Translation of "Service de messagerie assuré par des sociétés privées " (French → English) :

In the spirit of this cooperation, the Parties shall actively pursue, on the basis of reciprocity and appropriate safeguards, the cooperation of any relevant international financial payment messaging service providers which are based in their respective territories for the purposes of ensuring the continued and effective viability of the U.S. and EU systems.

4. Reduce administrative burdens and promote entrepreneurship Building on the Small Business Act, and in order significantly reduce administrative burdens on business, promote their cash flow and help more people to become entrepreneurs, the EU and Member States should: Ensure that starting up a business anywhere in the EU can be done within three days at zero costs and that formalities for the hiring of the first employee can be fulfilled via a single access point; Remove the requirement on micro-enterprises to prepare annual accounts (the estimated savings for these companies are € 7bn per year) and limit the capital requirements of the ...[+++] European private company to one euro; Accelerate the adoption of the European private company statute proposal so that from early 2009 it can facilitate cross border business activities of SMEs and to allow them to work under a single set of corporate rules across the EU; Ensure that public authorities pay invoices, including to SMEs, for supplies and services within one month to ease liquidity constraints and accept e-invoicing as equivalent to paper invoicing (this could deliver cost reductions of up to 18 € Bn); any arrears owed by public bodies should also be settled; Reduce by up to 75% the fees for patent applications and maintenance and halve the costs for an EU trademark.

We have to ensure that, while there are private companies involved in the delivery of a universal health care system, we do not invite a NAFTA challenge on the question of investment.

The text just agreed by the Council aims to ensure that private companies are subject to the rules of the Directive only where the special or exclusive rights given to them by Member States are such that they enjoy privileges that are comparable to those of public undertakings.

The operational phase will be funded by the private sector, but given the constraints arising from the public service obligations imposed on the operation of the major public infrastructure that the GALILEO system represents, and the time needed for the private sector to develop fully the satellite radionavigation market and the marketing of its services, it will be necessary to provide some exceptional public funding during the first years of the operational phase.

Following action by the Commission in implementation of competition rules, particularly Article 90 of the EEC Treaty, the Danish Government has reported changes to legislation in Denmark to allow courier services to be provided by private operators.