Translation of "apply on-line safety guidelines " (English → French) :

Notes that energy reporting obligations as part of a framework are essential to evaluate the progress and implementation of existing energy efficiency legislation; regrets, however, the excessive energy reporting obligations imposed, also by gold-plating by Member States, on businesses, energy producers, consumers and public authorities, which limit the potential for growth and innovation; stresses that reporting duties should wherever possible be simplified in order to reduce administrative burdens and costs; criticises the fact that data obtained in reporting are often not comparable across the EU due to different breakdowns, methodologies and standards; calls on the Commission to reduce, including through digital solutions, the admin ...[+++]istrative burden related to reporting obligations and to establish more guidelines on data comparability for better data evaluation; calls for aligning energy demand projections in line with cost-effective saving potential in key sectors, and believes that cutting red tape will speed up the implementation of energy efficiency measures; notes that applying the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle requires reviewing energy planning and reporting and improving policy coherence in order to ensure their mutual reinforcement, recognising that saving energy is Europe’s first and most secure source of energy; notes that energy efficiency can be the best energy ‘source’ investment, improving affordability of energy, driving down the need for additional and costly supply-side infrastructure and helping tackle climate change.

On the basis of Germany's explanations, the Commission concluded in its decision in case SA.38632 (2014/N) that the transitional rules in the EEG-Act 2014 allowing the use of GVA data at factor costs based on the last business year or the last two business years, as well as the use of real electricity costs of the last business year, were in line with the 2014 Guidelines, and in particular with point 195 (recitals 311 to 314 of that Decision). This was because that data, that is to say the GVA at factor costs based on the last year and the real electricity costs of the last year, would be applied ...[+++] only on a transitional basis until the data required by Annex 4 to the 2014 Guidelines had been gathered.

The Commission has reviewed the guidelines concerning the rescue and restructuring of firms in difficulty on the basis of its experience in applying the existing rules and in line with the common approach referred to above.

It will support demonstration projects applying the Community guidelines with regard to infrastructure safety, in particular in the context of the Sixth Research Framework Programme and, in due course, in areas such as safety audits, urban safety management and safety impact assessment, will make funding for all infrastructure projects financed by the EU, including the trans-European road network, subject to the application of these guidelines.

The 2003 Employment Guidelines, in line with the new Community Strategy on health and safety at work 2002-2006 [16], call on Member States to undertake appropriate measures to improve heath and safety and to achieve a substantial reduction of the incidence rate of accidents at work and of occupational diseases.

Due to the specific nature of advanced therapy medicinal products, a risk-based approach may be applied to determine the extent of quality, non-clinical and clinical data to be included in the marketing authorisation application, in accordance with the scientific guidelines relating to the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products referred ...[+++]to in point 4 of the ‘Introduction and general principles’.