Translation of "Déficit du commerce extérieur " (French → English) :

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the list of customs procedures or customs-approved treatment or use which determine an export or import for external trade statistics; to adopt different or specific rules for goods or movements which, for methodological reasons, call for specific provisions; to adapt the list of goods and movements excluded from external trade statistics; to specify the data sources other than the customs declaration for records on imports and exports of specific goods or movements; to specify the statistical data, including the codes to be used; to establish requirements for data related to specific goods or movements; to establish requirements on the compilation of statistics; to specify t ...[+++]he characteristics of samples; to establish the reporting period and the level of aggregation for partner countries, goods and currencies; and also to adapt the deadline for transmitting statistics, content, coverage and revision conditions for statistics already transmitted; and to establish the deadline for transmitting statistics on trade by business characteristics and statistics on trade broken down by invoicing currency.

External trade has expanded rapidly and since imports are outpacing exports, the current account deficit has increased to 9.1 per cent of GDP in 2003 and is expected to remain at this high level in the medium term.

No, we do not want specially tailored measures for foreign trade policy because this is a key aspect of Community policy, with all that foreign trade policy issues imply, and I would urge you to see to it that the French Presidency makes foreign trade policy a key aspect, in fact the key aspect of Community policy.

Whereas, by letter dated 1 December 1970, the Government of the Polish People's Republic stated that it was prepared to give such guarantee for exports to the Community of slaughtered turkeys ; whereas it will ensure that such exports are made only by the State foreign trade agency Animex ; whereas it will ensure also that deliveries of the above-mentioned products are not made at free-at-Community-frontier prices lower than the sluice-gate price valid on the day of customs clearance ; whereas, to that end, it will see to it in particular that the State foreign trade agency Animex does not take any action which might indirectly bring ...[+++]about prices lower than the sluice-gate prices, such as taking over marketing or transport costs, granting rebates, resorting to linked transactions or any other action having similar effect;

Whereas, by letter dated 5 November 1969, the competent authorities of the Socialist Republic of Romania stated that they were prepared to give such guarantee for exports to the Community of fresh or preserved poultry eggs in shell, other than eggs for hatching ; whereas they will ensure that such exports are made only by the State foreign trade agency Romagricola ; whereas they will ensure also that deliveries of the above-mentioned products are not made at free-at-Community-frontier prices lower than the sluice-gate price valid on the day of customs clearance ; whereas, to that end, they will see to it in particular that the State f ...[+++]oreign trade agency Romagricola does not take any action which might indirectly bring about prices lower than the sluicegate prices, such as taking over marketing or transport costs, granting rebates, resorting to linked transactions or any other action having similar effect;

Whereas, by letter dated 24 April 1968, the Government of the Polish People's Republic stated that it was prepared to give such guarantee for exports to the Community of live swine and pig carcases ; whereas it will ensure that such exports are made only by the State foreign trade agency Animex ; whereas it will ensure also that deliveries of the above-mentioned products are not made at free-at-Community-frontier prices lower than the sluice-gate prices valid on the day of customs clearance ; whereas, to that end, it will see to it in particular that the State foreign trade agency Animex does not take any action which might indirectly ...[+++] bring about prices lower than the sluice-gate prices, such as taking over marketing or transport costs, granting rebates, resorting to linked transactions or any other action having similar effect;