Translation of "Diathermie à ondes courtes sur un membre supérieur " (French → English) :

Where fewer than five years’ data are available, Member States may combine measurement campaigns of short duration during the period of the year and at locations likely to be typical of the highest pollution levels with results obtained from information from emission inventories and modelling to determine exceedances of the upper and lower assessment thresholds.

Above that threshold, given the traditional outlets in the short fibre sector, Member States which so wish will be able to give a premium for fibre containing a higher level of impurities, not exceeding 25% for hemp and 15% for flax, up to and including the 2003/2004 marketing year.

The main changes were as follows: the diploma was extended to courses whose effective level was comparable to that of corresponding short higher education courses, even though they were not regarded as higher education in the Member State of origin.

extends the scope of the Directive to road transport operators using vehicles with maximum authorised weights (MAWs) exceeding 3,5 tonnes, subject to a specific derogation for undertakings using vehicles with MAWs between 3,5 and 6 tonnes for local, short-distance haulage; lays down more stringent requirements with regard to good repute, namely that this condition is not or is no longer satisfied, in particular, where the operator has been convicted of serious offences against certain rules relating to transport, including offences relating to rules for the protection of the environment and other rules concerning professional liability ...[+++]; increases the amounts which must be available to the undertaking to fulfil the requirements relating to financial standing: the undertaking must have available capital and reserves of at least ECU 9 000 when only one vehicle is used and ECU 5 000 for each additional vehicle, existing undertakings must fulfil the requirement of financial standing two years after the deadline for the implementation of the Directive; makes provision for a more detailed examination procedure and the updating and extension of the list of examination subjects, introduces a harmonised minimum level of knowledge required in each subject and retains different examinations depending on whether the applicant wishes to carry out national or international transport operations; retains the measure laid down by Directive 96/26/EC on permanent exemption from examination for applicants who provide proof of at least five years' practical experience, but adds the condition that applicants may be subject to a test, the arrangements for which shall be determined by the Member States in accordance with the list set out in the Directive; as a transitional measure, allows a Member State to require any natural person who holds a certificate of professional competence issued by another Member State when the holder was normally resident in the first Member State to p ...

(i) short visits of one week to two months to a Member State or an eligible country designed to prepare joint European projects, prepare teaching materials, collect and disseminate information, exchange expert advice and increase mutual understanding of the higher education/training systems concerned;

1. MEDIUM-TERM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE a. Origin and adjustments Medium-term financial assistance was set up under the Council Decision of 22 March 1971, as part of the first attempts at institutional monetary organization in Europe aimed at the attainment by stages of economic and monetary union, and pursuant to Article 108 of the Treaty providing for mutual assistance where a Member State is in difficulties or is seriously threatened with difficulties as regards its balance of payments.