Traduction de «Half-barrier » (Anglais → Français) :

Throughout the last half century, trade barriers have been breaking down for products, but largely these barriers still stand for the consumers.

As recognised in the study ‘Current trends and approaches to media literacy in Europe’ carried out for the Commission in the second half of 2007 there are some barriers to development in the area of media literacy at European level.

13. Notes the results of the 2005 Commission Eurobarometer surveys on consumer attitudes to animal welfare, which indicate that European consumers are attaching increasing importance to the traceability and quality of food and other products, overwhelmingly stating that imported food products should be produced under animal welfare conditions at least as high as those applied in Europe, with over half of all European consumers willing to pay more for animal welfare-friendly food products; notes, however, that consumers feel that these products could be easier to identify and want clearer food labelling with regard to animal welfare standards, and therefore considers that information requirements, including mandatory labelling of products, ...[+++]should apply equally to those products produced within and outside the Community; urges the Commission, therefore, to press for inclusion of the IOE minimum standards in the WTO agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and technical barriers to trade (TBT);

51. Points out that half of the patients who take antiviral medicines in poor countries are using medication produced in India; calls on the EU to support India in further implementing its intellectual property laws in a manner that will avoid barriers to the production, marketing and export of essential medicines and, in so doing, create an environment that will continue to encourage and facilitate investment by the Indian generic manufacturing industry in providing affordable essential medicines for developing countries;

.46. Points out that half of the patients who take antiviral medicines in the poor countries are using medication produced in India; calls on the EU to support India in further implementing its intellectual property laws in a manner that will avoid barriers to the production, marketing and export of essential medicines and, in so doing, create an environment that will continue to encourage and facilitate investment by the Indian generic manufacturing industry in providing affordable essential medicines for developing countries;

The United Nations estimates that more than half a billion people are disabled as a result of mental, physical or sensory impairment and no matter which part of the world they are in, their lives are often limited by physical, technical or social barriers.