Traduction de «Centre gravity change » (Anglais → Français) :

If indeed the centre of gravity moves from New York to the major financial centres in Asia, that could mean a change whose impact we have barely begun to measure.

The assessment of the centre of gravity would change if the parties would have engaged in the joint production in any event, that is to say, irrespective of the joint RD, or if the agreement provided for a full integration in the area of production and only a partial integration of some RD activities. In this case, the centre of gravity of the co-operation would be the joint production.

Question No. 106 Ms. Dawn Black: With regard to the Canadian presence in Afghanistan: (a) what is the goal of the Canadian presence in Afghanistan; (b) what is the strategy employed by the government; (c) what are the tactics that are being used; (d) who is the enemy; (e) what is the operational centre of gravity of the enemy; (f) does the government have a political strategy to attain its goal; (g) is terrorism the greatest security threat that Canada faces; (h) does the government consider that Canada is at war; (i) what is the condition that the government would consider to be “civil war”; (j) what does the government deem to ...[+++] be the nature of counter-insurgency warfare and does this condition exist in Afghanistan; (k) what Canadian Forces (CF) manuals deal with counter-insurgency; (l) what are the current rules of engagement for the CF in Afghanistan; (m) what has been the change in rules of engagement since Canada left Operation Enduring Freedom; (n) is the government aware of the presence of foreign fighters in Afghanistan who help the Taliban; (o) if there are foreign fighters where do they come from on the whole; (p) what is the opinion of the government regarding the security of the Afghan border with Pakistan; (q) what is the opinion of the government regarding Pakistani cooperation in achieving the objectives of the mission; (r) does the government have an opinion as to when the goals of the Canadian presence will be achieved; (s) when was the decision to deploy a combat mission to Kandahar made by the government; (t) how well are CF capabilities matched to the conditions in the southern region of Afghanistan and to counter insurgency; (u) what is the size and configuration of task forces available for use in Afghanistan through to February 2009; (v) what has been the effect of increased training throughout the forces on the capability of these task forces; (w) how has the training of new recruits been effected by the extension of the ...

Whilst this is welcome, your rapporteur does not believe that this changes the centre of gravity of this legislation which is the adoption of veterinary measures to protect public health and the legal base should therefore be Article 152(4)(b).

In such a world the Community offers an important model of how sovereignty can be pooled without diluting national pride or regional identity. - Second, the European Community offers a centre of gravity and political stability in Europe, and this is desperately needed in times of such rapid change. - Third, the European Community offers a mechanism for immediate common action to help the countries of Eastern Europe to build the competitive economies which are crucial if they are to sustain and develop their new political freedoms.

Accordingly, the centre of gravity on the Council side has also greatly changed.