Translation of "earth and environment service line " (English → French) :

48. Believes that the FSAP has contributed to filling many regulatory gaps in the area of financial services; is convinced, however, that further coordination with competition rule enforcement could have a multiplicative effect on the overall functioning and efficiency of the regulatory framework; points out that new legislation should ensure a fair and competitive environment in line with compet ...[+++]ition policy;

8. Urges the Commission to speed up the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative and to foster and organise demand for earth observation satellite services, steering and integrating the supply of satellite data as regards the environment and security to enable Europe to have its own strategy, its own management body and its own resources (as regards observation, weather forecasting, reliable telecommunications, data collection, ...[+++]forecasting, analysis, emergency calls, etc.), not least in view of the growing international interest;

In line with the Union's policy on sustainable development, due consideration has to be taken also of the role of services of general interest for the protection of the environment and of the specific characteristics of services of general interest directly related to the environmental field, such as the water and waste sectors.

On-line services including those in the field of electronic procurement, secured access to on-line public services for citizens and SME's, personal security, environment and tourism, business support for SME's (including information services and electronic commerce), and services aimed at broadening participation in the democratic decision-making process will be supported at all levels: European, national, regional and local.

(12) In order to ensure continuity of existing agreements and to avoid a legal vacuum, it is necessary to ensure that obligations for access and interconnection imposed under Articles 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 14 of Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and interoperability through application of the principles of open network provision (ONP)(8), obligations on special access imposed under Article 16 of Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open ne ...[+++]twork provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment(9), and obligations concerning the provision of leased line transmission capacity under Council Directive 92/44/EEC of 5 June 1992 on the application of open network provision to leased lines(10), are initially carried over into the new regulatory framework, but are subject to immediate review in the light of prevailing market conditions.

In order to ensure continuity of existing agreements and to avoid a legal vacuum, it is necessary to ensure that obligations for access and interconnection imposed under Articles 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 14 of Directive 97/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 on interconnection in telecommunications with regard to ensuring universal service and interoperability through application of the principles of open network provision (ONP) , obligations on special access imposed under Article 16 of Directive 98/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 1998 on the application of open network p ...[+++]rovision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment , and obligations concerning the provision of leased line transmission capacity under Council Directive 92/44/EEC of 5 June 1992 on the application of open network provision to leased lines , are initially carried over into the new regulatory framework, but are subject to immediate review in the light of prevailing market conditions.