Translation of "ration énergétique " (French → English) :

E. whereas the energy intake amongst large groups of the population has been stable since the 1950s; whereas changes in lifestyle, however, have led to a decrease in both physical activity and physical work and thereby reduced energy requirements, causing an imbalance between energy needs and energy supply,

Furthermore, faced with donor fatigue — recently confirmed by the announcement of the World Food Program's drastic cut in caloric distribution — humanitarian agencies are experiencing low morale, almost despair, and this even before the rainy season starts in just a few short months, something which will make the whole country impassable.

Emergency food rations: provision of high-energy, protein-rich biscuits in the days following the disaster, pending the organisation of a bulk food distributions ;

In other words, such aid may not under any circumstances constitute aid for exports; - the aid will have to be objectively quantifiable beforehand on the basis of a ratio "aid per kilometre travelled" or on the basis of a ratio "aid per kilometre travelled" and "aid per unit of weight", and will have to form the subject-matter of an annual report drawn up on the basis of such ratio(s); - estimates of the extra cost will have to be based on the cheapest means of transport and the most direct route between the place of production/processing and the commercial outlets; - aid may be granted only to businesses located in an area eligible f ...[+++]or regional aid on the strength of the new criterion of low population density; - the products of firms for which there is no possible alternative location (products of the extractive industries, hydroelectric power stations, etc.) will not be eligible for transport aid. - any transport aid granted to firms in sectors considered sensitive by the Commission (motor vehicles, textiles, synthetic fibres, shipbuilding, ECSC sectors and steel falling outside the scope of the ECSC Treaty) will be subject to the requirement of prior notification and to the sectoral guidelines applicable; - agricultural products falling within Annex II of the EC Treaty are not covered by the present provisions and will form the subject-matter of an appropriate proposal in due course.

Under the Directive, the energy provided by a daily ration must be between 800 kcal and 1200 kcal.

Furthermore, government food rations continued to cover only about 60 percent of the daily energy needs of the population in central and southern Iraq.