Translation of "Priorité sur attente de prise de circuit " (French → English) :

15. Believes that the gradual elimination of discards should be fishery-based and depend on the characteristics and realities of the different modalities and fisheries, bearing in mind that it is easier to achieve in some single-species fisheries and that it presents some challenges for mixed fisheries that need to be overcome; stresses that consideration should be given to producers’ and fishermen’s organisations, which should be actively involved; stresses that the elimination of discards should be accompanied by technical measures to reduce or eliminate unwanted by-catch and incentives to encourage selective fishing practices; beli ...[+++]eves that priority should go to avoiding unwanted catches in the first place, rather than managing them; is concerned, in this connection, about the emergence of a parallel discards market which would constitute a danger for the ecosystem and the European fishing sector; emphasises that adequate safeguards should therefore be provided; also stresses the need for stakeholder involvement and for careful design of the landing obligation and the subsequent treatment thereof, in order to avoid a shift from unwanted fish in the sea to unwanted fish on land;

15. Believes that the gradual elimination of discards should be fishery-based and depend on the characteristics and realities of the different modalities and fisheries, bearing in mind that it is easier to achieve in some single-species fisheries and that it presents some challenges for mixed fisheries that need to be overcome; stresses that consideration should be given to producers’ and fishermen’s organisations, which should be actively involved; stresses that the elimination of discards should be accompanied by technical measures to reduce or eliminate unwanted by-catch and incentives to encourage selective fishing practices; beli ...[+++]eves that priority should go to avoiding unwanted catches in the first place, rather than managing them; is concerned, in this connection, about the emergence of a parallel discards market which would constitute a danger for the ecosystem and the European fishing sector; emphasises that adequate safeguards should therefore be provided; also stresses the need for stakeholder involvement and for careful design of the landing obligation and the subsequent treatment thereof, in order to avoid a shift from unwanted fish in the sea to unwanted fish on land;

Special attention is given to the parts of a notification concerning product identification, risk description, measures, traceability and distribution channels.

The Court finds in that regard that, where the delay arising from such waiting lists appears to exceed an acceptable period in the individual case concerned having regard to an objective medical assessment of all the circumstances of the situation and the patient’s clinical needs, the competent institution may not refuse authorisation on the grounds of the existence of those waiting lists, an alleged distortion of the normal ...[+++] order of priorities linked to the relative urgency of the cases to be treated, the fact that the hospital treatment provided under the national system in question is free of charge, the duty to make available specific funds to reimburse the cost of treatment provided in another Member State and/or a comparison between the cost of that treatment and that of equivalent treatment in the Member State of residence.

In this connection, the regions of emigration and transit towards the European Union should be considered in the first place while appropriate attention may also be given to emerging regional or interregional initiatives related to migration as well as to the most relevant south/south migratory flows.

Welcomes that in 2002 a number of countries appear to be ending a period of labour shedding and are recording employment growth; draws attention to the fact that on average candidate countries are still marked by falling employment; welcomes the Joint Assessment of Employment Policy Priorities (JAP) that the Commission signed with the candidate countries - except for Latvia, Romania and Bulgaria - as an important step in the prep ...[+++]aration for joining the Luxembourg process; hopes that JAPs for the three remaining countries will be finalised soon; calls now for effective monitoring of the priorities contained therein in the light of the rising rate of unemployment, especially in the younger and the most vulnerable population; calls for the necessary measures to be taken to create new employment opportunities and to tackle the labour market rigidities and skill mismatches that have also been identified by the Commission;