Translation of "œuvre devant atteindre " (French → English) :

The European Parliament and the Council take note of the Commission’s thorough assessment provided in the ‘Elements for a payment plan to bring the EU budget back onto a sustainable track’ (in annex) as an analytical basis for identifying the main drivers behind the grown level of outstanding payment claims at year-end, and for attaining the objective of reducing the level of unpaid bills, with a particular focus on the implementation of the 2007-2013 cohesion policy programmes.

The relevant Commission decisions establishing those umbrella programmes shall specify the countries that may receive allocations, with the actual allocations to be decided on the basis of progress towards deep and sustainable democracy and implementation of agreed reform objectives contributing to the attainment of that goal.

The instrument chosen is a Directive to be transposed into national law by the Member States. A Directive defines the final result to be achieved and the general requirements, while leaving sufficient flexibility to Member States to adapt implementation to their national specificities. In this particular case, a Directive is sufficient to achieve the objectives of the proposal. The level of constraint is thus proportionate to the objective.

The instrument chosen is a Directive to be transposed into national law by the Member States. A Directive defines the final result to be achieved and the general requirements, while leaving sufficient flexibility to Member States to adapt implementation to their national specificities. In this particular case, a Directive is sufficient to achieve the objectives of the proposal. The level of constraint is thus proportionate to the objective.

Because of the Union's demographic concentration in urban agglomerations, and the key position towns and cities occupy in the Union's economic performance, the urban dimension of Operational Programmes to be implemented in the 2007 - 2013 period is central to its strategy for attaining the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives.

52. Remains concerned that previous innovation and competitiveness programmes have failed to deliver the necessary link between fundamental and applied research and industrial innovation partly due to the fact that the financial resources were rather limited; believes that the support of the European public is indispensable for realising the Lisbon goals; considers that the Commission should propose a simplification of its financial procedures with a view to facilitating the implementation of research policy; considers that financial instruments need to be rethought in a more fine-tuned, targeted way and that the establishment of an a ...[+++]mbitious programme for competitiveness and innovation endowed with adequate financial resources is vital for supporting a "prosperity" oriented industrial policy, notably for SMEs, that would successfully capitalise on research through industrial applications, such as technology transfer from universities and research centres into industrial application; considers that further steps should be taken to foster development of the information society as proposed by the Commission, developing and promoting international standards for ICT and mobile telecommunication technology, monitoring the implementation of the electronic communications legislative framework, supporting EU benchmarking activities in the field of eEurope action plan initiatives and further enhancing EU security research; regards such a programme as essential in order to achieve the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy in the sphere of new technologies and ecotechnologies; considers that adequate funding must be secured through the 7th EU Research Programme (FP7) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) for the EU Action Plan for Environmental Technologies (ETAP); calls for adequate funding for the support of innovative SMEs and initiatives aimed at helping the commercialisation of research and the transfer of technology, notably through the Euro ...