Translation of "Marché très tenu " (French → English) :

The drop may well be due to uncertainty on the market due to protests in certain Member States in recent weeks.

In view of the continuing absence of regional markets and market coupling, I consider the aim of creating a unified internal market by 2015 to be highly ambitious, particularly if we take into account the fact that the European Commission does not, as I see it, sufficiently monitor the proper implementation of current European energy legislation in all Member States.

Given the existing structures and operations of the Committee of European Securities Regulators, it is important to ensure very close cooperation between the Committee of European Securities Regulators and the Commission when establishing appropriate transitional arrangements, to ensure that the period during which the Commission is responsible for the administrative establishment and initial administrative operation of the Authority be as limited as possible.

In recognition of the very high research and development and unit production costs of early generations of very low carbon vehicle technologies to be introduced into the marketplace following its entry into force, this Regulation seeks to accelerate and facilitate, on an interim basis, the process of introducing into the Community market ultra low carbon vehicles at their initial stages of commercialisation.

(13a) In recognition of the very high research and development and unit production costs of early generations of very low carbon vehicle technologies to be introduced into the marketplace following its entry into force, on an interim basis, this Regulation also incorporates specific provisions aimed at accelerating the introduction to the European Market of ultra low carbon vehicles at their initial stages of commercialisation.

The mandate underlined the key messages the Commission wished to highlight in the negotiations, notably the need to avoid overheating in the Irish economy in view of the very ambitious spending programmes contained in the NDP; the welcome emphasis on "balanced regional development" through the regional programmes and the proposed national spatial strategy; the need to tackle bottlenecks throughout the economy, notably in infrastructure and the labour market, through investment but also by way of horizontal measures to improve the performance of the sectors and finally the priority attached by the Commission to environmental questions a ...[+++]nd in particular the protection of Natura 2000 sites.