Translation of "état du compte " (French → English) :

1. Any documents listed in points (a) and (b) of Article 28(5) to be served on the debtor which are not in the official language of the Member State in which the debtor is domiciled or, where there are several official languages in that Member State, the official language or one of the official languages of the place where the debtor is domiciled or another language which he understands, shall be accompanied by a translation or transliteration into one of those languages.

(20) Since the objectives of this Decision, namely to safeguard and promote the diversity of cultures in Europe and to highlight the common features they share and to foster the contribution of culture to the long-term development of cities, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States given the need, in particular, for common, clear and transparent criteria and procedures for the selection and the monitoring of the European Capitals of Culture, as well as for a strong coordination between the Member States, and can therefore, by reason of the scale and the expected effects of the action , be better achieved at Union level, the U ...[+++]nion may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union.

Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to foster the development of the Union railways, to set out broad principles for granting licences to railway undertakings and to coordinate arrangements in the Member States governing the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the charges made for the use thereof, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States on account of the manifestly international dimension of issuing such licences and operating significant elements of the railway networks, and of the need to ensure fair and non-discriminatory terms for access to the infrastructure, and can therefore, by reason of their trans-national implications, be better a ...[+++]chieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union.

(67) In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union, the objectives of this Directive, namely to foster the development of the Union railways, to set out broad principles for granting licences to railway undertakings and to coordinate arrangements in the Member States governing the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the charges made for the use thereof, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States on account of the manifestly international dimensions of issuing such licences and operating significant elements of the railway networks, and in view of the need ...[+++]to ensure fair and non-discriminatory terms for access to the infrastructure and the objectives can therefore, by reason of their trans-national implications, be better achieved by the Union.

Consequently, it is fair to say that the ratio should vary according to the size of the population of the different Member States: the bigger the population of a Member State, the higher must be the number of inhabitants that each MEP represents; the smaller the population of a Member State is, the lower must be the number of inhabitants that each MEP of that Member State represents.

(49) In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty, the objectives of this Directive, namely to coordinate arrangements in the Member States governing the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the charges made for the use thereof as well as safety certification, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States in view of the need to ensure fair and non-discriminatory terms for access to the infrastructure as well as to take account of the manifestly international dimensions involved in the operation of significant elements of the railway networks, and can there ...[+++]fore, by reason of the need for coordinated trans-national action, be better achieved by the Community.