Traduction de «Automatic watch keeping system » (Anglais → Français) :

11. Is concerned that foreign investors still face frustrating bureaucracy at local level, where a big hurdle is the procedural system for approval under which applications that are eligible for automatic approval are kept to a minimum, while the bulk of large applications are approved on a case-by-case basis; is concerned that many officials continue to discriminate in favour of local interests; notes that this approval and licensing process has been criticised in some re ...[+++]gions for being unfair and lacking transparency, with regulations changing so exasperatingly often that it can be difficult to keep up with the vagaries of the system; calls on state and municipal governments to simplify and consolidate the application procedures;

Does the Commission stand by its statement of 16 January 2003 provisionally permitting the operation of the new system, where it stated categorically that, ‘. given remaining concerns that the SoC system could be used to artificially reduce supply, namely of high quality diamonds, and considering that the implementation of SoC has not yet taken place, the Commission will keep a close watch on the market .to ensure that the system does not lead to a restriction in the supply of adequate quantities of rough diamonds to traders’, .and th ...[+++]at it ‘reserves the right to reopen the case should changes in the factual or legal situation as regards any essential aspect of the agreements modify its present view.’.

But given remaining concerns that the SoC system could be used to artificially reduce supply, namely of high quality diamonds, and considering that the implementation of Supplier of Choice has not yet taken place, the Commission will keep a close watch on the market.

That is why I am saying the legislation must be reviewed in order to guarantee that these controls by port authorities are carried out in all the ports of the European Union. Because controls by port authorities have a deterrent effect, they have the effect of keeping away substandard ships, and this must happen in all ports. Because if we leave gaps in our network, in our system, the whole thing is automatically weakened.

3. Calls on the Commission and Council to use all the instruments at their disposal - political dialogue, trade, investment, cooperation and cultural relations - to help Macao preserve its autonomy and its way of life and identity, which the Joint Portuguese-Chinese Declaration has undertaken to defend, with particular reference to constitutional government, the upholding of human rights and basic freedoms (including cultural tolerance and freedom of religion and worship) and the genuine autonomy of the SAR and its constituent bodies (within both the Executive and the SAR's own independent legislative and judicial systems), the preservation ...[+++]of which is inseparable from the principle of 'one country, two systems', and urges the European Union to keep a close watch to ensure the full implementation of these provisions;

The areas that DRIVE will be addressing include systems for: - Speed and distance-keeping - Hazard warning - Monitoring the alertness of drivers - Protection of vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, etc) - Recording accident data through "Black box" technology - Providing information to drivers - Route guidance and planning - Vehicle location - Regulating traffic flow by intelligent signalling systems - Demand management, including automatic toll payment - Etc.