There should, says the Parliament, be a step by step approach, initially giving companies the choice of whether to apply the EU or national system, with an assessment then being made of whether to make the common base compulsory.
EP lielākās grupas līderis Hans-Gert POETTERING (PPE/DE, DE), pārmeta Lielbritānijai, ka ES prezidentvalsts lomā tās sniegums bijis nepietiekams. "