Translation of "accord de savoir-faire " (French → English) :

This exchange of pre-existing know-how may be compensated, but the compensation must not be so high as to effectively prevent such access.

8. Emphasises the need to capitalise on the innovative potential of EU businesses and EU public services in renewable energies and technologies, including energy efficiency technologies and advanced ICT, to promote through trade agreements a gradual shift towards a low-carbon economy, thus ensuring new opportunities to sell EU products and know-how in this area, or to transfer this know-how where applicable;

218. Notes the UN's apparent failure properly to apply the financing agreement signed between the Commission and it regarding the European Agency for Reconstruction, leaving the Court frequently unable to carry out adequate financial control of payments and underlying documents concerning contracts managed or overseen by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK); notes the statement by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to grant full access to all files at the request of the Court; urges however the Commission to review the financing agreement with the UN; is of the opinion that a possible phasing out of the European Agency for Reconstruction should not be done ...[+++]according to a pre-set timetable but should depend on economic and political criteria and developments, making full use of the added value of the Agency in terms of expertise and know-how developed over the years, and asks the Commission to bring forward a proposal after a proper final evaluation to see whether the mandate of the reconstruction agency could be altered in such a way that that existing expertise and know-how could be used to provide reconstruction assistance wherever needed, for example in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the countries affected by the Tsunami, as a second stage after immediate humanitarian needs have been addressed by the Humanitarian Aid Office;

218. Notes the UN's apparent failure properly to apply the financing agreement signed between the Commission and it regarding the European Agency for Reconstruction, leaving the Court frequently unable to carry out adequate financial control of payments and underlying documents concerning contracts managed or overseen by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK); notes the statement by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to grant full access to all files at the request of the Court; urges however the Commission to review the financing agreement with the UN; is of the opinion that a possible phasing out of the European Agency for Reconstruction should not be done ...[+++]according to a pre-set timetable but should depend on economic and political criteria and developments, making full use of the added value of the Agency in terms of expertise and know-how developed over the years, and asks the Commission to bring forward a proposal after a proper final evaluation to see whether the mandate of the reconstruction agency could be altered in such a way that that existing expertise and know-how could be used to provide reconstruction assistance wherever needed, for example in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the countries affected by the Tsunami, as a second stage after immediate humanitarian needs have been addressed by the Humanitarian Aid Office;

Six groups chose theme 1: the use of new know-how and new technologies to make the products and services of rural areas more competitive; nine groups chose theme 2: improving the quality of life in rural areas; three groups chose theme 3: adding value to local products, in particular by facilitating access to markets for small production units via collective actions; and four groups chose theme 4: making the best use of natural resources, including enhancing the value of sites of Community interest selected under Natura 2000.

In the context of a transfer of an undertaking, the following agreements are directly related and necessary to concentrations: non-competition obligations which are imposed on the vendor, licence agreements for patents, similar rights or know-how and purchase and supply obligations providing for fixed quantities.