Translation of "Grey paper " (English → French) :

Description: 22 × 10,5 cm, grey, thick but simple paper.

Description: 15 × 10,5 cm grey, thick but simple paper.

On more specific issues, such as harmonisation of withdrawal rights across the acquis, the definition of delivery of goods or the drawing up of a combined grey and black list of unfair contract terms at EU level, the majority of respondents to the Green Paper have expressed views which are largely in line with the report to be voted on today.

9. Is of the opinion that the Commission's main proposal of quickly drafting changes (addenda) to Country Strategy Papers (CSPs) once a crisis erupts, in order to lay down a framework for rapid and coherent action, can make a valuable contribution to solving the problem of the grey zone, but feels it is imperative that CSPs for countries in areas of risk should, at the outset, already contain criteria, methodologies and content for emergency action;

9. Is of the opinion that the Commission’s main proposal of quickly drafting changes (addenda) to Country Strategy Papers (CSPs) once a crisis erupts, in order to lay down a framework for rapid and coherent action, can make a valuable contribution to solving the problem of the grey zone, but feels it is imperative that CSPs for countries in areas of risk should, at the outset, already contain criteria, methodologies and content for emergency action;

Blak list”: maintain a central database, in line with best practice in international organisations such as the World Bank, containing the names of companies and individuals found to have defrauded the Union budget so as to avoid contracts being granted by different departments to the same companies or individuals; asks that details of convicted defrauders are published on the Commission website; regrets that an early warning system, the so called grey list, is poorly understood and is not strictly enforced throughout the Commission; points out that no preferential treatment should be given to organisations with direct links to persons ...[+++] working or having worked in European institutions; asks that both the Blak and grey lists be cross-referenced to the central register of invoices foreseen in April 2001 under Action 11 of the White paper on Reform (COM(2000) 200 ) and to the central contracts database foreseen in June 2001 under Action 74 of the White paper on Reform; asks the Commission to put forward proposals to amend the Council Regulation (EC) No 1469/95 of 22 June 1995 on measures to be taken with regard to certain beneficiaries of operations financed by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF in order to list companies under suspicion of wrongdoing or fraud; asks the Commission to ensure that all external contractors indicate whether they have worked in European institutions; reserves the right to make enquiries concerning individual contracts; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a legal base enabling the Commission to add the names of companies and individuals to the Blak list;