Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, det er ganske vist rosværdigt, at Kommissionen, og især den dygtige kommissær, hr. Van Miert - som ikke er iblandt os, men til hvem jeg alligevel vil sige, at man bestemt ikke kan bebrejde ham, at han har mistet kontrollen med sin administration - overvåger den rette udnyttelse af traktaten for at undgå enhver konkurrenceforvridning på det indre marked.
Mr President, Commissioner, it is certainly laudable that the Commission, and above all the Commissioner responsible, Mr Van Miert - who is not with us today but to whom I should like to say that he for one clearly cannot be accused of having lost control of his administration - is seeking to ensure that the Treaty is properly applied in order to avoid any distortion of competition in the single market.