Translation of "indemnité des contraintes et nuisances " (French → English) :

7. Endorses the commitment shown to addressing the issue of regulatory burdens; in this regard recalls the previous commitment of the Parliament to require the Commission to identify equivalent cost offsets when proposing new legislation; further recalls the Parliament’s request that the programme for administrative burden reduction be extended and expanded, and therefore looks forward to proposals to reduce administrative burdens and regulatory nuisances which would address many of the citizens’ and businesses’ main concerns regarding the Single Market;

83. Endorses the commitment shown to addressing the issue of regulatory burdens; in this regard, recalls the previous commitment of Parliament to require the Commission to identify equivalent cost offsets when proposing new legislation; further recalls Parliament’s request that the programme for administrative burden reduction be extended and expanded, and therefore looks forward to proposals for reducing administrative burdens and regulatory impediments, since these would address many of the main concerns of citizens and businesses regarding the Single Market;

It therefore proposes to improve the planning framework for these, taking more account of environmental constraints, such as noise impact.

I would have voted in favour had there been a ‘Fatuzzo allowance’: that is, I would vote for it if the allowances of all the interpreters who have to stay here because Mr Fatuzzo delivers too many explanations of vote, and of Presidency officials and even the President, were doubled in a specific allowance for having to listen to the numerous explanations of vote delivered by Mr Fatuzzo.

There are only two things that will cause them to shift position: pressure from the European Union or pressure from their own public opinion for, unfortunately, the United States is a vast territory and the environs of airports are less badly affected than the territories overflown in Europe, which is, by virtue of its geographical layout, affected more seriously by such constraints.

These include requiring consumers to pay unreasonable compensation or holding them to terms they had no time to fully understand before signing the contract.