Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteur for producing this report.

Madam President, I thank the rapporteur for producing this own-initiative report, allowing us to debate what is an important initiative.

- Mr President,I too would like to thank the rapporteur for producing an excellent report.

I would like to thank the rapporteur for raising this issue and for producing the report.

Thank you to Frédérique Ries, the rapporteur, for producing this report.

(RO) I would like to thank all the rapporteurs for producing the regional development package.

Mr President, let me begin by thanking the rapporteur for producing such a fine and eloquent text.

Madam President, I would like to thank the rapporteur for producing this report because it is a very important one.

I should like to thank the rapporteur for producing a very good piece of work on a matter which is technically quite complicated.

A big thank you to all your team for producing such a fine programme.