Translation of "Primary service " (English → French) :

48. Calls on the Commission to recognise alternatives to public procurement for the delivery of SGI, including SSGI, such as ‘in-house’ and ‘service concession’ methods, and explicitly accord equal legal value to all options for the contracting and financing of SSGI; calls for the expansion of the ‘in-house’ concept to include service providers who meet specific general interest criteria; calls furthermore for recognition of tried and tested Member State procedures based on the principle that all providers which are able to comply with the conditions laid down by law should be permitted to provide services, irrespective of their legal ...[+++]form, provided that account is taken of the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and transparency laid down in primary law;

4. Argues that social services of general interest make it possible to guarantee the exercise of the fundamental rights of EU citizens, as they concern primary services for everyday life; considers, therefore, that they need to be regarded as a specific sector responding mainly to the principles of solidarity, social inclusion, efficiency and financial sustainability; recognises the role of the private sector in this regard;

23. Welcomes the recognition of the need for universal access to affordable and high-quality social services as a fundamental right and as an essential element of the European Social Model as well as to support the maintenance of people in work and the principles set out in Recommendation 2008/867/EC; considers that such social services include stable, affordable housing, accessible public transport, basic vocational training, and healthcare provision as well as access to affordable energy and other network services; notes that progress must be made on guaranteeing universal service obligations in services of general interest; conside ...[+++]rs that the development of a plan of action to establish an EU framework directive on services of general interest to guarantee these obligations is necessary; notes that progress remains inadequate in reaching the Barcelona targets set for affordable, high-quality childcare provision, which should be strengthened to cover all children in primary education; also notes that the care needs for other dependants are also inadequately met and should be subject to a similar process;

23. Welcomes the recognition of the need for universal access to affordable and high-quality social services as a fundamental right and as an essential element of the European Social Model as well as to support the maintenance of people in work and the principles set out in Recommendation 2008/867/EC; considers that such social services include stable, affordable housing, accessible public transport, basic vocational training, and healthcare provision as well as access to affordable energy and other network services; notes that progress must be made on guaranteeing universal service obligations in services of general interest; conside ...[+++]rs that the development of a plan of action to establish an EU framework directive on services of general interest to guarantee these obligations is necessary; notes that progress remains inadequate in reaching the Barcelona targets set for affordable, high-quality childcare provision, which should be strengthened to cover all children in primary education; also notes that the care needs for other dependants are also inadequately met and should be subject to a similar process;

“20. Special services: services clearly distinct from the universal service, which meet particular customer requirements and which offer additional service features with added-value not offered by the standard postal service. Additional added-value service features are, for example, delivery on appointment, the option to effect a change of destination or addressee in course of transit or if delivery to the primary destination fails, tracking and tracing, guaranteed time of delivery, more than one attempt at delivery, delivery accordin ...[+++]g to the priority or sequence specified by the customer.

In Germany, by contrast, the daily fine is a primary penalty because this is the only way fines are calculated, [51] and in Belgium community service was recently introduced as a primary penalty (see below).