Translation of "Niveau liminaire d'audition lié à l'âge " (French → English) :

K. whereas, according to expert analysis, the gender pay gap starts to be visible after a woman's return to the labour market from her first maternity leave, gets higher with repeated career interruptions because of external factors, such as child-related employment breaks and caring for dependent family members and tends to grow with age and educational level; whereas women's slower, shorter and/or interrupted careers also create a gender differential in contributions to social security systems, thus increasing women's risk of poverty in old age;

K. whereas, according to expert analysis, the gender pay gap starts to be visible after a woman’s return to the labour market from her first maternity leave, gets higher with repeated career interruptions because of external factors, such as child-related employment breaks and caring for dependent family members and tends to grow with age and educational level; whereas women’s slower, shorter and/or interrupted careers also create a gender differential in contributions to social security systems, thus increasing women’s risk of poverty in old age;

With regard to the international nature of the Basel framework and the risks associated with a non- simultaneous implementation of the changes to that framework in major jurisdictions, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 December 2010 on progress made towards the international implementation of the changes to the capital adequacy framework, together with any appropriate proposals.

These documents are issued to candidates who meet the national standards for physical fitness (particularly regarding eyesight and hearing) and who satisfy certain basic requirements regarding identity, ages, service at sea and skills (ability, task and level).

9. Urges the Member States to take concrete measures to increase the level of application of the relevant directives in SMEs and the public sector, reaffirms its resolution of 23 October 2002 , in which it supported the development of guides on how to apply existing directives – which should be accompanied by better training material and information, especially for SMEs, in high-risk sectors and situations where there are specific, persistent and recurrent risks; considers that Member States need to be encouraged to include subject areas dealing with risk prevention in training programmes for SMEs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take account of gender, age and cultural factors, to enforce legislation in a uniform, effici ...[+++]ent and equivalent way and to pay particular attention to discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;

10. Believes that Europe's future ability to maintain a high level of social protection for those in need of health and long-term care will, in the future, be particularly influenced by population ageing, and that health-care systems will also have to adapt to the different pattern of illness linked to the change in the age-profile of patients; therefore strongly supports the open method of coordination launched by the Commission in the field of health care and care for the elderly, as part of a strategy to guarantee them a high level of social protection in the Member States; the process of mutual learning and cooperative exchange sho ...[+++]uld be continued and strengthened, in exchanging experiences and best practice with regard to three broad objectives of access, quality and sustainability;