Translation of "Caractéristique de sensibilité directionnelle " (French → English) :

(a) using relevant ‘trend’ information, the natural diversity of a Marine Region is maintained (where trends are stable) and restored (where downward trends have been recorded), including ecosystems, habitats and species, paying particular attention to those that are vulnerable to the impacts of human activities due to certain ecological characteristics, e.g. fragile, sensitive, slow growth, low fecundity, long-lived, edge of range, poor gene flow and genetically distinct sub-populations;

The Commission has been particularly involved in the exploitation of MISR data to detect and characterise the properties of atmospheric aerosols over land, and to estimate key land surface properties from their spectral and directional signatures.

At this point, it should also be pointed out that a characteristic feature of the soft fruit market is its high price sensitivity, due to fluctuations in production and the growing volume of imports from non-EU third countries.

The Commission has taken the view that the transaction is not such as to create or to strengthen either an individual or a collective dominant position: - As regards individual dominance, the Commission has come to this conclusion since it considers that, although the shares of the relevant market (Western Europe) that will be held by the new entity (Nylstar + Nordfaser) will be 42%, the presence on the market of dynamic competitors, and especially Du Pont, the world leader in TNF, and the general characteristics of the market will not lead to the creation of a dominant position; - As regards collective dominance, the Commission takes t ...[+++]he view that, given the structural characteristics of the market: . significant overcapacity that will remain after the transaction has taken place; . wide variety of TNF products; . marked price sensitivity of the demand for TNF attributable to imports of low-cost textiles and clothing; . absence of any preferential long-term link between the supplier and customers; the transaction will neither create nor strengthen a collective dominant position.

Its reasoning was that: (a) the joint venture's share of the Community market, although significant, will be less than 50%, and the presence of dynamic competitors, especially DuPont, the world leader in PTY, and the general characteristics of the market will prevent the creation of an individual dominant position; (b) that, given the structural characteristics of the market - significant overcapacity, which will be left unchanged by the transaction; diversity of PTY products; PTY demand very price- sensitive owing to imports of cheap textiles and clothing; no long- term special links between supplier and customers - the transaction ...[+++]will not create or strengthen a collective dominant position.

Although the aggregate market shares of the main parties amount to just under 50% in France, the characteristics of the market do not, in the Commission's analysis, lend themselves to the creation of oligopolistic interdependence; these include the market's growth potential and sensitivity to innovation, the disparity of market shares and the existence of powerful groups among the new entrants.