Harbour contribution in JURI 20030616

[Erik Josefson <erikjosefsson@telia.com>]

Beginning of transcript of Malcolm Harbours first contribution to the 
discussion in JURI 20030616. Clompletion welcome. 

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JURI 20030616 - First contribution by Malcolm Harbour

Thank you Chairman.

On behalf of our group, can I just say on behalf our shadow rapporteur 
Juergen Wurmerling, first of all, to thank Arlene McCarthy for moving the 
debate onwards and that we will be supporting her package of compromise 
amendments, and indeed subject to a primal review of the list that we will 
basically be supporting her voting recommendations.

Now, why are we doing that? Well because, and I wont repeat what I have said 
previously, but, we think that she has clearly been focusing on what the 
objectives of this directive are all about. And that, and I think that is 
worth reminding ourselves about this colleagues, 
this is to establish within the European Union a different regime from the 
one that is prevailing in the United States, and also as I understand 
regrettably in Japan, though that is something which I think we should try 
and encourage them not necessarily to move in the same direction as the 
United States.

And I think from all the lobbying and the many emails that many colleagues 
have dealt with, I think there is now emerging a general view, that doing 
nothing is not an option. That this is the right way to move forward. 
Equally, I think from the way that this is drafted and indeed from the 
additional recitals that Arlene I think has rightly put in, that it is quite 
clear that we cant be absolutely sure that we got this right, therefore the 
review and examination clauses are extremely important. This is an entirely 
new field. And whenever we have to deal in this Parliament, between issues 
where we have a crossover between technology and legislation, there are 
always going to be difficulties.

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feel free to continue

//Erik