Translation of "Instrument d'étude de la structure atmosphérique " (French → English) :

(19) The Platform should make use of all relevant sources of information, in particular studies, bilateral agreements concluded between Member States and multilateral cooperation projects, and create synergies between existing instruments and structures at Union level to maximise the deterrent or preventive effect of those measures.

From over 50 EESC opinions on the subject, the following in particular are of interest here: Communication on the open method of coordination for immigration and asylum policy, rapporteur: Ms zu Eulenburg (OJ C 221, 17.9.2002).Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of studies, vocational training or voluntary service, rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 133, 6.6.2003).Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a programme for financial and technical assistance to third countries in the area of migration and asylum, rapporteur: Ms Cassina (OJ C 32, 5.2.2004).Communication on immigration, integration and employment, rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 80, 30.3. ...[+++]2004).Access to European Union citizenship (own-initiative opinion), rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 208, 3.9.2003).International Convention on Migrants (own-initiative opinion), rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 302, 7.12.2004.).Immigration in the EU and integration policies: cooperation between regional and local governments and civil society organisations, own-initiative opinion, rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 318, 23.12.2006).EU immigration and cooperation policy with countries of origin to foster development (own-initiative opinion), rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 44, 16.2.2008).Elements for the structure, organisation and functioning of a platform for the greater involvement of civil society in the EU-level promotion of policies for the integration of third-country nationals (exploratory opinion), rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños (OJ C 27 of 3.2.2009).Integration of minorities – Roma, rapporteur: Ms Sigmund, co-rapporteur: Ms Sharma (OJ C 27 of 3.2.2009).Common Immigration Policy for Europe: Principles, actions and tools, rapporteur: Mr Pariza Castaños, CESE 342/2009 of 25.2.2009 (Not yet published in the Official Journal).

32. Awaits the results of the external study on Parliament's working methods and staff profiles (EP-ROME); expects this study to provide Parliament's Administration with a useful tool for optimising the allocation of resources and defining a modern training policy and adoption of performance and target focused management methods; takes the view that the conclusions of the ongoing evaluation of workload in the various sectors of Parliament's Administration should provide, also in the context of benchmarking of best practices, some scope for redeployment ; considers that degree of specialisation and workload should be taken into account ...[+++] in the yearly staff evaluation reports and in promotions; invites the Bureau to examine the possibility of establishing weightings for these two criteria; considers that Parliament's promotion policy needs further refinement and improvement;

Undertaking studies on the provision of childminding structures and of home assistance and care services is an essential instrument for assessing shortcomings in this field, initially and then putting into practice, in a later stage, an action plan designed to enable people to reconcile their professional lives with their family lives.

On the basis of an analysis of the average market rates in the different years for the various refinancing instruments and in accordance with WestLB's balance-sheet structure, the actual rate for WestLB's refinancing on the markets is said to be an average of between 6,07 % and 6,54 % for the years 1992 to 1996.

This has enabled the Commission to express an interest in participating in various forms in 5 projects: - 2 - - EU 7 EUROTRAC concerning tools for modelling and observing atmospheric pollution - EU 8 COSINE concerning the establishment of a communication network for research in Europe - EU 37 EUROMAR concerning the application of new technologies to the study of marine ecosystems - EU 45 PROMETHEUS concerning the use of information technology in road safety - EU 95 HDTV concerning high definition TV systems based on European standards ...[+++] These projects all have a continental dimension and tie in with existing Community initiatives, e.g. promotion and adoption of standards which have been developed in Europe.