Translation of "Première planche pour revêtement " (French → English) :

62. Concurs that development policy plays a role in helping countries turn their resource wealth into sustainable and inclusive growth, inter alia by enhancing governance and transparency; underlines the fact that development policy, including the GSP, is not an RM diplomacy tool, but believes that it can play an important supportive role in European RM policy; calls on the Commission therefore to ensure coherence between the two; welcomes the inclusion of explicit guarantees on non-discriminatory market access to RM in EU trade agreements and as a prerequisite for WTO membership; agrees though that trade agreements should provide th ...[+++]e necessary flexibility to support developing countries in creating linkages between the extractive industry and local industry; believes that countries‘ resource sovereignty must be respected and asks the Commission, in this context, to balance opposition to export taxes in developing countries by employing a differentiated approach taking account of the various national contexts so that development goals and industrialisation of developing countries are not put at risk; underlines that free and fair trade is of importance to the development of the global RM sector and wealth creation in all societies; notes that revenue from RM can play a crucial role in enabling least developed countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals;

As we have seen – and as the whole world knows – the US administration was forced to print more money, USD 700 billion in the first stage and a further USD 600 billion in the very recent second stage.

Raw materials selection (for all hard coverings products)

– (IT) We have heard, both from the rapporteur and the Commissioner, that we are dealing with a Schengen Information System which is of a decidedly new generation that is very different from the first and which therefore has a new and different significance for the European citizens and a new and different responsibility towards them.

(2) Football, as the leading popular sport in Europe, has a symbolic significance, particularly among young people. It is therefore essential, as stated in Annex IV to the Presidency Conclusions of the Nice European Council, that it should be 'a factor making for integration, involvement in social life, tolerance, acceptance of differences and playing by the rules'. Risks of disturbances related to sporting events should therefore be controlled more efficiently.

There are three themes [34] in the Innovative Actions, of which the first one (Regional Economies based on Knowledge and Technological Innovation) is particularly significant for the accomplishment of the objectives of the European Research Area.