Translation of "Durée d'accélération " (French → English) :

119. Notes the weaknesses as regards the need to speed up the decision process and to increase its transparency, and invites the Commission to take steps to limit the length of the investigation procedure; notes the high number of requests for information sent to Member States, and encourages the Commission to limit those requests so as to accelerate the procedure; calls on the Commission to inform Parliament of the average time needed to finalise cases over the last four years per individual Member State;

119. Notes the weaknesses as regards the need to speed up the decision process and to increase its transparency, and invites the Commission to take steps to limit the length of the investigation procedure; notes the high number of requests for information sent to Member States, and encourages the Commission to limit those requests so as to accelerate the procedure; calls on the Commission to inform Parliament of the average time needed to finalise cases over the last four years per individual Member State;

Establishing a sound scientific and technical basis in order to accelerate practical developments for the safer management of long-lived radioactive waste, enhancing in particular the safety performance, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness of nuclear energy and ensuring a robust and socially acceptable system of protection of man and the environment against the effects of ionising radiation.

This will lead, for example, to the speeding-up of marketing authorisation procedures for medicinal products; to the harmonisation (at 10 years) of the protection period for scientific data related to new medicines, with the possibility of an extension for one further year in the case of new therapeutic indications with a significant clinical benefit[WLN1][WLN2]; to widening the scope of application of the Centralised Procedure for rapid access to the entire single market; and finally to the strengthening and systematisation of the procedure for "scientific advice" to companies during the crucial stages of research and development.

81. Calls on Latvia to accelerate the reform of the judiciary and support it with additional funds; recognises the efforts to simplify and modernise criminal procedure, and to improve detention conditions through amendments to existing legislation and infrastructure investments, but regrets that delays in the adoption of decisive legislative measures, in particular the new Criminal Procedure Code, are complicating efforts to accelerate court proceedings, reduce the backlog of court cases and cut the length of pre-trial detention; stresses the importance of safeguarding the independence of the judiciary and the need to achieve results i ...[+++]n the fight against corruption; expects the incoming government to make this a priority and to take effective initiatives; underlines, also, the importance of timely introduction of the unified pay system for the civil service;

72. Calls on Latvia to accelerate the reform of the judiciary and support it with additional funds; recognises the efforts to simplify and modernise criminal procedure, and to improve detention conditions through amendments to existing legislation and infrastructure investments, but regrets that delays in the adoption of decisive legislative measures, in particular the new Criminal Procedure Code, are complicating efforts to accelerate court proceedings, reduce the backlog of court cases and cut the length of pre-trial detention; stresses the importance of safeguarding the independence of the judiciary and the need to reach results in ...[+++]the fight against corruption; expects the incoming Government to make this a priority and to take effective initiatives; underlines, also, the importance of timely introduction of the unified pay system for the civil service;