Translation of "soudure de première passe " (French → English) :

As Bill explained, we ended up in the months of January and February, and to this point in March, encountering challenges in the more complex welds that have caused us to extend that guidance now twice.

In June of last year, a small group of committee members travelled to Nunavik, where we visited a fish hatchery and the first fishway in the Arctic.

Firstly, Sabena has been continuously loss making for the last 40 years, except for one year, and that was probably thanks to an accountancy trick.

T. whereas, in that context, it would be helpful to know what if any liabilities were inherited from the Italian and Dutch States when the installations were transferred to the JRC in the beginning, and what liabilities arose before the various Member State accessions,

The position on 1 January 1986 On 1 January 1986, the ESF had accumulated a deficit of 2 890 million ECU representing part of the commitments made by the Commission between 1978 and 1985 for which second phase payments had not yet been made (supplement to the advance payment granted. This amount, which was the culmination of a long process, exceeded the annual budget of the ESF and jeopardized its financial soundness and credibility. Graph NO 1 shows the trend from 1979 to 1 January 1986 of those parts of commitment appropriations still to be paid at the end of each financial year. These amounts constitute what is known as the "legacy of the past". Table 1 ...[+++]shows the structure by year of the commitments of the accumulated "legacy of the past" up to 1 January 1986. The clearing plan and its execution In view of this highly unsatisfactory situation which was having a negative effect on the management and finances of the ESF, the Commission, acting on a proposal by the Vice-President Marin, decided in 1986 to adopt a plan specifically to eliminate the legacy of the past in three years (1986-1988).

Signed Period Amount Form of action First Protocol 1963 1964-69 175 MUA EC loans at reduced interest rates Second Protocol 1970 1973-76 195 MUA EIB loans 220 MECU EC loans at reduced Third Protocol 1977 1979-81 310 MECU interest rates 90 MECU EIB loans This money has been used largely for industrial and infrastructure development e.g. coal mines, energy projects, etc.Because of the particularly difficult situation in Turkey at the time, the EC in 1980 granted Turkey 75 MECU of Special Aid - entirely in grants - as a bridging measure between the Third and an eventual Fourth Financial Protocol.