Translation of "Peg for measuring chain " (English → French) :

Notes that, in adopting measures to counter UTPs within the food supply chain, due account must be taken of the specific features of each market and the legal requirements that apply to it, the different situations and approaches in individual Member States, the degree of consolidation or fragmentation of individual markets, and other significant factors, while also capitalising on measures already taken in some Member States that are proving to be effective; takes the view that any proposed regulatory efforts in this area should ensure that there is rel ...[+++]atively broad discretion to tailor the measures to be taken to the specific features of each market, in order to avoid adopting a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach, and should be based on the general principle of improving enforcement by involving the relevant public bodies alongside the concept of private enforcement, thus also contributing to improving the fragmented and low level of cooperation that exists within different national enforcement bodies and to addressing cross-border challenges regarding UTPs.

14. Calls for the new CAP to include specific support measures for better and more efficient resource management and for sustainable practices which reduce input use and costs and improve farmers' ability to adapt to price volatility, including measures to support short input and food chains;

Skills, education and professional training 33.Regrets that the SBA does not pay enough attention to social and labour market issues that affect entrepreneurship and SMEs' capacities to fulfil their employment potential and recruit labour force with the appropriate skills; 34.Recognises that growth and innovation are largely driven by entrepreneurial SMEs; emphasises that more attention should be devoted to fostering the development of an entrepreneurial mindset at all levels of education and training, employing innovative methods such as real mini-companies in secondary education; emphasises the importance of supporting the developme ...[+++]nt of the managerial and digital skills that small businesses require to be successful in the current market environment; 35.Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and promote initiatives supporting better identification and forecasting of SMEs' skill needs, in particular to enable them to operate in a more sustainable way, and to develop strategies for entrepreneurship education and professional training based on best practice from Member States; 36.Calls on the Commission to put the ´ Erasmus programmes for young entrepreneurs´ programme on a permanent footing with a sufficient budget, based on the very encouraging results of the preparatory action even though it is still running on a limited scale; Resource efficiency 37.Welcomes the recognition by the Commission that SMEs have a key role to play in the transition to a resource-efficient economy; believes that meeting resource-efficiency objectives requires a value-chain approach; therefore, calls on the Commission for the establishment of sectoral SMEs coordinated projects and activities aiming at identifying potential resource-efficient innovations within the value and supply chains; 38.Welcomes the Commission proposal to adopt an Eco-innovation Action Plan; calls for ambitious measures supporting SMEs in introducing eco-innovative solutions at all stage ...

The proposals furthermore do not include measures against practices which impose low farm gate prices through high volume requirements, "minus-margins" (exclusive prices for one buyer) ; measures which fix maximum listing fees and measures against threats of delisting; measures against foreclosure of supplies, undue fees for packaging, marketing fees, after-sale rebates and retro-active payments; measures against undue delay in payments, as practiced in almost all retailer chain ...[+++]s and against extra contribution to marketing costs fees to cover expenses for market failures; or measures to improve know-how of producers and consumers on price building across the food chain and measures to control concentration of bundlers and buying desks at European level.

26. Underlines that, for candidate countries, some forms of "hard peg" to the euro, such as currency board arrangements, absolutely presuppose a domestic political consensus on this type of measure and a very strong and lasting discipline in every other respect of economic policy including fiscal policy, as well as a total commitment to take the necessary structural measures to bring the country up to euro area standards; cites Argentina as an example of a currency board, apparently working w ...[+++]ell, leading to a relaxation of economic policies and leading in turn to an economic and social disaster;

26. Underlines that some forms of "hard peg" to the Euro for applicant countries, like currency board arrangements, absolutely presuppose a domestic political consensus on this type of measure and a very strong and lasting discipline in every other aspect of economic policy including fiscal policy, as well as a total commitment to take the necessary structural measures to bring the country up to Euro area standards, quotes Argentina as an example of a currency board apparently working well lea ...[+++]ding to a relaxation of economic policies leading in turn to an economic and social disaster;