Translation of "Devis préalable à la construction " (French → English) :

– having regard to the protocol on cooperation in the gas sphere between Russia and Turkey, signed on 6 August 2009 in Ankara, under which Turkey gives preliminary consent to build the South Stream gas pipeline and authorises Russia to carry out survey work for the pipeline in Turkey's territorial waters,

Russia should be required to do this before construction of the pipeline can begin.

1. Recalls that the human rights of women are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights and states that promoting and protecting women's rights are fundamental prerequisites for building a true democracy and that all possible means should be used to prevent any violations of the human rights of women, including those violations taking place in the Union, such as genital mutilation, honour killings and forced marriages; calls, therefore, on the Member States and, in a coordinating role, the European Commission to take all necessary steps to punish the perpetrators of such violations and see to it that such v ...[+++]iolations, even when committed by Union residents outside the Union's territory, are dealt with under the criminal laws of the Member States, including in cases involving forced marriages;

where the price is not pre-determined by the provider for a given type of service, the price of the service or, if an exact price cannot be given, the method for calculating the price so that it can be checked by the recipient, or a sufficiently detailed estimate;

C. whereas the definition of a common foreign policy is a precondition for the development of a European defence policy,

At the start of the Lisbon Summit, Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou calls for the integration of Europe's economic and social policies if we are to build a competitive and inclusive knowledge-based economy.