Translation of "dispositif d'aide au conseil " (French → English) :

15. Underlines the fact that the Commission surveys show that not only access to finance but also access to skills, including managerial skills and financial and accountancy knowledge, are critical factors for SMEs in accessing funds, innovating, competing and growing; believes that the delivery of EU financial instruments should therefore be accompanied by the provision of appropriate mentoring and coaching schemes and knowledge-based business services;

Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (1), Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (2), and Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (3), contain certain provisions with regard to the audits, assessments and unannounced audits performed by notified bodies ...[+++]in the field of medical devices.

The combined effect of the ecodesign requirements set out in this Regulation and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013 of 18 February 2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of space heaters, combination heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device (4) is expected to result by 2020 in estimated annual energy savings of about 1 900 PJ (about 45 Mtoe), corresponding to around 110 Mt CO2 emissions, and a reduction in annual nitrogen ...[+++]oxides emissions of some 270 kt SOx equivalent, compared to what would happen if no measures were taken.

The first concerns the mechanism which the Council decided on for Greece and about which I have serious doubts.

j ) "medical device" means a medical device as defined in Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices , Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices or Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices ;

(7) Whereas the major part of medical devices are covered by Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of laws relating to active implantable medical devices (5) and Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (6) with the exclusion of in vitro diagnostic medical devices; whereas this Directive seeks to extend the harmonisation to in vitro diagnostic medical devices and whereas, i ...[+++]n the interest of uniform Community rules, this Directive is based largely on the provisions of the said two Directives;