Translation of "European Charter for the Mountain Regions " (English → French) :

welcomes the fact that, on 20 May 2010, a special parliamentary committee was set up to amend and complete the legislative framework concerning the process to decentralise and strengthen local self-government, with the specific remit of furthering measures to implement the constitutional principles of local self-government and the decentralisation of public services, in strict compliance with the European Charter of Local Self-Government; supports this committee's aim of conducting a comprehensive assessment of the legal framework covering all aspects of activity by local and ...[+++]regional authorities, which will enable decentralisation to be fully implemented, including at sectoral level, in the fields of education, health, social protection, the environment, law and order, etc.; expresses the hope that the reform measures to strengthen local self-government will be implemented in a timely fashion, so that all the implementation mechanisms can be operational by the time of the local general elections in the summer of 2011;

urges the Georgian government to amend its legislation in line with the European Charter of Local Self-Government and to revamp its regional system of government, so that it can serve as a basis for development.

Member States are the key decision-makers on language policy, including on regional and minority languages, for which the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority languages provides a comprehensive framework.

Calls for enhanced cooperation between the Council of Europe and the European Union in the field of promoting minority rights and protecting regional and minority languages; calls for the use of the legally binding conventions of the Council of Europe, such as the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regio ...[+++]nal or Minority Languages, and their well-functioning monitoring mechanism; urges consideration of the Convention's Advisory Committee's opinion on the measures taken by the reporting States and consideration of the reports of the Charter's Committee of Experts on the fulfilment of the States Parties' undertakings in the work of the EU institutions, and in particular during the accession process in respect of candidate countries;

Among the other international conventions protecting human rights and minorities, Croatia has ratified the European Convention on the Prevention of Torture, the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages but has to sign the 1996 European Social Charter.

The EU has recognised the importance of small enterprises with the adoption of the European Charter for Small Enterprises by the "General Affairs" Council in Lisbon on 13 June 2000, and the approval of this Charter at the European Council held in Feira on 19 and 20 June of the same year.