Translation of "Association mondiale pour l'union du troisième âge " (French → English) :

The Union PET market is attractive in terms of its size and prices, being the third largest market in the world, with a structural need for imports and higher prices as compared to other markets.

It is in the interest of the Union that there be approved in an expeditious manner the requests for granting and/or extending the annual waivers relating to the introduction of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (so-called Harmonised System, HS) on 1 January 1988, and its first, second, third, fourth and fifth amendments, recommended by the Council of the World Customs Organization, respectively called ‘HS92 cha ...[+++]nges’ (entered into force on 1 January 1992), ‘HS96 changes’ (entered into force on 1 January 1996), ‘HS2002 changes’ (entered into force on 1 January 2002), ‘HS2007 changes’ (entered into force on 1 January 2007) and ‘HS2012 changes’ (will enter into force on 1 January 2012), as well as future HS amendments, which establish the obligation to introduce these changes to Members’ schedules of concessions (transposing schedules of tariff concessions into the HS nomenclature).

This Directive is part of global action against trafficking in human beings, which includes action involving third countries as stated in the ‘Action-oriented Paper on strengthening the Union external dimension on action against trafficking in human beings; Towards global EU action against trafficking in human beings’ approved by the Council on 30 November 2009.

This Directive is part of global action against trafficking in human beings, which includes action involving third countries as stated in the ‘Action-oriented Paper on strengthening the Union external dimension on action against trafficking in human beings; Towards global EU action against trafficking in human beings’ approved by the Council on 30 November 2009.

Supports the resumption of negotiations on the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement - given that an Association Agreement of this kind, which is of the utmost importance and affects 700 million people, would, if concluded swiftly, be the world’s most ambitious bi-regional agreement - and therefore stresses that the European Parliament should be closely involved at all stages of the negotiations; is aware that agriculture issues will probably be one of the sensitive topics in the negotiations; calls for agricultural imports to be allowed into the EU only if they have been produced in a manner consistent with European consumer protection, a ...[+++]nimal welfare and environmental protection standards and minimum social standards; emphasises that a balanced outcome for both parties has to be achieved in the end by making sure that the negotiations take full account of recent developments in the global economy, global environmental challenges, such as climate change, and the demands and concerns put forward by Parliament;

In this regard, calls on the European Union to formally engage with democratic governments from other regional groups in order to start formal cooperation and consultation within the UNHRC with a view to guaranteeing the success of initiatives aimed at the respect of the principles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; considers that it is only through concerted action by a cross-regional alliance of democratic states that the European Union's multilateral human rights efforts can be effective in United Nations fora ...[+++], as has been shown by the recent successful adoption, on 18 December 2007, of the abovementioned General Assembly Resolution 62/149 on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty;