Translation of "Attentes en matière de rendement des employés " (French → English) :

13. Underlines the important role of renewable energy, including innovative developments in this field, and the urgent need for better solutions as regards storage, increasing energy efficiency and ensuring efficient energy transmission, including appropriate infrastructure measures; recognises the significant progress achieved by Member States in the development of renewable sources of energy since binding targets were set for 2020; draws attention to the importance of continuing this approach and setting further binding renewable energy targets for 2030, taking into account the possibility and macro-economic impact of doing so; poin ...[+++]ts out that such action will help achieve the 2050 objectives, give industry the investment certainty it requires, significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create employment, promote the EU’s energy independence, and foster technological leadership and industrial innovation; stresses that meeting the targets set in national renewable energy action plans is crucial for the achievement of the overall EU targets for 2050; considers that the Commission should take measures if national targets are not met;

15. Calls on the Commission to continue to monitor closely compliance by the Member States with indicative national targets and to seek to draw up a medium-term renewable energy strategy for EU covering the period after 2010, in addition to a detailed assessment of progress in achieving the 2010 objectives and value-for-money for final consumers (including the calculation of external costs) and, finally, progress made in improving energy efficiency;

11. Calls on the Commission to continue to monitor closely compliance by the Member States with indicative national goals and to seek to draw up an EU medium-term renewable energy strategy for the period after 2010, in addition to a detailed assessment of progress in achieving the 2010 objectives, value for money offered to the final consumers (including the calculation of external costs) and, finally, progress made in improving energy efficiency;

As far as energy efficiency technologies are concerned, the calculation mechanisms for energy saving mechanisms will be applied.

(19) Whereas Decision 96/362/EC laid down certain preconditions which had to be met before the United Kingdom could dispatch from its territory gelatin made from raw materials from bovine animals; whereas those preconditions have not been fulfilled and such dispatch has not been authorised; whereas, however, in order to regularise the situation, pending further scientific knowledge and advice, it is appropriate to withdraw the possibility of dispatch of gelatin made from raw materials from bovine animals slaughtered in the United Kingdom for human food, animal feed, cosmetics pharmaceutical and medical purposes; whereas that is in con ...[+++]formity with the advice from the Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee of 3 April 1997, according to which no production can be considered safe if the base material used for gelatin production is potentially infectious;

Finally, the Departmental Performance Report provides a focus on results-based accountability by reporting on accomplishments achieved against the performance expectations and results commitments as set out in the spring Report on Plans and Priorities.