Translation of "International Debt Collection Benchmarking " (English → French) :

Technical assistance continued in fraud investigation, debt collection, dispute resolution, transfer pricing and VAT, with a number of Member States and international organisations providing concrete support, such as Belgium and the IMF.

36. Expresses concern about the state of the Ukrainian economy and the overall financial situation of the country; takes note of the mild progress reported on the stabilisation of economic performance; commends the landmark debt-relief deal reached by Ukraine with its creditors in September 2015; recalls that the international community, in particular the EU, European-based international financial institutions, the IMF and individual country donors, have pledged an unprecedented amount of around EUR 20 ...[+++]billion; its disbursement needs to be strictly linked to tangible progress in reforms, benchmarks and timelines in implementation; deregulation and de-monopolisation of the economy must continue to be a priority, as well as further regulatory reforms, genuine privatisation, fiscal reforms, enhancing transparency and creating a favourable investment climate; welcomes the recently established Better Regulation Delivery Office, which is to serve this purpose; calls for the active involvement of the expert community in Ukraine as well as experts from the EU to contribute by providing independent expertise and by monitoring the process of the reform implementation;

30. Expresses regret over the loss of many lives in the Soma and Ermenek mine disasters; welcomes the ratification by Turkey of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention on safety and health in mines and calls for its swift implementation; stresses the importance of addressing the issues of occupational health and safety in all sectors and urges the Turkish authorities to make the monitoring of fatal workplace accidents more transparent; takes the view that trade union freedom, social dialogue and the involvement of social partners are vital to the development of a prosperous and pluralistic society, and underlines the im ...[+++]portance of further progress in the areas of social policy and employment, based on adequate and timely implementation of the conventions of the ILO; takes note of legislative shortcomings on labour and trade union rights; stresses that the right to organise, the right to enter into collective bargaining and the right to strike for private sector employees and civil servants will have to be aligned with the EU acquis and international standards; urges the Government of Turkey to prepare a roadmap to improve legislation and bring it into line with ILO standards; stresses the importance of Turkey meeting the opening benchmarks on social policy and employment; calls on the Commission to provide adequate technical assistance to Turkey in the field of labour reform and promote EU standards;

When we talk about improving the collection methods, we talk about basically raising the benchmark—saying that instead of collecting on 70% of the debt, we want to collect on 90% of the debt. My concern is that we are, in those circumstances, creating more of a problem, rather than less of a problem.