Translation of "niveau ex moins " (French → English) :

1. An installation is deemed to have partially ceased operations, provided that one sub-installation, which contributes to at least 30 % of the installation’s final annual amount of emission allowances allocated free of charge or to the allocation of more than 50 000 allowances, reduces its activity level in a given calendar year by at least 50 % compared to the activity level used for calculating the sub-installation’s allocation in accordance with Article 9 or, where applicable, with Article 18 (hereinafter ‘initial activity level’) ...[+++].

30. Recognises that the credibility of EU negotiations relies on the success of Europe's domestic reduction efforts and on the development and transfer of low-carbon technologies to other countries; calls, therefore, for the adoption at all levels – local, national and European – of policies and measures which will ensure that the EU achieves domestic reductions in GHG emissions of at least of 30% from their 1990 level by 2020, provided that other industrialised countries commit themselves to similar GHG emission reductions and that more economically advanced developing countries make a contribution commensurate with their responsibilit ...[+++]ies and respective capacities; acknowledges the obligation accepted by the EU – irrespective of the conclusion of a global agreement for the period after 2012 – to reduce GHG emissions by at least 20% from their 1990 level by 2020; calls for the adoption of policies and measures that will support the spending of more funds at both national and EU level on RD and innovation in GHG reduction;

30. Recognises that the credibility of EU negotiations relies on the success of Europe's domestic reduction efforts and on the development and transfer of low-carbon technologies to other countries; calls, therefore, for the adoption at all levels – local, national and European – of policies and measures which will ensure that the EU achieves domestic reductions in GHG emissions of at least of 30% from their 1990 level by 2020, provided that other industrialised countries commit themselves to similar GHG emission reductions and that more economically advanced developing countries make a contribution commensurate with their responsibilit ...[+++]ies and respective capacities; acknowledges the obligation accepted by the EU – irrespective of the conclusion of a global agreement for the period after 2012 – to reduce GHG emissions by at least 20% from their 1990 level by 2020; calls for the adoption of policies and measures that will support the spending of more funds at both national and EU level on RD and innovation in GHG reduction;

29. Recognises that the credibility of EU negotiations relies on the success of our domestic reduction efforts and on the development and transfer of low-carbon technologies to other countries; calls therefore for policies and measures at all levels, local, national and European, which will ensure that the EU achieves domestic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions of at least of 30% from their 1990 level by 2020 provided that other developed countries commit themselves to similar emission reductions and that more economically advanced developing countries make a contribution commensurate with their responsibilities and respective capac ...[+++]ities; acknowledges the obligation accepted by the EU - irrespective of the conclusion of a global agreement for the period after 2012 - to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% from their 1990 level by 2020; calls for policies and measures that will support the spending of more funds both at national and EU level on RD and innovation in GHG reduction;

Regulated training courses of a total duration not less than 16 years, a prerequisite of which is successful completion of eight years of primary education plus four years of at least preparatory vocational education ("VBO") or a higher level of general secondary education, and which require the completion of at least four years of vocational training in the apprenticeship system, comprising at least one day of theoretical instruction at a college each week and on the other days practical training in a practical training centre or in a firm, and culminating in a secondary or tertiary level examination.

2. Member States may maintain the amounts of taxation in force at the time of the annual adjustment provided for in paragraph 1 if the conversion of the amounts of the level of taxation expressed in euro would result in an increase of less than 5 % or EUR 5, whichever is the lower amount, in the level of taxation expressed in national currency.