I am thinking particularly of the proposal for a European company statute.

Many businesses want to be able to set up European company statutes.

We should be happy about what it does do, which is to enable a European company statute to come into force after 30 long years.

A typical example is that the issue of the European company statute has again reached stalemate.

Then at the end of last year we had another major and long-awaited achievement: the European company statute.

"There is no possibility to consolidate taxes under the European company statute," he said.

We have already made important progress in the evaluation of employees' rights in the European company statute.

We are having to fight as regards the directive on the European Company statute.

I also want to ask again for attention be paid to the European company statute. It has been dropped again.

We still await an agreement on the European Company Statute.

We need a European Company Statute with the full participation of the workforce.

It has been known for a long time that a European company statute would considerably increase transfrontier activity and substantially reduce legal costs.

On the other hand, there are also people who would like to see a European company statute, and who want takeover bids to be regulated.

If the negotiations follow the pattern of development of the European company statute, for instance, it will be decades before we have a settled position.

It is important, however, not to repeat the mistakes made when drawing up the European Company Statute.

I speak as rapporteur on a European company statute and in particular the directive on involvement of workers.

The European Company Statute represents a step in this direction, albeit a limited one.

Experience with the European company statute has shown that creating a new European corporate form can be a very long and complex process.

Several companies have already transferred their registered office using the possibilities offered by the European Company Statute.

In this context the Ciampi Group also mentions the European company statute.

Furthermore, a solution involving establishing a common consolidated corporate tax base would render the European company statute more useful and effective.

We find the mechanism which calls for compulsory reference rules an unacceptable element of this otherwise voluntary approach to a European company statute.

The Finnish Presidency' s strategy was for there to be a discussion on the issue of the European company statute.

A European company statute.

It is our belief that it would be more effective to advance the status of the European Companies Statute.