Text tabled : A7-0243/2010

  Mário David (PPE), in writing. – (PT) This legislative resolution concerns the exceptional trade measures for the territory of the Western Balkan region, as a way of fostering stability and promoting development. The key aim of these measures is to revitalise the Western Balkan economies through privileged access to the EU market. Given the current situation in this region, I believe that economic development is, objectively speaking, an essential factor in preserving peace and security, as well as the political stability of the region. I therefore support the extension of certain aspects of Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009, which will enable it to run until 2015, and will allow enough time to consolidate the entry into force of the Union’s bilateral agreements with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, as called for in the resolution.