Translation of "Lag " (English → French) :

74. Notes in recommendation 2 that members of the LAG should "be absent from any discussion, assessment or decision" where they have any "personal, political, professional or business interest in a project proposal"; notes, in addition, that the Financial Regulation prohibits actions that may result in a conflict of interest; invites the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Financial Regulation is fully applied by members of LAG's project assessment and decision making committees; agrees that a written declaration of interest should always be made where relevant and that declarations of interest should be published in t ...[+++]he minutes of the meeting;

72. Notes in recommendation 2 that members of the local action groups (LAGs) should ‘be absent from any discussion, assessment or decision’ where they have any ‘personal, political, professional or business interest in a project proposal’; notes, in addition, that the Financial Regulation prohibits actions that may result in a conflict of interest; invites the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Financial Regulation is fully applied by members of the LAG's project assessment and decision making committees; agrees that a written declaration of interest should always be made where relevant and that declarations of intere ...[+++]st should be published in the minutes of the meeting;

19. Stresses the importance, in the interests of eliminating disparities, of continuing to provide support primarily for projects aimed at regions that are lagging behind, so that the impact expected in this programming period can be maintained and will be in line with initial estimates; notes that improving accessibility and infrastructural facilities will help to make those regions which lag behind in the internal market more competitive, and will thus contribute to the external competitiveness of the EU as a whole; takes the view that withdrawing this support would reduce the impact of the positive initial results;

The other problem is regulatory lag, which means that there is always a time lag in regulation.

Productivity to come from deployment of ICT is actually going to be increasing, so this is a pretty bad time for Canada to be lagging, because our productivity gap, our prosperity gap, and our prosperity potential are going to lag even more if we don't solve the problem.

In terms of productivity, Canada is lagging other countries in employer-sponsored training. We're lagging behind the U.S., we're lagging behind the U.K., and yes, we're lagging behind Japan.