Translation of "avait convenus jusqu'alors " (French → English) :

13. One of the amendments introduced in the Merger Regulation in 1998 was the inclusion of certain joint ventures, which previously had been considered to fall outside the scope of the Regulation (so called full-function co-operative joint ventures "ffCJV's").

In the environment sector, the TA component relating to works supervision and project management of projects approved in 2002 was in general greater than for the projects approved before as no internationally supported investment had taken place previously in the water and wastewater utilities of the selected cities, unlike for previously approved projects.

the presence in its territory of a Union quarantine pest not known to be present there.

Where a competent authority suspects or has received evidence concerning the presence of a Union quarantine pest, or a pest subject to measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1), in a part of the territory of its Member State where that pest was previously not known to be present, or in a consignment of plants, plant products or other objects introduced into, intended to be introduced into, or moved within, the Union territory, it shall immediately take the measures necessary to confirm whether that pest is present (‘to officially confirm’).

Where a competent authority suspects, or has received evidence concerning, the presence of a Union quarantine pest, or a pest subject to measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1), in a part of the territory of the respective Member State where that pest was previously not known to be present, or in a consignment of plants, plant products or other objects introduced into, intended to be introduced into, or moved within the Union territory, it shall immediately take any measures necessary to confirm on the basis of a diagnosis of an official laboratory as referred to in Article 37 of Regulation ►C1 (EU) 2017/625 ◄ (“to officially confirm” ...[+++]), whether that pest is present or not.

E. whereas 10 years ago more than 100 000 cubic meters of cyanide-tainted water was released from a gold mine reservoir in Baia Mare (Romania) into the Somes-Tisza-Danube river system and caused the largest ecological disaster of Central Europe at that time.

E. whereas 10 years ago more than 100 000 cubic meters of cyanide-tainted water had been released from a gold mine reservoir in Baia Mare (Romania) into the Somes-Tisza-Danube river system and caused the largest ecological disaster of central Europe at that time; whereas toxic materials killed many organisms damaging the ecological system, food chain and essential human use of the river for many years; whereas 100% of planktons, 82% of fish and 50-60% of aquatic invertebrates were reported to have been killed on the most contaminated section of the Tisza River,

E. whereas in the past 25 years more than 30 major accidents involving cyanide spills have occurred worldwide, especially 10 years ago, when more than 100 000 cubic meters of cyanide-tainted water was released from a gold mine reservoir into the Tisza-Danube river system and caused the largest ecological disaster of Central Europe at that time, and there is no real guarantee that these accidents will not occur again, especially taking into account the escalating extreme weather conditions, inter alia heavy and frequent precipitation events, as projected by th ...[+++]e Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,

– (ES) Madam President, when we discussed and adopted the urgent resolution on Guantánamo a few months ago, it marked a turning point in the debate and we condemned a practice which until then had been completely denied or simply ignored by the powers that be in Europe.

It was the occasion when the Palestinians were expelled from Jordan by King Hussein and swept into the Lebanon, destroying what had been up till then a haven of relative peace and civilisation in the Middle East.