Translation of "Adverse Impact on Employment Opportunities " (English → French) :

adversely affect employment opportunities

14. Considers that imports of counterfeit goods from China not only pose a threat to the health and safety of EU consumers but also have an adverse impact on employment within the EU;

Although it is true that it is not up to the State to influence individual choices on whether or not to have children, States should have a duty to create the conditions to enable Europeans to have the number of children they want. One way to achieve this objective would be to create a favourable social, economic and educational framework to enable young Europeans to achieve their desire for a family at an earlier stage in life without this having an adverse impact on their opportunities for training or careers.

The Rapporteur takes therefore the view that the programme does not necessarily constitute a coherent strategy to provide a response to the new challenges, such as the Common Consolidated Company Tax Base (CCCTB), Home State Taxation, revision of the Invoicing Directive in 2008 or the most recent EU enlargements; whereas there is no doubt that threats, in particular quickly developing new tax fraud and illegitimate trade patterns distorting the functioning of the Internal Market, have their adverse impact on employment and undermine confidence in the Community’s fiscals systems.

In these cases the Commission normally weighs the benefits of the measure, in terms of its contribution to the international competitiveness of the EU industry concerned, against possible negative effects in the Community, such as the risks of relocation and any adverse impact on employment.