Translation of "Rapport d'exécution des obligations " (French → English) :

The four conditions are: (a) the beneficiary of a State funding mechanism for an SGEI must be formally entrusted with the provision and discharge of an SGEI, the obligations of which must be clearly defined; (b) the parameters for calculating the compensation must be established beforehand in an objective and transparent manner, to avoid it conferring an economic advantage which may favour the recipient undertaking over competing undertakings; (c) the compensation cannot exceed what is necessary to cover all or part of the costs incurred in the discharge of the SGEI, taking into account the relevant receipts and a reasonable profit for ...[+++] discharging those obligations; and (d) where the beneficiary is not chosen pursuant to a public procurement procedure, the level of compensation granted must be determined on the basis of an analysis of the costs which a typical undertaking, well run, would have incurred in discharging those obligations, taking into account the relevant receipts and a reasonable profit.

2. By 15 July 2012 at the latest, the Commission shall publish a report assessing the contribution of this Directive to the implementation of existing obligations, commitments and initiatives of the Member States or the Community at Community or international level in the sphere of environmental protection in marine waters.

2. By 15 July 2012 at the latest, the Commission shall publish a report assessing the contribution of this Directive to the implementation of existing obligations, commitments and initiatives of the Member States or the Community at Community or international level in the sphere of environmental protection in marine waters.

7. Points out that new management tasks and control measures - principally concerning farmers' observance of cross-compliance rules relating to environmental, phytosanitary and other obligations from 2005 - are linked to the operation of the reformed CAP; believes that there may be serious problems during the first few years of implementing the system, both for farmers and Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure that the resources derived from any penalties imposed under the cross-compliance system remain in their entirety with the Member States and are used to finance information programmes for the parties involved and progra ...[+++]mmes to help farmers adapt to the new requirements of the CAP, in cooperation with the Commission and in a manner which ensures simplification, effective implementation of the CAP and transparent management of resources; asks the Commission and the Member States to cooperate to decrease the administrative burden of the reformed CAP, for example by using certification schemes to verify the fulfilment of cross-compliance obligations;

In particular, the European Community also declares that the legal instruments in force do not cover fully the implementation of the obligations resulting from Article 9(3) of the Convention as they relate to administrative and judicial procedures to challenge acts and omissions by private persons and public authorities other than the institutions of the European Community as covered by Article 2(2)(d) of the Convention, and that, consequently, its Member States are responsible for the performance of these obligations at the time of approval of the Convention by the European Community and will remain so unless and until the Community, in ...[+++] the exercise of its powers under the EC Treaty, adopts provisions of Community law covering the implementation of those obligations.

I would also emphasise the importance of Article 17, concerning implementation, which obliges Member States to designate the body responsible for the implementation of the regulation, to provide them with information and to force them to comply with measures ensuring that passengers’ rights are respected.