Translation of "seuil d'exclusion " (French → English) :

21. Regrets the fact that in most cases the level of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion has increased; notes, moreover, that these statistics hide a much harsher reality, which is that when GDP per capita falls, the poverty threshold also falls, meaning that people who until recently were considered to be in poverty are now considered to be out of poverty; points out that, in the countries undergoing adjustment and budgetary crisis, the fall in GDP, the slump in public and private investment and the drop in RD investment are leading to a reduction of the potential GDP and creating long-term poverty;

21. Regrets the fact that in most cases the level of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion has increased; notes, moreover, that these statistics hide a much harsher reality, which is that when GDP per capita falls, the poverty threshold also falls, meaning that people who until recently were considered to be in poverty are now considered to be out of poverty; points out that, in the countries undergoing adjustment and budgetary crisis, the fall in GDP, the slump in public and private investment and the drop in RD investment are leading to a reduction of the potential GDP and creating long-term poverty;

2. However, Member States which use a different survey threshold shall fix this threshold at a level to exclude only the smallest agricultural holdings which together contribute 2% or less to the total agricultural area excluding common land and 2% or less to the total number of farm livestock units.

2. However, Member States which use a survey threshold above one hectare shall fix this threshold at a level to exclude only the smallest agricultural holdings which together contribute 2% or less to the total utilised agricultural area excluding common land and 2% or less to the total number of farm livestock units.

d) Examine and, where appropriate, propose adaptations of EU regulations in relevant sectors in light of the above paying particular, but not exclusive, attention to (i) toxicity thresholds, (ii) measurement and emission thresholds, (iii) labelling requirements, (iv) risk assessment and exposure thresholds and (v) production and import thresholds, below which a substance may be exempt from regulation, are typically based upon mass quantities.

I. whereas even over the last few years in which GDP in the European Union had risen by an average of 2.5% annually, poverty and social exclusion have remained at high levels; whereas if we take 60% of the national median income as the threshold below which persons are at risk from poverty, 18% of the population of the EU were living with an income below this threshold in 1997,