Translation of "Méthodes substitutives de règlement des différends " (French → English) :

(56) In particular, the Commission should be empowered to approve active substances, to renew or review their approval, to approve co-formulants, to adopt harmonised methods to determine the nature and quantity of active substances, safeners and synergists, and where appropriate of relevant impurities and co-formulants, to establish rules for resolving disagreement between Member States on the assessment of equivalence, to adopt gu ...[+++]idelines on the organisation of compliance checks at the renewal of an authorisation, to adopt detailed rules for allowing derogations from authorisation of plant protection products for research and development, implementing measures to ensure uniform application of record keeping on production, storage and use of plant protection products, technical or other guidance documents for the implementation of this Regulation and the list of approved active substances.

The measures relate to areas such as contractual arrangements, codes of conduct, acceptable marketing practices, labels, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and technical solutions such as filtering and server security.

The measures relate to areas such as contractual arrangements, codes of conduct, acceptable marketing practices, labels, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and technical solutions such as filtering and server security.

- information on practical steps when confronted with spam, including on complaints mechanisms and ADR systems where available.

6. Believes that the incorporation of environmental considerations into the WTO is also of fundamental importance, and would be minded to consider rejecting a new multilateral trade round if it did not include significant new provisions aimed at safeguarding environmental sustainability. Inter alia, this requires: the incorporation of the precautionary principle into WTO rules; the insulation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) from unwarranted challenge within the WTO; new provisions to facilitate eco-labelling schemes compatible with WTO rules; a closer relationship between the WTO and international environmental bodies, notably UNEP, incl ...[+++]uding submissions from these bodies and from relevant NGOs to WTO dispute settlement panels; and further reflection on the way WTO rules apply to Process and Production Methods (PPMs) as well as the way in which the burden of proof on environmental and public safety matters falls upon importing countries within the WTO;

This does not detract from the fact that they are, of course, closely related to this subject as a whole and that these accelerated and simplified methods of bringing legal disputes to an end are, naturally, very closely related to the functioning of the internal market. That is why I feel such a connection with this dossier.