Translation of "lettre d'observations " (French → English) :

67. Points out that the current voted actualisation of the budget 2012 is 1,44% compared to 2011 (without the Amending Letter Croatia); as the amending letter on Croatia will be dealt with in the conciliation committee with the Council; expects that the necessary expenses for Croatia will be added; expects that the final actualisation of the budget 2012 is therefore 1,9% (including Croatia) after conciliation committee; 1,9% is the lowest actualisation since 12 years; without the expenses for Croatia accession and the 18 new MEPs following the Treaty of Lisbon is only 0,8%; 0,8% is the lowest increase since at least 15 years; in th ...[+++]e last 15 years the average increase was XX%; due to the current inflation of XX% there is a real decrease of the budget 2012; despite new competences, new posts, actions and activities, which are the consequences of the Treaty of Lisbon, the Parliament has made real cuts;

71. Points out that the current voted actualisation of the 2012 budget is 1,44% compared to 2011 (without the amending letter on Croatia) as the amending letter on Croatia will be dealt with in the conciliation committee with the Council; expects that the necessary expenses for Croatia will be added; expects the final actualisation of the budget 2012 to be therefore 1,9% (including Croatia) after conciliation committee; 1,9% is the lowest actualisation for 12 years and without the expenses for Croatia accession and the 18 new MEPs following the Lisbon Treaty it is only 0,8%; 0,8% is the lowest increase since at least 15 years; in th ...[+++]e last 15 years the average increase was 4,5%; due to the current inflation of 2,9% there is a real decrease of the budget 2012; despite new competences, new posts, actions and activities, which are the consequences of the Lisbon Treaty, Parliament has made real cuts;

Denmark was given the opportunity to respond and its comments were received by two letters dealing with different aspects of the third party comments: by letter from the Danish Government dated 29 January 2010, received via the Permanent Representation and registered as received on 23 February 2010, and by letter dated 29 March 2010 and registered as received on 30 March 2010, with the Annexes to that letter later being registered as received on 14 April 2010.

4. Points out that, if from a development perspective Mercosur achieved initial success in stimulating intra-regional growth, in other development areas it has proved less successful: Mercosur countries' economies are already relatively open and liberalised, in line with the 'Washington consensus' that they strictly followed. Observes that the aim of Mercosur was to accelerate economic development along with social justice, and that liberalisation was deemed to generate export-led economic growth which in turn would help with poverty reduction, but there are some failings on the poverty front;

The Commission also received comments from the following interested parties: National Federation of Electronic and Electrotechnic Companies (ANIE) by letter dated 19 June 2006, Europa 7 by letter dated 19 June 2006, European Satellite Operator Association (ESOA) by letter dated 20 June 2006 Mediaset SpA by letter dated 20 June 2006, RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana by letter dated 23 June 2006, and Sky Italia by letter dated 26 June).

Comments were received by letter of 27 January 2006, registered as received on 30 January, from a third party that wished to remain anonymous, by letter of 6 February 2006, registered as received on the same day, from Prophete GmbH Co. KG, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, and Pantherwerke AG, Löhne, and by letters of 6 February, registered as received on the same day, and of 27 February 2006, registered as received on the same day, from Vaterland-Werke GmbH Co. KG, Neuenrade.