Translation of "Group reference pilot " (English → French) :

3. If the pilot trials referred to in Article 4ba prove successful, possible proposals on offsetting shall include mechanisms whereby ship operators or groups of ship operators operating vessels which fall under Article 4aa using abatement technologies shall be able to offset SOx emissions from modified ships against non-modified ships.

WHEREAS THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( A ) 2 AND ( B ) TO ( G ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 804/68 SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS , EACH GROUP BEING COMPOSED OF PRODUCTS WITH SUFFICIENTLY COMPARABLE CHARACTERISTICS FOR TRADE PURPOSES ; WHEREAS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT FOR EACH GROUP SHOULD BE DESCRIBED AS THE PILOT PRODUCT ;

This should take place in a flexible manner and be tailored to the given situation in the country; 9. having discussed these issues and bearing in mind the complementarity referred to in Article 130u of the Treaty, the Council: - has decided to continue and consolidate the experiment in the six pilot countries, by: = developing dialogue with local authorities, = concertation on individual countries' strategy documents and improved information, particularly through exchange of such documents, = increasing sectoral concertation, in particular in the priority sectors set out in the framework of the "Horizon 2000" declaration, = where appro ...[+++]priate, Community concertation prior to meetings with the other multilateral fund providers, particularly before meetings of the World Bank Consultative Group; and - to improve information exchange in other developing countries, in the light of experience acquired and the procedures already established in the pilot scheme countries; 10. calls on each of its members and the Commission to take the necessary measures to overcome the difficulties encountered and identified in the Commission's report; 11. takes note of the current informal talks between the Directors- General for Development of the Member States and of the Commission, on the subject of coordination; 12. has decided to reinforce coordination in cooperation policies upstream, and in particular to improve information exchange and concertation during the stages of programming of Community aid and aid from the Member States; 13. will explore the possibilities for progress in coordination on the environment; 14. requests the Commission to draw up proposals to ensure active involvement of the beneficiary countries in the coordination process; 15. agrees to analyze the situation again at its meeting in the first half of 1997, and requests the Commission to carry out a further survey with that in mind".

THE GROUPS OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 14 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 804/68 AND THE PILOT PRODUCT FOR EACH GROUP ARE DETERMINED IN ANNEX I .

I am referring of course to a group called the Association des gens de l'air du Québec, which was created in 1976, following a battle that begun in 1975, to allow a francophone pilot, in his cockpit, to speak French with an air traffic controller in an airport control tower or in an air traffic control centre.

The pilot products and product groups referred to in the third subparagraph are those set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 823/68 1.