Traduction de «progresser s'accroître de plus de 10 » (Français → Anglais) :

4. Recalls that the EU should start investing in order to be ready to tap the potential of third countries with a large population and emerging economies, particularly the BRIC countries, where the number of outbound tourists is rising; points out the need for initiatives aimed at promoting tourism and for greater flexibility and consistency in respect of tourist visa arrangements and border crossings; stresses that the promotion of a larger number of Visa Tourism platforms, coupled with a cautious approach to the simplification of the Visa Code, is an important component in increasing the number of tourists from outside Europe and rai ...[+++]sing the visibility of European tourist destinations; highlights the potential of touring visas for groups of tourists who had already been in the country, and the importance of implementing more visa waiver agreements in order to make optimum use of international tourist arrivals; considers it advisable, with due respect for the Member States’ right and duty to control entry across their own borders, for the European institutions and the Member States to develop, in the context of the common visa policy, a long-term strategy for better-coordinated and simplified visa procedures;

23. Underlines the fact that, according to an IMF report, the progressivity of tax systems has been weakened in some Member States in recent years, contributing to increasing inequality; considers that the tax wedge has been much higher for low-wage workers and SMEs with higher effective tax rates; recognises that, while taxation is a Member State competence, progressive tax systems help cushion the worst effects of economic crises, and recognises the importance of reducing taxes for labour and enterprises with a view to increasing demand and creating jobs, while ensuring adequate financing of social protection systems; insists that t ...[+++]ax fraud and tax evasion must be dealt with within and between Member States;

To increase the significance and check the plausibility of the results, the values for the average performance of the 10 % most efficient installations have been compared against literature on most efficient techniques.

The Commission communication of 10 January 2007 entitled ‘Renewable Energy Roadmap — Renewable energies in the 21st century: building a more sustainable future’ demonstrated that a 20 % target for the overall share of energy from renewable sources and a 10 % target for energy from renewable sources in transport would be appropriate and achievable objectives, and that a framework that includes mandatory targets should provide the business community with the long-term stability it needs to make rational, sustainable investments in the renewable energy sector which are capable of reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels and boosting the use o ...[+++]f new energy technologies.

1. Stresses that Europe's freight transport systems must meet pressing challenges to increase effective integration and sustainability of freight transport in Europe, making a greater contribution to improving mobility, energy efficiency, and reducing oil consumption, polluting emissions, and external costs, and therefore welcomes the above-mentioned Commission communications and Council conclusions; encourages the Commission, the Member States and industry to support in future a freight transport policy which is more sustainable in terms of mobility, the environment, climate, the economy, security and social interests, by promoting the use, in an enlarged ...[+++]European Union, of more efficient logistics systems as part of the gradual integration of priority cross-border rail freight corridors, hubs and conventional networks, and by promoting the user and polluter pays principles for all modes of transport;

2. On the specific issue of gender equality, and in the light of the opinion adopted on 28 January 2005 by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality on 'policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013', for which I was also draftswoman, and in particular its paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 5, which reject the idea of bringing the gender equality programme under the PROGRESS umbrella, emphasise the need to allocate extra financial resources and point out that gender equality must, like all Community policies, operate across the board, including in areas of expenditure such as the Structural Funds, a number of amendm ...[+++]ents are tabled. These include: