Translation of "Restrictions à l'activité politique des étrangers " (French → English) :

7. Calls on the Burmese authorities to lift all restrictions on peaceful political activities in the country and to progress towards an inclusive process of national reconciliation and the restoration of democracy, the rule of law and full respect for human rights;

7. Calls on the Burmese authorities to lift all restrictions on peaceful political activities in the country and to move towards an inclusive process of national reconciliation and restoration of democracy, the rule of law and full respect for human rights;

56. Supports investment facilitation measures and the progressive removal of all transatlantic investment barriers through: the convergence of accounting standards; a level playing field in financial markets; a mutually fair competition policy; and the phasing out of the protectionist measures still present in certain sectors; questions the remaining ownership restrictions in the US, particularly in the defence and aviation sectors and supports the reform of the US Committee on Foreign Investments; calls for a Commission study to be undertaken into the barriers to takeovers in the internal market, which disadvantage EU versus US pur ...[+++]chasers; calls on the Commission to ensure that proprietary restrictions in the EU cannot be used as an argument for upholding US restrictions;

The following are examples of implicit territorial restrictions: (1) a tax incentive covering RD costs incurred anywhere in the EU, but subject to administrative approval favouring domestic RD performers over non-residents wishing to provide RD services, e.g. when such approval is needed only for RD costs incurred abroad, or when the administrative burden is heavier for non-resident companies; (2) a tax incentive covering the costs of subcontracted RD, but limiting the proportion of RD that can be subcontracted to non-resident entities.

A thematic programme encompasses a specific area of activity of interest to a group of partner countries not determined by geography, or cooperation activities addressed to various regions or groups of partner countries, or an international operation that is not geographically specific, including multilateral or global initiatives[3] to promote the Union’s internal policies abroad.

In a couple of Commission survey replies, it has been suggested that Article 2 should more strictly identify activities, which are related to the Environment DG's on-going policies and priorities.