Translation of "Programme pour un marché des services d'information " (French → English) :

(21) Unrestricted access to vehicle repair information, via a standardised format which can be used to retrieve the technical information, and effective competition on the market for vehicle repair and maintenance information services are necessary to improve the functioning of the internal market, particularly as regards the free movement of goods, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services.

(f)for service contracts for the acquisition, development, production or co-production of programme material intended for audiovisual or radio media services as defined in Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council or contracts for broadcasting time or programme provision.

134. Takes note of the fact that transnational corporations increasingly rely on private military and security companies (PMSCs), which on occasion has given rise to human rights violations perpetrated by PMSC employees; considers that the adoption of EU regulatory measures, including a comprehensive normative system for the establishment, registration, licensing, monitoring and reporting by such companies, is necessary; calls on the Commission to propose a Recommendation paving the way for a directive aimed at harmonising national measures regulating PMSC services, including service providers and the procurement of services, and the d ...[+++]rafting of a Code of Conduct paving the way for a Decision regulating the export of PMSC services to third states; calls for detailed information to be provided by the VP/HR to Parliament on the hiring of PMSCs on CSDP and Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) missions, specifying professional requirements and corporate standards demanded of contractors, applicable regulations, legal responsibilities and obligations imposed upon them and monitoring mechanisms;

128. Takes note of the fact that transnational corporations increasingly rely on private military and security companies (PMSCs), which on occasion has given rise to human rights violations perpetrated by PMSC employees; considers that the adoption of EU regulatory measures, including a comprehensive normative system for the establishment, registration, licensing, monitoring and reporting by such companies, is necessary; calls on the Commission to propose a Recommendation paving the way for a directive aimed at harmonising national measures regulating PMSC services, including service providers and the procurement of services, and the d ...[+++]rafting of a Code of Conduct paving the way for a Decision regulating the export of PMSC services to third states; calls for detailed information to be provided by the HR/VP to Parliament on the hiring of PMSCs on CSDP and Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) missions, specifying professional requirements and corporate standards demanded of contractors, applicable regulations, legal responsibilities and obligations imposed upon them and monitoring mechanisms;

(d) to take on board the fact that the EPCIP should be considered by the Member States’ law enforcement agencies and those responsible for national civil protection mechanisms as complementary to national planning and awareness raising; that the success of the EPCIP should be evaluated independently and by specific standards; and that, on a proposal from the Commission, the Council should establish the EPCIP via an identifiable and achievable calendar of gradual implementation of specific and clearly defined steps and goals; and to recognise that, to be successful, a European Critical Infrastructure Early-Warning Information Network should assi ...[+++]st in stimulating an exchange of information on shared threats and mutual vulnerability and devising appropriate measures and strategies to mitigate risk, in support of protecting critical infrastructure;

38. On the basis of currently available information, liberalisation of services under the Single Market Programme appears to have had a positive impact on the availability, quality and affordability of services of general interest.