Translation of "comptes nationaux traditionnels " (French → English) :

7. Recalls the decision of the Stockholm Summit that the Council together with the Commission will develop indicators to ensure that there are no discriminatory pay differentials between men and women; in this respect, strongly supports the proposal in the Guidelines to adopt a multi-faceted strategy to achieve gender pay equality in both the public and private sectors, but wishes the introduction of precise national quantitative targets and target dates to tackle the pay gap to be called for more specifically from the Member States; also expects European target figures to be set aimed at closing the gap between men's and women's pay, ...[+++]which will help to avoid the compartmentalisation of the labour market and change traditional roles; regrets, however, the little attention devoted by most Members States to combating the problem of gender pay gaps, and calls therefore on the Member States to encourage employers to develop annual reports with information on: (a) the proportions of women and men at different levels of the organisation, (b) pay differentials for equal work and for work of equal value, and (c) actions to improve the situation and increase pay transparency; also wishes the Member States to draw up equal pay plans and annual reports on developments in the area of equal pay which will serve as a basis for the Commission to draw up progress reports taking into account national action plans on employment.

Unfortunately, at the same time the Court's line of argument is not in keeping with this uniqueness and with the principle of the further development of the Community (directed towards the creation of 'an ever closer union of the peoples of Europe' (Art. A TEU)); its aim rather is to perpetuate the existence of the nation State in its time-honoured form.

32. INVITES the national and European standards bodies and public authorities to examine how the viability of an overall standardisation system in Europe can best be financially guaranteed in the light of a rapidly changing European and international environment and of anticipated changes in the traditional sources of income;

These latter units (enterprises, holding companies, kind-of-activity units, local units, government departments, non-profit institutions, households, etc.) may not always be satisfactory for the purposes of national accounts, since they are generally based on traditional criteria of a legal, administrative or accounting nature.