Translation of "Communication urbaine " (French → English) :

In line with the 6th EAP, the Commission set out its initial analysis of the challenges facing urban areas in an interim Communication,[4] and suggested actions in four priority themes: urban management, sustainable transport, construction and urban design, such as mainstreaming of good practice and possible EU obligations to adopt plans at the local level.

in the context of ongoing Union initiatives and networks, developing and promoting a common understanding of how to contribute to improved urban environments by focusing on the integration of urban planning with objectives related to resource efficiency, an innovative safe and sustainable low-carbon economy, sustainable urban land-use, sustainable urban mobility, urban biodiversity management and conservation, ecosystem resilience, water management, human health, public participation in decision-making and environmental education and ...[+++]awareness.

Mali comprises 703 urban and rural communes, 49 circles, or territorial units comprising several communes, 8 regions and 1 district, which are governed by commune councils, circle councils and regional assemblies.

A. whereas the EU can be characterised by its polycentric development and variety of different-sized urban areas and cities, which have heterogenic competences and resources; expresses the view that it would be problematic to adopt a common definition of ‘urban areas’ and of the term ‘urban’ in general, purely on a statistical basis, as it is difficult to bring under the same umbrella the diversity of situations in Member States and regions, and hence takes the view that any obligatory definition and designation of urban areas should be left to Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, based on European common in ...[+++]dicators; whereas a look should be taken into how a functional approach can lead to a standard definition of ‘urban’ and thus create the basis for a clear statutory definition of the urban dimension of Union policies; and whereas it would be useful, especially in the context of the Cohesion Policy, to have a functionally based definition of the urban dimension,

Société des transports intercommunaux de l'agglomération verviétoise (STIAV) and other entities set up pursuant to the Loi relative à la création de sociétés de transports en commun urbains/Wet betreffende de oprichting van maatschappijen voor stedelijk gemeenschappelijk vervoer of 22 February 1962.

The 1999 Communication "Sustainable Urban Development in the European Union: a Framework for Action", and the 2001 EU Expert Group on the Urban Environment's Report "Towards More Sustainable Land Use" (see Annex 1) both highlight the importance of land use in achieving a sustainable urban environment for the reasons outlined above.