Traduction de «Dispositif européen d'aide aux entreprises ACP » (Français → Anglais) :

Particular care shall be paid to the interaction between national, regional and intra-ACP support strategies and to consistency with Community instruments, in particular Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006, Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006, and Regulation (EC) No 1257/96, taking into account the actions undertaken under Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an Instrument for Stability (13).

- developing European arrangements for vocational guidance, counselling and vocational training in business-related services.

II. RECOGNIZING THAT - the development of small and medium-sized enterprises is of great importance for the competitiveness of the European economy, regional development and economic cohesion in the European Union, - small and medium-sized enterprises, including the various service activities, make an important contribution to growth and the creation of jobs, - the strengths of small and medium-sized enterprises lie in their flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances, - this adaptability and flexibility is hampered by bot ...[+++]h internal (particularly financial and managerial) and external (particularly legal and administrative) hurdles, - a simple, logical and coherent legal framework would accordingly be essential to such enterprises, CONSIDERING that local development initiatives offer considerable potential for strengthening the economic and social fabric of the European Union and for creating employment, AWARE that both measures to create a legislative and administrative environment favourable to the development of enterprise and effective, high-profile support measures are essentially the responsibility of the Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity set out in Article 3b of the Treaty establishing the European Community, EMPHASIZES that it is a priority concern of enterprise policy in the Community, as mentioned in the multiannual programme, to improve the legislative and administrative environment for enterprises, to intensify and improve the Community's provision of information to enterprises, to promote cooperation and partnership between small and medium-sized enterprises and to ensure the promotion and coordination of Community instruments, IS ACCORDINGLY CONVINCED that the Community's policy in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises should be put into practice and made more effective through a new and extended partnership between the Member States and the Community, and through efficient and regular consultation of th ...

The two proposals supplement the legisative framework already put in place in July, when the Council adopted three proposals on the tax treatment of mergers and divisions, on withholding taxes on dividends paid by subsidiaries to their parent companies and on arbitration procedures connected with the adjustment of profits for tax purposes (1) In its communication to Parliament and the Council of 20 April 1990 on company taxation, the Commission gave priority to the removal of tax obstacles to completion of the internal market, and in particular the elimination of double taxation of companies' intra-Community activities.

The competent public authorities, undertakings or the two sides of industry; each within their own sphere of competence; should set up continuing and permanent training systems enabling every person to undergo retraining more especially through leave for training purposes; to improve his skills or to acquire new skills; particularly in the light of technical developments; " Considering that employers and unions in the Social Dialogue have pointed out in joint statements of 19 June 1990, 6 November 1990 and 20 December 1991 that an improvement of European ...[+++] vocational education and training is crucial to a strengthening of the competitiveness of European business enterprises, and that intensified efforts in this area play a central role in the development of regional policies and development of industry and trade; Considering that the European Parliament; in its Resolution adopted on 15 May 1992, asks Member States to ensure that training programmes lead to high-level qualifications and recommends analyses of the sandwich-type education programmes for the purposes of placing greater emphasis on vocational education and training; Referring to the Resolution of the European Parliament of 21 April 1993 on vocational training policy in the 1990s; Considering that vocational, technological and demographic developments call for improved possibilities of continued training within the framework of cohesive policies in the fields of labour market conditions and vocational education and training; Whereas co-operation in the field of vocational training should also be based on existing provisions in force in the Member States, taking into account the respective responsibilities of the competent public authorities, undertakings and social partners; while respecting the diversity of national legal system,s and practices, the powers under national law of the parties concerned and contractual autonomy; whereas the initiatives taken at national level by the Member States an ...

The seminar provided an opportunity for discussion between the various people involved in social dialogue processes for the development of vocational training and members of the three European-level social partners' organisations, viz. UNICE (Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe), CEEP (European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation) and the ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation) on results to date from the Social Dialogue support facility for continuing training.