Translation of "survol d obstacles " (French → English) :

obstacle clearance criteria

obstacle clearance altitude | OCA | obstacle clearance height | OCH | obstruction clearance altitude

obstacle clearance altitude or obstacle clearance height [ obstacle clearance altitude/height ]

rollover | rollover effect | mouseover | mouseover effect | hover effect | mouse hover | hover

race over jumps

jump judge | obstacle judge

free of systemic barriers

freedom to overfly | overflying right

I. whereas non-tariff barriers, which on average represent more than 50 % of the cost of cross-border services, disproportionately affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up one third of EU service export providers and which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to overcome those obstacles; whereas the elimination of unnecessary barriers would facilitate the internationalisation of SMEs as long as these barriers can be removed without jeopardising the fulfilment of the public policy objectives underpinning them; whereas the measures necessary to achieve legitimate public policy purposes should be ma ...[+++]intained;

1. Welcomes the signature of the Libyan Political Agreement in December 2015 as an encouraging first step towards a political settlement to the Libyan conflict, but expresses serious concern about the continued obstacles which are delaying the formation of a national unity government;

C. whereas Houthi rebels have laid siege to the town of Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid; whereas, according to Stephen O’Brien, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, some 200 000 civilians trapped there were in dire need of drinking water, food, medical treatment and other life-saving assistance and protection;

9. Deplores the impediments to Tatar leaders returning to Crimea and their prosecution, as well as the mounting and unacceptable pressure on other members of the Mejlis; deplores also the wrongful closure of the ATR media outlet which has a significant outreach within the Crimean Tatar community; calls on the European Commission to extend the necessary financial assistance required to secure the functioning of this and other media in exile in Ukraine; considers the closing down of Crimean Tatar schools and classes and the restrictions on the use of the language as a serious limitation of the basic rights of the members of the community, ...[+++]as is the fact that the Ukrainian language has been removed from the public sphere;

to take an ambitious approach in Mode 3 by seeking the removal of third-country barriers to commercial presence and establishment, such as foreign equity caps and joint venture requirements, which is of crucial relevance in terms of increasing the growth of services delivered through Modes 1 and 4, while maintaining the current level of EU-wide reservations;

to aim at multilateralisation and to oppose any provisions or annexes which would prevent it, which would be incompatible with the GATS and which would prevent future integration into the WTO system; to accept new parties on the condition that they accept the already agreed rules and level of ambitions; to incentivise wider participation in the negotiation talks; to note that both the highest barriers and the highest growth potential regarding trade in services are to be found in the BRICS and the MINT countries; to recognise the importance of those countries for the EU, as export destinations with a rising middle class, as sources of in ...[+++]termediate inputs and as key hubs in global value chains; to open the way for the participation of committed emerging and dynamic economies and to reiterate its support for China's request to join the negotiations; to secure the commitment of all TiSA participants to multilateralising the outcome of the negotiations; to ensure that special attention is paid to developing countries and to include in TiSA the provisions contained in Article IV of the GATS;

H. whereas many important markets, not least in emerging economies, are still closed to European companies; whereas unnecessary barriers to trade in services, which if translated into equivalent tariffs amount to 15 % for Canada, 16 % for Japan, 25 % for South Korea, 44 % for Turkey and 68 % for China, continue to prevent European companies from reaping the full benefits of their competitiveness; whereas the EU, where the tariff equivalent of services restrictions is only 6 %, is substantially more open than most of its partners; whereas the EU should use its position as the most important importer and exporter of services to secure a l ...[+++]evel playing field via reciprocal market access and fair competition;

2. Notes with profound indignation that seven EU Member States have formed a minority block which is impeding the process of ratifying the Treaty; calls on the Council and the Member States to accelerate the ratification process, without making ratification conditional upon revision of the EU legal framework or the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union;

10. Where information is not supplied within the time limits set by the Commission, or where the investigation is significantly impeded, the Commission may make findings on the basis of the facts available.

1. Recalls that Articles 24 and 30 of the UN CRPD emphasise the right of persons with disabilities to education, without discrimination and on the basis of equal opportunity, while ensuring that laws protecting intellectual property rights do not constitute an unreasonable or discriminatory barrier to access by persons with disabilities to cultural materials;