Translation of "Profondeur de demi-exposition " (French → English) :

half value depth | H.V.D.

hypabyssal | epizonal | epizone | subvolcanic | sub-volcanic

half stop underexposure

adjustments to the prices and spreads mentioned in points (a) and (b) where necessary to reflect the liquidity of the market for the underlying risks or instruments and the size of the exposure relative to market depth, as well as possible model risk.

35. Stresses that the severe exposure of the forest ecosystems of the Mediterranean regions to climate change should be taken fully into account; calls on the Commission to introduce, among the agri-environmental measures provided for under the common agricultural policy, specific interventions designed to prevent and avoid the spread of forest fires, and to undertake in-depth consideration of the introduction of a common forest policy to deal more effectively with climate change and natural disasters; urges the Commission, in its proposal for an EU action plan for adapting to climate change, to prioritise the prevention and combating ...[+++]of droughts and forest fires in southern Europe;

According to the available information, the workings of the balancing mechanism – in particular the markets based pricing and the well-developed intra-day market with one-and-a-half hourly gate closures, that is the possibility for network users to adjust their position every one-and-a-half hours – are such that it does not constitute an obstacle to electricity production being subject to direct exposure to competition.

The cruise ship, the Sea Diamond, which sank on 5 April 2007 off Santorini, remains abandoned, 18 months after the shipwreck, at a depth of some 100 metres in the ecologically sensitive area of the caldera, while its tanks still contain 300 tonnes of oil and other toxic substances.