Traduction de «class-closing rules » (Anglais → Français) :

I would cite, in particular, the need to activate the appropriate derogations provided for in Article 87 of the EC Treaty on state aid, which are essential if we are to close an economic divide which has grown up and is the result, as well as of geographical handicaps, of the short-sightedness of the ruling classes, including the Community, over a number of decades.

6. Supports the view that the Basel rules carried into effect in the EU should apply to a broad range of banks and investment firms where this is appropriate in terms of the risk profile of the institution, in order to ensure a uniform standard of supervision and fair competition; regrets that the US authorities" plans to apply the most progressive aspects of the Basel agreements only to an extremely limited number of banks, and to exclude certain classes of investment firms altogether, make no contribution to achieving internationally comparable standards of supervision and unilaterally impose a cost burden on EU banks; calls, therefo ...[+++]re, for an appropriate cost-benefit relationship to be taken into account when drawing up system requirements, so as to avoid any competitive disadvantages for the European economy; calls on the Commission to work closely with supervisory authorities of third countries, in particular with the US Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission, to ensure a coordinated approach to implementation in the interest of maintaining a level playing field;

These rules will single out particular categories of people who will be scrutinized more closely or who will not have the kind of documents that affluent, middle-class people tend to carry with them.