Translation of "Hélicoptère léger à cinq places " (French → English) :

1. Recognises that manufacturers require between five and seven years to make changes to vehicle design in the most economical manner and, acknowledging that average emissions from cars placed on the EU market in 2008 are likely to be in excess of 150g CO2/km, therefore welcomes the Commission's plan to submit an EU legislative framework for CO2 emissions reduction including binding measures for improving the fuel economy of light vehicles by improving engine technology, other technological improvements and the use of biofuels; recalls that the EU average fleet target of 120 g CO2/km per passenger car was endorsed by the Council in 1996 ...[+++] and Parliament in 1997, with an initial target date of 2005 and a final deadline in 2010;

1. Recognises that manufacturers require between five and seven years to make changes to vehicle design in the most economical manner and, acknowledging that average emissions from cars placed on the EU market in 2008 are likely to be in excess of 150g CO2/km, therefore welcomes the Commission's plan to submit an EU legislative framework for CO2 emissions reduction including binding measures for improving the fuel economy of light vehicles by improving engine technology, other technological improvements and the use of biofuels; recalls that the EU average fleet target of 120 g CO2/km per passenger car was endorsed by the Council in 1996 ...[+++] and Parliament in 1997, with an initial target date of 2005 and a final deadline in 2010;

1. Recognises that manufacturers require between five and seven years to make changes to vehicle design in the most economical manner and, acknowledging that average emissions from cars placed on the EU market in 2008 are likely to be in excess of 150g CO2/km, therefore welcomes the Commission's plan to submit an EU legislative framework for CO2 emissions reduction including binding measures for improving the fuel economy of light vehicles by improving engine technology, other technological improvements and the use of biofuels; recalls that the EU average fleet target of 120 g CO2/km per passenger car was endorsed by the Council in 1996 ...[+++] and Parliament in 1997, with an initial target date of 2005 and a final deadline in 2010;

It is a measure of their poor overall performance that France, which was bottom of the league a year ago, has managed to jump five places although its deficit has worsened slightly over the period from 3.1% to 3.3%.

The Chair: But you have to explain to us, Mr. Ballhorn, how you jibe these factors, these themes, A, B, C, D, E, F, with the five themes outlined by Madame Guay, because they seem to be in a slightly different sequence and have a slightly different emphasis. How do they come together?