Translation of "Regional planning principles " (English → French) :

3. Recalls that urban transport is subject to the subsidiarity principle, but nevertheless stresses that local authorities often cannot meet these challenges without European cooperation and coordination, so that the Commission must provide studies and a legal framework, finance research, and promote and disseminate best practice on the principle that it should be available to everyone in all EU languages; asks the Commission to publish a compendium of binding European regulatory provisions in this area and offer regions and cities a common ...[+++] frame of reference to make it easier for them to make choices as regards the planning and implementation of development strategy;

What is wrong with the second principle: the plan must ensure that no region or jurisdiction shall be asked to bear an unreasonable share of the burden, and no industry, sector or region shall be treated unfairly, and that the cost and impact on individuals, businesses and industries must be clear, reasonable, achievable and economically sustainable?

Wanting to go beyond declarations, the Ministers strongly urge all the parties concerned to resume immediately, without any prerequisites or conditions, negotiations with a view to applying the recommendations contained in the MITCHELL Report and the TENET Plan and to satisfying the legitimate rights and expectations of the peoples of the region for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, which must be achieved on the basis of a faithful application of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, of the ...[+++]principles of the Madrid Conference - including the principle of land for peace and of the agreements concluded in Oslo and thereafter, agreements which had previously made it possible to register tangible results on the ground and substantial progress in the earlier negotiations.

5. Points out that regional development plans, although submitted to the Commission by national governments, are drawn up precisely to reflect the needs and priorities of individual regions, but that the verification of public expenditure commitments is only required on a national level, thus enabling Member States to reallocate funds internally yet still formally comply with the additionality principle;

You said “we are absolutely committed to reviving and rebuilding Canadian Airlines” and that the “Air Canada plan meets and.exceeds the five principles outlined.by the Minister” in terms of “choice”, “frequent flyer points”.You said “Our plan guarantees regional service to all communities that are.served by either of the two major airlines” and that “Our plan fosters industry competition”.

Particular consideration, however, will be given to operations that promote the following: (a) conservation of primary tropical forests and their biodiversity and renewal of tropical forests which have been damaged, supported by analysis of the underlying causes of deforestation and taking into account differences between countries and regions and measures to address them; (b) sustainable management of forests designated for the production of timber and other products, but excluding commercial logging operations in primary tropical forests, except those which are community-based, on a small scale, sustainable, environmentally sound and ...[+++]implementing sustainable forest management; (c) the definition and development of certification systems, combined with independent assessment systems, for timber produced from tropical forests according to sustainable forest management principles as part of internationally harmonized certification systems envisaged for all kinds of timber and timber products; (d) provision of prior information to forest peoples, followed by their support for the identification, planning and implementation of actions; (e) capacity-building to address the needs for training schemes for local populations, forest managers and researchers, for legislation, for increased political and social support and institutional strengthening and for organizations and associations active in forest conservation; (f) a strategic and adapted research policy aimed at supplying the knowledge required for the conservation and sustainable management of forests and also for the implementation of research monitoring activities in the framework of projects and programmes; (g) development of buffer zones to assist the conservation or regeneration of tropical forests, as part of a broader land utilization plan; (h) development and implementation of forest management plans aimed at conserving tropical forests and promoting sustainable exploitation of timber and other forest ...