A future 14th Directive must not provide an escape route from strong participation systems.

Such authoritative directives provide the subjects with reasons which they did not have before.

This directive provides us with an additional opportunity to seize the big players.

This directive would also provide methods of preventing potential abuse.

I believe that the new directive will provide a coherent and uniform set of rules for patients all over Europe.

The Directive, however, provides for categorisation according to traditional systems.

I fully support the fact that this directive provides a precise framework.

No doubt there are, but the directive provides a further degree of synergy.

It remains our view that the final directive should provide greater safeguards for patients.

We need a directive and your draft provides a good working basis, as you reiterated this morning.