Translation of "organisme administratif " (French → English) :

2. The means referred to in paragraph 1 shall include provisions whereby one or more of the following bodies, as determined by national law, shall be entitled to take action in accordance with national law before the courts or competent administrative bodies to ensure that the national provisions for implementing this Directive are applied:

Each Member State shall appoint a national coordination body, or an equivalent administrative body, responsible for organising that Member State's participation in the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.

12. Calls on those Member States which do not already have such bodies to set up, at national level, a specialised administrative body for equality and the fight against discrimination; stresses that such bodies should be independent and should receive the necessary resources to enable them to help victims of discrimination in their dealings with courts and tribunals; considers that they should also have powers to investigate the cases referred to them; considers that any downgrading of such bodies should be considered as an incorrect implementation of the anti-discrimination directives; asks the Commission carefully to evaluate the ...[+++]situation in Member States in this regard, and notably the Polish government's decision to abolish the Office of Plenipotentiary for Equal Status, the institution charged with combating discrimination and promoting equality for all, as pointed out in the 2005 report of the EU Network of independent experts on fundamental rights;

A. whereas on 27 December 2005 Russia’s Federation Council gave the final approval by a vote of 153-1 with one abstention to the draft law entitled 'on introducing amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation', which amends the current legislation on the registration of NGOs and in particular the laws 'on civil society organisations', 'on non-commercial organisations' and 'on closed administrative-territorial formations',

C. whereas, on 23 November 2005, Russia's State Duma approved by an overwhelming majority at first reading a draft law entitled 'On introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation', which amends the current legislation on the registration of NGOs and in particular the laws 'On civil society organisations', 'On non-commercial organisations' and 'On closed administrative-territorial formations'; whereas the second reading of this bill is due to take place on 16 December 2005,

C. whereas on 23 November Russia’s State Duma approved by an overwhelming majority at first reading the draft law entitled 'On introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation' amending the current legislation on the registration of NGOs and in particular the laws 'On civil society organisations', 'On non-commercial organisations' and 'On closed administrative-territorial formations'; whereas the second reading of this law is due to take place on 16 December,