne i andre lande for at sikre en retfærdig konkurrence uden forvridende elementer.
It is inevitable that in a global economy we should wish to cooperate with competition authorities in other countries to ensure that competition is fair and not distorted.
Omfanget af internationale erhvervsaktiviteter betyder, at flere og flere forskellige konkurrencemyndigheder anmodes om at efterforske sager, der vedrører tredjelandes væsentlige interesser, eller endda undersøge de samme forhold.
The scale of business dealings means that more and more separate competition authorities are called upon to investigate matters affecting the important interests of third countries or even to review the same set of facts.
Muligheden for at eliminere konflikter mellem konkurrencemyndigheder, før de opstår, og for at samarbejde om og koordinere vore kontrolaktiviteter bør føre til en mere harmonisk anvendelse af de pågældende regler.
The possibility of eliminating conflicts between competition authorities before they happen and of cooperating and coordinating our enforcement activities should lead to a more harmonious application of our respective rules.
Jeg vil gerne sige til hr. Pex, at han har helt ret, dette er et meget vigtigt emne, og det drejer sig om meget følsomme områder.
I should say to Mr Pex that he is quite right, this is a very significant matter and it deals with very sensitive business.
Jeg vil gerne forsikre ham om, at vi ikke videregiver oplysninger, som vi har indsamlet hos virksomhederne.
I should like to reassure him that we do not give information collected from companies.
Vi siger blot, at vi har indledt proceduren.
We just say we have initiated the procedure.
En anden ting er, at alt dette behandles i den årlige beretning til Europa-Parlamentet, hvori vi skitserer vores holdning med hensyn til aftalerne.
A second point is that all of this is dealt with in the annual report to the European Parliament, which outlines our position insofar as the agreements are concerned.
Kommissionen er af den opfattelse, at de nødvendige ændringer som følge af Rådets indgåelse af aftalen er af rent formel art og ikke ændrer tidligere indgåede forpligtelser.
The Commission considers that the changes necessitated by the conclusion of the agreement by the Council are purely formal in nature and do not affect the scope of the commit ments previously entered into.
På grund af de internationale forpligtelser, der står på spil, eksisterer der et vist pres for at ændre tiltrædelsesdokumentet vedrørende aftalen, ikke mindst fordi Kommissionen skal overholde artikel 176 i EØF-Traktaten og derfor har bedt Europa-Parlamentet behandle sagen hurtigst muligt.
Because of the international obligations which are at stake there is some pressure to remedy the act of conclusion of the agreement, not least because the Commission must comply with Article 176 of the EC Treaty, and hence it has required the European Parliament to give the matter urgent consideration.