Mombaurs indlæg om udløbet af Kul- og ståltraktaten, protokollen til Nice-traktaten og den juridiske usikkerhed, den nu er omgærdet af, vil jeg gerne bede ordføreren kommentere følgende: Er han for, at ansvaret overdrages til vores egne juridiske tjenestegrene, sådan som Kommissionen tilsyneladende har tænkt sig?
Mr President, in view of the Commission's response to the debate last night and, in particular, to my colleague Mr Mombaur's point on the expiry of the Coal and Steel Treaty, the protocol attached to the Treaty of Nice and the legal uncertainty now surrounding that, I would ask the rapporteur to comment on this point. Would he be in favour of referring it to our own legal services as the Commission is apparently about to do?