Traduction de «Estimation à deux bornes » (Français → Anglais) :

whereas, although the economic relationships between the EU and the US are among the most open in the world, and although transatlantic markets are deeply integrated through large flows of trade and investment (with a bilateral trade volume of EUR 702,6 billion, and a bilateral investment stock valued at EUR 2,394 trillion, in 2011), there is a general consensus that the potential of the transatlantic relationship is far from being fully exploited, whereas the EU and US share common values, similar legal systems and high standards of labour and environmental protection, and should exploit these synergies to secure the growth and jobs both partners need, and whereas a ...[+++] study carried out in 2009 for the Commission identified the most important non-tariff measures that affect trade between the EU and the US, and estimated their economic impact, suggesting that the removal of half of such existing measures and regulatory divergences would translate into an increase in GDP of EUR 163 billion until 2018 on both sides of the North Atlantic;

Admittedly, the method relied on in this assessment, the so-called “bridge value” was no more than a simple calculation where the value of the two former assessments were added and then divided by 2.

However, the Court considers that, in a case which concerned three capital injections made by the same investor over a period of two years, the first two of which brought no return, it was for the Commission to determine whether the third injection could reasonably be dissociated from the first two and classed, for the purposes of the private investor test, as an independent investment.

It should also be borne in mind that, according to the Council of Europe Convention n. 197 ‘(e)ach Party shall issue a renewable residence permit to victims, in one or other of the two following situations or in both: a) the competent authority considers that their stay is necessary owing to their personal situation; b) the competent authority considers that their stay is necessary for the purpose of their cooperation with the competent authorities in investigation or criminal proceedings’ (Art. 14.1). See infra, footnote

It should also be borne in mind that, according to the Council of Europe Convention n. 197 ‘(e)ach Party shall issue a renewable residence permit to victims, in one or other of the two following situations or in both: a) the competent authority considers that their stay is necessary owing to their personal situation; b) the competent authority considers that their stay is necessary for the purpose of their cooperation with the competent authorities in investigation or criminal proceedings’ (Art. 14.1). See infra, footnote 28

47. Concludes that the business case for retaining older workers needs to be made more strongly considering the potential of this group; considers that the emphasis should be to encourage and enable people to work longer, and that employers should be led to realise that this is in the interest of both parties; considers that healthy older people should represent a positive resource for society rather than an economic threat; considers that more emphasis to the positive outcome of the European Year of the Elderly and of Solidarity between Generations (1993) should be given;