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Henderson, formand for Rådet. - (EN) Rådet erkender betydningen af stabile valutakurser for det indre markeds funktion.
Henderson, President-in-Office of the Council. - The Council recognizes the importance of exchange rate stability for the effective functioning of the Single Market.
Som det fremgår af de overordnede økonomiske retningslinjer for 1997, så skaber en sund makroøkonomisk politisk ledelse betingelserne for stabile valutakurser i EU.
As recognized by the 1997 broad economic guidelines, sound macroeconomic policy management creates the conditions for stable exchange rates within the Community. nity.
er dette et vigtigt område, hvor vi bør gøre en indsats.
If one wants to improve competitiveness generally within the European Union, which I would hope we all would want, this is an important area which we should tackle.
Jeg håber, at man med direktivforslaget vil gå langt for at for bedre klimaet for disse små virksomheder og fastlægge klare retningslinjer for de store virksomheder om at betale inden for en rimelig tidsfrist, når de indgår kontrakter med små virksomheder.
I hope that the draft directive will go a long way to improving the climate in which these small businesses operate and lay down clear guidelines to the larger sectors of the market that when they take on contracts with small businesses they should make the payments with in a reasonable period.
Hvis de gør det, og hvis dette direktiv hjælper dem dermed, så tror jeg, at det vil hjælpe meget på konkurrenceevnen ved det, at de små virksomheder får et skub.
If they do, and if this directive helps them to do that, that will go a long way to improving competitive ness by boosting the small company sector.
Medlemsstaterne bekræftede deres løfte om at følge en stabilitetsfremmende økonomisk politik på ØKOFIN-mødet den 1. maj.
Member States reaffirmed their commitment to pursue stability-oriented economic policies at the Ecofin meeting on 1 May.
Nicholson (I-EDN). - (EN) Hr. formand, jeg vil også gerne byde formanden for Rådet velkommen og takke ham for hans svar - skønt det var noget kortfattet.
Nicholson (I-EDN). - Mr President, I would also like to welcome the President-in-Office here today and thank him for his answer - brief though it was.
Hardstaff (PSE). - (EN) Jeg glæder mig over svaret fra formanden for Rådet på min kollegas spørgsmål, men jeg vil gerne tage spørgsmålet om risikokapital op.
Hardstaff (PSE). - I would like to welcome the Presi-dent-in-Office's response to my colleague's question but pick up the part about venture capital.
Det er et kæmpe problem for de små virksomheder.
This is a huge problem for small businesses.
I Den Europæiske Union taler vi meget om at støtte små og mellemstore virksomheder, men det er netop en sådan virksomhed, der i min valgkreds har haft store problemer med at få adgang til penge fra Den Europæiske Investeringsbank for at ud vide og skabe øget beskæftigelse i et område under mål nr. 5b.
The European Union says a great deal about its support for small and mediumsized enterprises, but it is exactly such a company in my con stituency that has been having great difficulty in access ing money from the European Investment Bank precisely to expand and provide additional jobs in an Objective 5b area.
Jeg vil gerne spørge formanden for Rådet, om han kan garantere, at det vil blive lettere for sådanne virksomheder at få adgang til sådanne midler.
I would ask the President-in-Office if he could give me some assurance that it will be made easier for such companies to access such funding.
Formanden. - Mange tak, fru Hardstaff.
President. - Thank you very much, Mrs Hardstaff.
Realiteten er naturligvis den, at forskellen mellem det britiske pund og det irske pund har været så stor som 22 %.
The reality of course is that the difference between the pound and the punt has been as great as 22 %.
Da Nordirland er den eneste del af Det Forenede Kongerige, der grænser op til et andet land i Den Europæiske Union, gør det en enorm forskel.
As North ern Ireland is the one part of the United Kingdom that has a land frontier with another European Union country, that difference is immense.
Det påvirker de detailhandlende og servicestationerne, og det forårsager arbejdsløshed i grænseområderne mellem Nordirland og Irland og er meget skadeligt for de erhvervsdrivende i netop dette område.
It is affecting retailers and petrol stations and is putting people out of jobs in the border areas between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and is causing very serious damage to traders in that par ticular area.
Hr. Henderson, som De kan se, så er denne spørgetid be gyndt godt, for der er ikke andet end lykønskninger.
Mr Henderson, as you can see, this Question Time is get ting off to a good start because everybody is congratulating each other.
Lad os håbe, at De i løbet af den time og 10 minutter, som vi har til rådighed, vil blive ved med at modtage så mange lykønskninger.
Let us hope you continue to receive just as many congratulations throughout the hour and ten minutes we have available.
Vil De besvare fru Hardstaffs spørgsmål?
Would you like to reply to Mrs Hardstaff s question?
Jeg vil specielt gerne vide, om formanden for Rådet eller hans regering eller Rådet vil overveje at iværksætte en un dersøgelse af virkningerne heraf.
I particularly wonder if the President-in-Office or his government or, indeed, the Council, would consider com missioning a study into the effects of this.
Vi nærmer os nu tidspunktet for indførelsen af den fælles valuta i de andre medlemsstater.
We are now ap proaching the time when the single currency will be introduced in the other Member States.
I betragtning af, at Det Forenede Kongerige ikke kommer til at deltage i den fælles valuta, og Irland gør, vil De så undersøge, hvilken skadelig betydning det kan få for de detailhandlende og alle virksomhederne i Nordirland, skønt det bliver forbundet med visse gætterier på nuværende tidspunkt?
Taking into account the fact that the United Kingdom is not going to be part of that single currency and the Republic of Ireland will be, will he undertake to have a look at the damaging effects this will have on retailers and all the businesses in North ern Ireland, even though it is a crystal ball gazing exercise at this stage?
Henderson. - (EN) Det ærede medlem rejser et vigtigt spørgsmål, som er meget vedkommende for folk i hans valgkreds.
Henderson. - The honourable Member raises an impor tant point which clearly is felt by his constituents.
Forskellene i valutakurserne mellem det irske og det britiske pund har altid haft en betydning i grænse området mellem Irland og Nordirland.
The ex change rate differences between the punt and the pound will have always had an effect on the border area between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
Jeg kan huske, at forholdet var lige modsat for ikke så længe siden.
I can remember not so long ago when the relationship was quite the reverse.
Jeg kan forsikre ham om, at ØKOFIN nøje overvåger ud viklingen i valutakurserne, nu hvor vi bevæger os ind i en tid med en fælles valuta, samt forholdet mellem den fælles valuta og de øvrige valutaer, som den påvirker.
I can reassure him that Ecofin is committed to monitoring the way in which exchange rate movements take place as we move into an era of the single currency and its relationship to the other currencies it affects.
Henderson. - (EN) Jeg takker min anden ærede ven for de supplerende bemærkninger - som, jeg synes, dækker et andet aspekt af spørgsmålet.
Henderson. -1 thank my other honourable friend for her further supplementary - which I think covers another as pect of this.
Det drejer sig om, at de små og mellemstore virksomheder med de startvanskeligheder, som hr. Harrison nævnte, har brug for en forsikring om eller en tro på, at de vil modtage betaling rettidigt.
It does raise the important point that, given the initial difficulties that small and mediumsized com panies have, which were highlighted by Mr Harrison, they have to have an assurance or a belief that they will be paid on time.
Hvis de ikke kan rejse kapital til finansiering af et bestemt projekt, der kan kræve ekstra investeringer, så vil de må ske ikke - uanset at de mener at kunne levere varen, og at de vil modtage betaling - være i stand til at fremskaffe de nødvendige kontanter til at foretage eksempelvis den lille ændring af deres udstyr, som skal til for at opfylde kontrakten.
If they cannot raise the capital to finance a particular project which might involve additional invest ment then, even if they thought that the contract would be deliverable, and even if they thought that they would get paid, they might not be able to put enough cash up front to be able to make perhaps a minor modification to their equipment, or whatever, in order to be able to fulfil the contract.
Derfor er det meget ønskværdig med enhver for anstaltning, der kan hjælpe en lille virksomhed med at ud nytte risikokapital, og jeg håber, at vi kan skubbe det så langt som muligt og gøre de nødvendige fremskridt for at give ekstra støtte til de små virksomheder overalt i Unionen. nen.
Therefore any measure which helps a small company to be able to tap into venture capital is a very de sirable measure, and I hope that we will be able to push this as far as we can, making the necessary progress to be able to give that additional support to the small company sector throughout the Union.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 3 af James Nicholson (H0390/98):
President. - Question No 3 by James Nicholson (H0390/98)
Jeg kan også sige - og det er ikke en sag for Rådet - at den britiske regering selv vil overvåge den økonomiske ud vikling mellem de lande, der er med i den fælles valuta, og Det Forenede Kongerige.
I can also say - and this is not a matter for the Council -that the British Government itself will be monitoring the way in which there are movements in the economic situ ation between single currency countries and the United Kingdom.
Det vil selvfølgelig også gælde for Irland samt den nordirske del af Det Forenede Kongerige.
That would obviously include the Republic of Ireland and the Northern Ireland part of the United Kingdom.
Det er en del af processen med at overvåge, i hvilket omfang der skabes konvergens.
That is part of the process of monitoring the degree to which any convergence takes place.
Henderson overbevist om, at den britiske regering vil forelægge re sultatet af denne analyse for ØKOFIN, hvilket vil hjælpe os med at finde et mønster, som Rådet skal overvåge.
But additionally, the United Kingdom Government will be conducting their own analysis. That analysis they will, I am confident, raise in Ecofin, which will help to build part of a pattern for the Council to monitor.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 4 af Felipe Camisón Asensio (H-0393/98): har bemærket, at de fleste luftfartsselskaber ikke overholder denne regel.
von Habsburg (PPE). - I should like to ask the President-in-Office whether at the conference, which as he said, is going to create such an agency, consideration will also be given to safety inside the aircraft.
Det er en af de væsentligste årsager til manglende sikkerhed i luftfartøjer i tilfælde af ulykker el ler problemer.
I fly a lot and have noticed that this is not respected by most airlines. It is one ofthe main factors of aircraft insecurity in the event of accidents or difficulties.
Agter han at træffe foranstaltninger for at sikre, at dette problem tages op i forhandlingerne og i for bindelse med forberedelsen af agenturet?
Does he intend to take steps to ensure that this particular problem is included in the negotiations and in the preparations for the agency?
Om: Oprettelse af et europæisk agentur for sikkerhed i den civile luftfart
Subject: Creation of a European agency for safety in civil aviation
Hvilke oplysninger har Rådet om eventuel oprettelse af et europæisk agentur med ansvar for sikkerhed i den civile luftfart?
What information can the Council provide on the possible creation of a European agency responsible for safety in civil aviation?
Henderson. - (EN) Det er i virkeligheden et spørgsmål til luftfartsselskaberne.
Henderson. - It really is a matter which should be for the airlines.
Jeg ved, at jeg har været en synder ved en lang række lejligheder: Jeg har forsøgt at tage for mange tasker med om bord, og nogle gange er jeg blevet bedt om at stille en taske ved trapperne, hvorefter den er blevet anbragt i lastrummet.
I know that I have been a sinner in that regard on a number of occasions: I have tried to take too many bags on and sometimes I have been told by the airline to leave the bag at the steps and it gets put in the hold.
Det er et af de områder, der skal høre ind under sikkerhedsagenturet.
This is one of the issues which could be covered by the Safety Agency.
Det er meningen, at det skal være ansvarligt for alle områder af luft fartssikkerhed - specielt flyvepladser og flyvelederkontrol - men det vil bestemt også skulle dække det foreslå ede område.
The intention is that it would be responsible for all areas of aviation safety - specifically aerodromes and air traffic control - but it would certainly also cover the area suggested.
Henderson, formand for Rådet. - (EN) I december 1996 udarbejdede Europa-Kommissionen en henstilling om en beslutning fra Rådet, der skulle give Kommissionen be myndigelse til at indlede forhandlinger om oprettelse af et europæisk agentur for luftfartssikkerhed.
Henderson, President-in-Office ofthe Council. - In De cember 1996 the European Commission made a recommendation for a Council decision authorizing the Com mission to start negotiations on establishing a European Aviation Safety Authority.
Rådet har aktivt overvejet spørgsmålet siden da.
Since then the Council has been actively considering the issue.
Rübig (PPE). - (DE) Hr. formand, jeg er selv ofte i luften som pilot, og jeg har lagt mærke til, at modsat det, man kunne forestille sig, især om Eurocontrol, opfylder grænsefladerne ofte ikke sikkerhedsstandarderne.
Rübig (PPE). - (DE) Mr President, as a pilot I myself am often in the air and it occurs to me that, contrary to what we may imagine, with Eurocontrol in particular, inter faces often do not meet safety standards.
Jeg mener, at vi på dette område har brug for nye standardiseringsforskrifter, som på grundlag af samme software og samme hardware udgør grundlaget for fælles europæiske konventioner. ventioner.
I believe we need new standards legislation in this area to form the basis for a single European agreement based on the same software and hardware platforms.
Rådets organer arbejder ud fra den formodning, at sikkerhedsagenturet bliver en international organisation, der primært bygger på systemet med fælles luftfartsmyndigheder.
Not too long ago I was in Moscow where we will be getting another system in the form of GLONASS.
Man har kontaktet interesserede parter i Europa, og de støtter en snarlig oprettelse af et sådant sikkerhedsagentur.
This heralds the start of a new era in navigation.
Rådet (transportministrene) forventes at overveje en beslutning om et forhandlingsmandat på sessionen i juni.
To what extent will this new agency's remit include setting safety stand ards for future projects?
For det andet får vi med GPS nye navigationsmuligheder.
The Council recognizes the need to achieve a high uniform level of aviation safety in Europe and therefore supports EASA's establishment.
Jeg var for ikke så længe siden i Moskva, hvor vi med GLONASS vil få et ekstra system.
Council bodies are carrying work forward on the assumption that the Safety Agency will take the form of an international organization based largely on the joint aviation authority system.
I hvor høj grad har dette nye agentur også til opgave at etablere nye sikkerhedsstandarder ved fremtidige projekter?
The Transport Council is expected to consider a decision on a negotiating mandate at its June session.
Henderson. - (EN) Det ærede medlem stiller et meget re levant spørgsmål.
Henderson. - The honourable Member has raised a very relevant point.
Jeg vil sandelig håbe, at sikkerhedsagenturet vil få kompetence til at se på effekten af ny teknologi inden for mange områder af luftfartssikkerhed, og at det vil få kapacitet til at anbefale afprøvning af ny teknologi og kræve overholdelse af højere sikkerhedsstandarder. darder.
I would certainly hope that the remit ofthe Safety Agency would cover responsibility for looking at the impact of new technology in many areas of aviation safety, and a capacity to make recommendations on the testing of new technology and on requiring higher safety standards to be met.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 5 af Alan Gillis (H0395/98):
President. - Question No 5 by Alan Gillis (H-0395/98) Subject: Money laundering
Den tvivl, vi måtte have, er ikke blevet fuldstændigt afklaret i Rådets indlæg.
Any doubts we might have had have not been completely resolved by the speech from the Council.
Vi spørger derfor Rådet, om det ikke tror, at der på Rådsniveau eller i det mindste hos et af Rådsmedlemmerne kunne opstå en eller anden van skelighed med hensyn til dette agenturs globale omfang, om det udelukkende vil blive et fællesskabsorgan, eller om det virkelig vil få en større bredde, f.eks. omfattende de Østeuropæiske lande. Betyder dette en vanskelighed, og hvordan ville Rådet løse den?
So we would ask whether the Council thinks any difficulty might arise, where the Council or any Member of the Council is con cerned, regarding the idea of this Agency being global, whether it is going to be an exclusively Community body, or is really going to be extended, for example to the east ern countries.
Hvilke foranstaltninger agter Rådet at træffe for som et led i EU's politik til bekæmpelse af narkotika at få den irske regering til at lukke de virksomheder, som er registreret i Irland uden at have hjemsted i landet, og som regeringen selv har indrømmet er involveret i aktiviteter med hvidvaskning af penge?
Henderson, President-in-Office of the Council. - A Council directive on prevention ofthe use ofthe financial system for the purpose of money laundering has been place since 1991.
No gen mener, at det skal gøres så omfattende som muligt, så man kan kontrollere, undersøge og indføre de bedst mulige sikkerhedsstandarder i dette store område.
The Commission has not so far submitted any proposal to change legislation on money laundering.
Der har i mange år været en regel om, at man kun kan tage ét styk håndbagage med om bord i et luftfartøj.
Henderson. - I thank the honourable Member for his supplementary.
Jeg flyver meget, og jeg
It is a very obvious point.
Henderson, formand for Rådet, r- (EN) Der har siden 1991 eksisteret et direktiv fra Rådet, der skal hindre, at det økonomiske system bruges til hvidvaskning af penge.
It is a matter that has to be subject to the consideration ofthe Council.
Kommissionen udarbejder regelmæssigt beretninger om implementeringen af dette direktiv og forelægger dem for Europa-Parlamentet og Rådet.
There is a view that it needs to be as wide as possible so that the highest safety standards can be monitored, scrutinized and agreed over that wide area.
Hvad angår det ærede medlems konkrete spørgsmål, så er det pågældende problem ikke blevet diskuteret i Rådets organer.
As for the specific question put by the honourable Mem ber, the problem to which it refers has not been discussed within the Council's bodies.
Det er nødvendigt, at kandidatlandene før en tiltrædelse også iværksætter energiske foranstaltninger mod hvidvaskning af penge.
Countries wishing to accede to the Union must take energetic measures to counter money laundering prior to accession.
Henderson. - (EN) Det ærede medlem har ganske ret, og der er og bør fortsat være en dialog mellem Unionen og de lande, der ønsker at blive medlem af Unionen, om hele spørgsmålet om bekæmpelse af denne handel med narkotika og det beslægtede problem med hvidvaskning af penge.
Henderson. - The honourable gentlemen is absolutely right that there is and should continue to be a dialogue be tween the Union and the countries that wish to accede to the Union on the whole question of combating this trade in drugs and the allied problem of money laundering.
Gillis (PPE). - (EN) Jeg vil gerne takke formanden for Rådet.
Gillis (PPE). -1 would like to thank the President-in-Office.
Jeg er meget skuffet over, at dette meget vigtige emne ikke findes længere oppe på dagsordenen.
I am very disappointed that this very important issue is not further up the agenda.
Man kan næsten tale om en skandale, når man tænker på de hundredtusindvis af EU-borgere - de fleste meget unge -hvis liv bliver fuldstændigt ødelagt af narkobaronerne, som tjener enorme formuer, ofte hjulpet af en mangelfuld virksomhedslovgivning.
One could almost call it an outrage, in fact, given the hundreds of thousands of EU citizens - most of them very young people - whose lives are being completely destroyed by the drug barons who make themselves vast fortunes, assisted very often by in adequate company legislation.
De fleste af disse unge dør meget tidligt.
Most of these young people go to a very early grave.
Her i Parlamentet har vi givet hele narkotikaspørgsmålet topprioritet.
We in Parliament have made the whole drugs issue a top priority.
I lyset heraf vil jeg gerne spørge formanden for Rådet: Synes De ikke, at De også bør prioritere hvidvaskning af penge samt bekæmpelse af og handel med narkotika, nu hvor grænserne næsten er afskaffet i Den Europæiske Union, og narkohandlerne har fri bevægelighed? hed?
In view of this, I should like to ask the President-in-Office: does he not think that he should also make money laundering and the fight to combat drugs and drug trafficking a top priority, bearing in mind that the Euro pean Union has almost no borders now and there is free movement for these traffickers?
Jeg håber, at jeg også kan berolige det ærede medlem ved at fremhæve det faktum, at disse ansøgerlande i forbindelse med udvælgelsesprocessen skal opfylde den gældende fællesskabsret.
I hope I can also reassure the honourable Member by highlighting the fact that as part of the screening process, there is a need for those countries which wish to accede to the Union to meet the Union's acquis.
Dette omfatter banksystemet, og et af de væsentlige elementer i banksystemet er overholdelse af bankbestemmelserne, ifølge hvilke indlånere af store pengebeløb skal kunne identificere, hvorfra pengene stammer.
That covers the banking system; and one of the elements of the banking system which is important in this is to follow banking regulations which, in very simple terms, require people to identify the source of large sums of money which they are depositing in the banking system.
Jeg ved ikke, om det allerede gælder for nogle af de lande, der ønsker at blive medlem af Unionen.
I do not know whether that applies already in some of the countries which wish to accede to the Union.
Det kan være tilfældet for nogle områder og nogle banker.
It may in some areas, it may in some banks.
Men det er noget af det, der bliver undersøgt på bankområdet, og det kan være en vigtig beskyttelse.
But, as a banking unit, that will form part of the screening in the banking area and can be an important protection.
Der er utvivlsomt en sammen hæng mellem salget af narkotika til narkotikamisbrug og hvidvaskning af indtægter fra salg af narkotika og under tiden fremskaffelse af midler til køb af narkotika.
Undoubtedly there is a link between the provision of drugs for drug abuse and money laundering from the profits of drugs and, indeed, some times securing the finances to purchase them in the first place.
Jeg vil gerne sige til ham, at han bør informere myndighederne, hvis han mener, at de aktuelle bestemmelser ikke overholdes. des.
I would say to him that if he believes that there is some way that current regulations are not being applied, he should draw this to the attention of the authorities.