Traduction de «Region interest » (Anglais → Français) :

Summary code: Competition / Rules applicable to state aid / Services of general economic interest Consumers / Consumers – general rules / Services of general interest Employment and social policy / Social protection / Modernising social protection / Services of general interest Internal market / Single market for services / Financial services: banking / Services of general interest Regional policy / Management of regional policy / Thematic approach / Services of general interest

The role assigned to services of general interest and the special rights which may attach to them stem from general interest considerations such as security of supply, environmental protection, economic and social solidarity, regional planning and the promotion of consumer interests.

According to Article 4(1)(a) of the Regulation on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes [55], a Member State, following consultations with the other Member States concerned and after having informed the Commission and air carriers operating on the route, may impose a public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services to an airport serving a peripheral or development region in its territory or on a thin route to any regional airport in its territory, any such route being considered vital for the economic development of the region in which the airport is located, to the extent necessary to ensure on th ...[+++]at route the adequate provision of scheduled air services satisfying fixed standards of continuity, regularity, capacity and pricing, which standards air carriers would not assume if they were solely considering their commercial interest.

It will comprise in particular: a) an increased effort to provide information about ECSC conversion loans and the possibilities for assistance, particularly in those regions which have not made sufficient use of these loans until now; ./. - 2 - b) greater responsibility will be given to the regional partnership (Monitoring Committees of the Community Support Frameworks) to monitor and coordinate these loans with the regional development priorities in the CSF; c) ECSC financial support in the form of interest-rate subsidies on these ...[+++]loans will be programmed until end of 1993; this programming consists of a regional indicative allocation in the operational budget of the ECSC of the appropriations envisaged in this connection; d) greater geographical concentration of aid in the form of interest- rate subsidies will be sought during 1992, in cooperation with the Member States, giving priority to the regions eligible for ERDF assistance, i.e. those having the greatest difficulties with the conversion of ECSC industries; e) the conversion loans will also be concentrated on the sectors given priority in the Community support frameworks; f) in exceptional cases justified by the socio-economic situation of a region, an additional interest-rate subsidy can be granted by the ECSC or the European Regional Development Fund.

Prof. Beaujot provided the Committee with a discussion of the demographic dimension of regionalism, noting that demographers frequently employ a distinction between Coastal and Prairie regions (1:66-69) Demographers also view the North as a region on its own, and increased representation for such a region would, in practice, strengthen the representation of aboriginal peoples (1:84) He also noted that a mountain region (British Columbia and Alberta) could be justified(1:79), and pointed out that the differences between rural and urban interests are in some ways m ...[+++]ore pronounced than those of the traditional geographic regions and, in response to a question, agreed that communities of interest that are not geographically based could also usefully be represented in the Senate (1:75)

Gerald Baier, Canadian Bicentennial Visiting Professor, MacMillan Centre for International and Area Studies, Yale University, argued that the Senate has contributed to the quiet accommodation of regional interests by means of deliberative activity that also involves the representation of the national interest, and praised the motion as “. a step in the right direction” (3:35 and brief p. 6) Prof. Heard also affirmed the value of a regional basis for representation, arguing that the proliferation of regions could culminate in every pro ...[+++]vince being a region and representation by population on a provincial basis, which is what is achieved in the House of Commons (3:50)