Traduction de «transférabilité » (Français → Anglais) :

81. Welcomes the adoption of the Single Permit Directive, which allows for the portability of pensions for third-country nationals and their survivors in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 883/2004; calls on the current and upcoming EU presidencies, together with the Commission, to relaunch negotiations on the proposal for a directive on portability of supplementary pension rights;

5. Recalls the importance of portability of pensions across EU Member States, the lack of which remains a significant obstacle which discourages citizens from exercising their right to free movement;

38. Observes that there is a trend towards more defined-contribution schemes and fewer defined-benefit schemes; notes that, as a result, pension providers transfer the risk associated with investment to pension savers; considers that, because of the diversity and complexity of the various capital-based occupational pension systems, conditions need to be laid down concerning the portability of acquired pension entitlements in the sense that portability begins when new contracts are concluded, an application for transfer being approved only if the actuarial sum transferred is to be placed in a fund whose purpose is payment of old-age pen ...[+++]sions; asks for an in-depth study on tax issues related to the capital-based occupational pension systems and life insurance capital systems; considers that, with regard to cross-border issues, the clear focus of EU activity should be on developing minimum standards for the acquisition and preservation of pension rights and on facilitating the establishment of national tracing systems for those rights;

2. Calls on the Commission to conduct a scientific assessment of the rate of transferability of ‘best practices’ in administrative, financial and IT management of projects and to promote the visibility and transferability of ‘best practices’ between management authorities within a Member State and between management authorities of different Member States; considers that the Commission should also encourage the transferability of best practices, so that Member States can rationalise their application by taking account of specific sociological, economic, geographical and administrative features in each of the regions concerned;

The Commission will present before the end of 2001 a proposal on the portability of supplementary pensions [26].

In addition, local research and innovation mechanisms can be strengthened: exchanges between local academic and industrial laboratories are intensified and transferability of best practice promoted.