Translation of "centrale avait connue " (French → English) :

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 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 e ...[+++]vents, as projected by the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,

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,

25. Notes the rapid increase in the leverage ratio of the ECB, as measured by its capital and reserves in relation to its assets, even though the leverage ratio cannot be applied to central banks in the same way as it can to commercial banks; notes, however, that by mid-August 2011 the ECB's balance sheet had already shrunk by around 10% from its peak, although it has been increasing rapidly since then; notes that, while there has been also a substantial expansion in the balance sheets of other central banks, the ECB's leverage ratio is higher than that of other comparable central banks, with the exception of those which have implement ...[+++]ed quantitative easing programmes, such as the Federal Reserve or the Bank of England;

25. Notes the rapid increase in the leverage ratio of the ECB, as measured by its capital and reserves in relation to its assets, even though the leverage ratio cannot be applied to central banks in the same way as it can to commercial banks; notes, however, that by mid-August 2011 the ECB's balance sheet had already shrunk by around 10% from its peak, although it has been increasing rapidly since then; notes that, while there has been also a substantial expansion in the balance sheets of other central banks, the ECB's leverage ratio is higher than that of other comparable central banks, with the exception of those which have implement ...[+++]ed quantitative easing programmes, such as the Federal Reserve or the Bank of England;