Hr. formand, fru kommissær, kære kolleger, udgangssituationen for Parlamentets behandling af betænkningen var vanskelig, fordi Kommissionen havde udarbejdet sit forslag til den foreliggende forordning uden at afvente resultatet af forligsudvalgets arbejde med arbejdstidsdirektivet eller Rådets beslutning om digitale fartskrivere.
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the situation in which Parliament found itself when it was asked to draft this report was not a propitious one, because the Commission had drafted its proposal for this regulation without waiting for either the result of conciliation on the Working Time Directive or the Council decision on the digital tachograph.