"prestatario" in English

All European consumers must be able to freely choose their service provider.

We have to establish that the best deliverer gets the contract.

In a letter, I reminded Commissioner Almunia of the long-lasting investigation into the German postal provider.

You want to extend the principle of mutual recognition and the application of the law of the supplier’s country of origin across the board.

Therefore, above all, we must see what it is that makes the man in the street opposed to the internal market and how we can link its future with the vision of Europe.

Another example is the case of Spain, where the 1998 finance law this time authorises the Minister for Home Affairs to act as a certification service provider.

Amendments Nos 6, 8, 9 and 11, which propose the separation of the operators of infrastructures from the providers of services, clarify the text enormously.

We rejected the idea of the Commission acting as arbitrator in disputes about the creation of cross-border airspace blocks and the introduction of sanctions for service providers.

We also agree with the rapporteur about asking for more attention to be paid to small and medium-sized undertakings and, of course, about refusing to use outside service providers.

To replace the word " producer " with " supplier ", as proposed in Amendment No 11, would create more confusion than clarity, as there is no definition of supplier in the directive.