Translation of "Période de décharge d'enseignement " (French → English) :

In order to ensure the overall quality of mobility, it is desirable to ensure freedom of movement for all EU citizens and to apply as far as possible the principles laid down in the Charter and the relevant recommendations to all types of mobility for learning or professional development purposes: education or training; formal or non-formal learning, including voluntary work and projects; short or long mobility periods; school, higher education or job-related learning; measures in connection with lifelong learning.

Mobility periods of teachers and trainers in school, university and vocational education should be encouraged and recognised as an integral part of their career development, as well as mobility of youth workers in youth organisations.

organise exchanges of students, selected on the basis of academic excellence at all levels of higher education (from students in first cycle to post-doctoral researchers), academics and higher education staff for mobility periods of variable length, including the possibility of placement periods.

At the request of the exporter, in the case of container transport by sea, a Member State may accept that the proof of unloading referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph is provided instead by information equivalent to that of the unloading document if it is generated by an information system managed by a third party responsible for the transport of the containers to and unloading of the containers at the place of destination, provided that the third party specialises in such operations and the information system security is approved by the Member State as meeting the criteria laid down in the version applicable to the period concerned of one of ...[+++] the internationally accepted standards set out in point 3(B) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006.

- the times during which he cannot dispose freely of his time and is required to be at his workstation, ready to take up normal work, with certain tasks associated with being on duty, in particular during periods awaiting loading or unloading where their foreseeable duration is not known in advance, that is to say either before departure or just before the actual start of the period in question, or under the general conditions negotiated between the social partners and/or under the terms of the legislation of the Member States.

However, a very high number of landfills for non-hazardous waste and for inert waste will have to be re-equipped or closed in the next two reporting periods in order to ensure that by 16 July 2009, as stipulated by Article 14, no landfill that does not comply with the Directive will still be in operation.