Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, kære kolleger, gennemførelsen af et reelt indre marked for tjenester vil fremme innovationen for de små og mellemstore virksomheder endnu mere - hvilket allerede er blevet understreget i debatten - forbedre det europæiske erhvervslivs internationale konkurrenceevne samt give flere fordele til forbrugere, som tilbydes en lang række konkurrerende tjenester af høj kvalitet.
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the attainment of a real internal market for services will afford the small and medium-sized enterprises added incentive for innovation - as was already underlined in the debate, in fact. It will also improve the competitiveness of European industry and will provide more benefits to the consumers who will be offered a whole series of high-quality competitive services.