Traduction de «Programmation de la lecture de plusieurs disques » (Français → Anglais) :

21. On heading 1a, "Competitiveness for growth and employment", rejects the cuts in commitment and payment appropriations made by the Council in its first reading, especially where these cover multi-annual programmes recently co-decided with Parliament that aim to deliver on the Lisbon Strategy; restores these cuts and proposes increases on a number of lines that are political priorities for Parliament; proposes a number of pilot projects and preparatory actions in line with its budgetary prerogatives; underlines the importance of ...[+++]reducing the stigma of business failure in the context of the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP);

With the final adoption of the 6th Framework Programme (FP6) for research and technological development (2002 - 2006) on 3 June 2002 by the Council, following the adoption of a number of compromise amendments – the result of an informal "trilogue" between the three institutions – by the European Parliament (EP) on 15 May 2002, the prospect of a timely adoption of the full FP6 package became a realistic possibility, only to be confirmed by the EP votes on the specific programmes for the implementation of FP6 in June and the rules for participation in the activities of FP6 in July – the latter opening the way for a final adoption of the ru ...[+++]les by Council and Parliament after a single reading.

It is internally consistent and incorporates some 20 first reading amendments from Parliament, including several that I submitted, such as the need to cater for the electronic age and Internet age by allowing for computer and disk storage of data, exemptions for telephone selling, exemptions for the travel industry for small contracts and action to ensure that the scope of the directive does not extend to the mere provision of information on products.

Once again, I can testify to the quality of Mr van Velzen’s work, all the more so when he had to rework his report several times: he firstly had to take into account the outcome of the votes at the second reading of the RDFP and then had to transfer several of the amendments adopted en bloc at the same vote into the specific programme.

Lastly, after overcoming the Council’s intransigence on aspects that Parliament has always considered to be essential, specifically with regard to the programme’s budget, the participation of NGOs and financial support for them, the role of the European Parliament and the promotion of innovative approaches, we have reached the end of a long process that includes a second reading on 17 May this year, various working meetings with the Belgian presidency and conciliation, in which, finally, consensus was reached on 18 September.

Through various partnerships, the QFHSA has been able to support several literacy initiatives, such as a literacy and library program for schools, community learning centres and other child-centred organizations; the development of our children's literacy resource guide; and our Born to Read programs, which promote reading to preschool children.