Traduction de «Centre for Suppliers Promotion » (Anglais → Français) :

2. Recalls the EU's renewed commitments to promoting SMEs' internationalisation and competitiveness; recognises the need to increase the efficiency of existing tools in that area and takes the view that EU SME Centres should be expanded to cover new priority markets; supports the funding of business fairs for SMEs to help them overcome the barrier of establishing the first business contacts and partners, such as clients, intermediaries or suppliers in third ...[+++]markets and initialize or increase their presence there;

10. Acknowledges that, given that eight staff members with higher points were not promoted whereas some other staff in the same grade were promoted, Article 45 of its Staff Regulations was not respected, as additional discretionary elements were actually incorporated into the final decision to award promotion; notes the Centre's statement according to which the Internal Audit Service (IAS) acknowledged that the decisions on career and promotion of officials and of temporary staff adopted by the Management Board on 7 February 2008 wer ...[+++]e subject to interpretation and that following the final IAS assessment on ‘Implementation of the staff promotion’, issued in September 2010, the Centre adapted its interpretation to the one of the IAS while the additional criteria which were previously used for promotion were abandoned;

They should also contribute to the in-depth development of the diversity of the European defence-related supplier base, in particular by supporting the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and non-traditional suppliers in the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, fostering industrial cooperation and promoting efficient and responsive lower tier suppliers.

4b. Where a specific product sector group has established a Hazard and Classification Centre, which brings together expertise in the evaluation of information, test data, weight of evidence determinations, and bridging principles, any supplier within the product sector may rely on an evaluation from that centre for the establish ...[+++]ment of the hazards associated with, and the corresponding classification of, the mixture.

-Trials (for SME users and suppliers) to promote the adaptation and introduction of leading-edge technology (promising but not yet fully established) in industrial/service applications and its joint evaluation by suppliers and users,

( 6 ) WHEREAS SUCH AGREEMENTS ALSO FACILITATE THE PROMOTION OF THE SALES OF A PRODUCT AND LEAD TO INTENSIVE MARKETING BECAUSE THE SUPPLIER , IN CONSIDERATION FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PURCHASING OBLIGATION , IS AS A RULE UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK , THE QUALITY OF THE PROMOTIONAL EFFORT OR THE SALES SUCCESS ; WHEREAS , AT THE SAME TIME , THEY STIMULATE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE PRODUCTS OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS ; WHEREAS THE APPOINTMENT OF SEVERAL RESELLERS , WHO ARE BOUND TO PURCHASE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND WHO TAKE OVER SALES PROMOTION , CUSTOMER SERVICES AND CARRYING OF STOCK , IS OFTEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY , AND SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY , FOR THE MANUFACTURER ...[+++] TO PENETRATE A MARKET AND COMPETE WITH OTHER MANUFACTURERS ALREADY PRESENT ; WHEREAS THIS IS PARTICULARLY SO IN THE CASE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED UNDERTAKINGS ; WHEREAS IT MUST BE LEFT TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO DECIDE WHETHER AND TO WHAT EXTENT THEY CONSIDER IT DESIRABLE TO INCORPORATE IN THEIR AGREEMENTS TERMS CONCERNING THE PROMOTION OF SALES ;