Translation of "Plateforme de location entre particuliers " (French → English) :

Thus, the new peer-to-peer marketplaces and businesses in the functional economy must be regarded as waste prevention agents and supported under EU policies for the circular economy.

71. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of online platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the Digital Single Market Strategy, as it will affect several upcoming legislative proposals; believes that the analysis should serve to identify confirmed and well-defined problems within specific business areas and possible gaps in terms of consumer protection, and to distinguish between online services and online service providers; emphasises that platforms dealing with cultural goods, especially audiovisual media, have to be treated in a specific manner that respects the UNESCO convention on the prote ...[+++]ction and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions;

This refers to platforms which shall facilitate interoperability and cooperation between Member States in areas of common interest, particularly with a view to improving the functioning of the internal market, such as eJustice, which will enable online cross-border access by citizens, businesses, organisations and legal practitioners to legal resources/documents and judicial procedures, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) which will en ...[+++]able online resolution of cross-border disputes between consumers and merchants and Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI), which will help social security bodies across the Union exchange information more rapidly and securely.

Those windows will, when fully operational in June 2015, provide central national information exchange platforms for reporting and sharing of ship related information between all competent authorities and will be linked to the Union maritime information and exchange system, and other systems, therefore, providing relevant cross-sectorial and cross-national information in the maritime domain for all authorities, in particular ...[+++] on the civilian side.

74. Calls for research priorities and objectives to be set in a more transparent and participatory way, through the balanced involvement of players, including the scientific community, researchers (also from smaller research organisations), the public sector, CSO organisations and SMEs; calls for the creation of a specific platform for dialogue between CSOs and researchers for discussing research priorities areas in specific sectors; believes that specific platforms for closer interaction of SMEs and researchers should also be promo ...[+++]ted;

In parallel, the Commission will continue its efforts, on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between stakeholders on 4 May 2011,[50] to explore to what extent, in particular, the sale of counterfeit goods over the internet can be reduced through voluntary measures, involving the stakeholders most concerned by this phenomenon (right holders, internet platforms and consumers).