This was confirmed by the fact that when the Commission submitted to the "Competitiveness" Council of 29 November 2005 its proposal for withdrawal of the draft European statutes specific to mutuals and to associations, only two Member States (France and Belgium) expressed an interest in maintaining them on the table. ###>It is to be mentioned however, that this withdrawal does not prejudge any initiative of the Commission to submit, if there is such a need, a new legislative proposal in this area.