Traduction de «Note générale en matière de logiciels » (Français → Anglais) :

12. Considers that, with more than one out of every three copies of PC software obtained illegally worldwide, piracy continues to threaten the future of software innovation, resulting in lost jobs and tax revenues for both India and the EU; notes that, aided by a government policy of cracking down on software piracy offenders and awareness campaigns, India registered a significant drop in piracy of 2% in 2005; recognises, however, that there still is much to be done to control the gaining by Indian companies of an unfair competitive edge by the use of pirated "software" and "hardware" in production and manufacture; calls on India's St ...[+++]ate and federal governments to further reduce the piracy rate; notes that whilst current EU-US efforts to combat piracy will concentrate initially on China and Russia, the rest of Asia is due to follow; considers that it is in India's interests to work constructively with the EU within this effort in the light of a 2005 impact study by IDC estimating that if India is able to reduce the current piracy rate from the current 72% to 64% by 2009, India will generate 115 000 new IT jobs, and an additional USD 5 900 million pumped into its economy and an increase in tax revenues of USD 86 million;

12. Considers that, with more than one out of every three copies of PC software obtained illegally worldwide, piracy continues to threaten the future of software innovation, resulting in lost jobs and tax revenues for both India and the EU; notes that, aided by a government policy of cracking down on software piracy offenders and awareness campaigns, India registered a significant drop in piracy of 2% in 2005; recognises, however, that there still is much to be done to control the gaining by Indian companies of an unfair competitive edge by the use of pirated "software" and "hardware" in production and manufacture; calls on India's St ...[+++]ate and federal governments to further reduce the piracy rate; notes that whilst current EU-US efforts to combat piracy will concentrate initially on China and Russia, the rest of Asia is due to follow; considers that it is in India's interests to work constructively with the EU within this effort in the light of a 2005 impact study by IDC estimating that if India is able to reduce the current piracy rate from the current 72% to 64% by 2009, India will generate 115 000 new IT jobs, and an additional USD 5 900 million pumped into its economy and an increase in tax revenues of USD 86 million;

12. Considers that, with more than one out of every three copies of PC software obtained illegally worldwide, piracy continues to threaten the future of software innovation, resulting in lost jobs and tax revenues for both India and the EU; notes that, aided by a government policy of cracking down on software piracy offenders and awareness campaigns, India registered a significant drop in piracy of 2% in 2005; recognises, however, that there still is much to be done to control the gaining by Indian companies of an unfair competitive edge by the use of pirated "software" and "hardware" in production and manufacture; calls on India's St ...[+++]ate and federal governments to further reduce the piracy rate; notes that whilst current EU-US efforts to combat piracy will concentrate initially on China and Russia, the rest of Asia is due to follow; considers that it is in India's interests to work constructively with the EU within this effort in the light of a 2005 impact study by IDC estimating that if India is able to reduce the current piracy rate from the current 72% to 64% by 2009, India will generate 115 000 new IT jobs, and an additional USD 5 900 million pumped into its economy and an increase in tax revenues of USD 86 million;

the conclusions of the Council of 7 January 2005 on the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean ; the European Union Action Plan of 31 January 2005 on the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean ; the conclusions of the Council of 4 October 2004 on strengthening the overall Civil Protection Capacity in the European Union ; the conclusions of the Council of 25 November 2004 on prevention, preparedness and response to terrorist attacks ; the Communication from the Commission of 20 April 2005 on Improving the Community Civil Protection Mechanism ; the Communication from the Commission of 20 April 2005 on Reinforcing EU Disaster and Crisis Response in third countries ; the note ...[+++] from the Secretary-General/High Representative of 20 April 2005 on the Follow-up to the EU Action Plan following the earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean ; the note from the Presidency of 20 May on the follow-up to the EU Action Plan following the earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean ; the Presidency conclusions of the European Council of Brussels of 16 and 17 June 2005, which wished to be addressed as a priority during the second half of 2005 the strengthening of civil protection capabilities, particularly the medical resources available to deal with a bioterrorist attack, and the development of a rapid reaction capability based on the civil protection modules of the Member States .

28. NOTES the commitment of the international community to fully implement the outcomes of decision I on international environmental governance adopted by the UNEP Governing Council at its seventh special session, REAFFIRMS that the EU is ready to take concrete steps in order to strengthen IEG, which could lead to the upgrading of UNEP into a UN specialised agency with a broadly based mandate on environmental matters, and enhance linkages between IEG and sustainable development governance; in this regard the EU looks forward to a fruitful next UNEP governing council and its member-states reaffirm that they are ready to base future voluntary funding of UNEP on the voluntary indicative scales assessment as agreed in Cartagena; and INVITES t ...[+++]he General Assembly at its 57 session to consider the important but complex issue of establishing universal membership for the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum and WILL ACTIVELY PURSUE this issue in connection with the preparation of the Global Ministerial Environment Forum in 2003.

EDUCATION SOFTWARE The Council took note of a statement by Ms CRESSON on both the educational and economic issues in this field.