Traduction de «High-growth environment » (Anglais → Français) :

9. Calls for tourism to be promoted and sustained as a driver for growth and jobs in coastal areas; takes the view that a healthy environment is fundamental to any form of tourism in coastal regions and that every effort must therefore be made to protect it; highlights the need to provide sustainable infrastructure for the development of new forms of tourism, in particular tourism sectors with high growth potential, such as eco-agro- fishing tourism and sustainable water sports; welcomes initiatives to promote crossborder tourism s ...[+++]trategies on a sea-basin basis;

Countries where venture capital markets is still seriously underdeveloped should review the operating environment of venture capital funds to evaluate the appropriate action that would improve the access to equity capital of firms with high growth potential.

In eliminating such barriers it is essential to ensure that the development of service activities contributes to the fulfilment of the task laid down in Article 2 of the Treaty of promoting throughout the Community a harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of economic activities, a high level of employment and of social protection, equality between men and women, sustainable and non-inflationary growth, a high degree of competitiveness and convergence of economic performance, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment, the rais ...[+++]ing of the standard of living and quality of life and economic and social cohesion and solidarity among Member States.

Clearly, better cost conditions abroad will inevitably attract industries that are unable to produce in the high-wage environment of modern industrial economies; this, of course, is contributing to the growth of less wealthy trading partners.

However, I should like to remind you that in countries with a very high growth rate and a highly competitive environment, such as the United States of America, or in countries in Europe such as Great Britain, there are also high levels of poverty, a significant number of excluded people and acute social problems.

5. Welcomes that the Commission has identified the provision of innovative enterprises and especially start-up companies with equity finance and venture capital as one of the main objectives of the Action Plan; considers however that the measures proposed in view of improving the financial environment for high-growth enterprises are not sufficient; stresses that financial resources in Europe are mainly directed towards types of investments likely to generate high and quick returns and that these structures hence act against long-term investment in innovation; calls therefore on the Commission to launch a debate on measures to create t ...[+++]he necessary favourable tax and regulatory environment that will direct financial resources towards types of investment most likely to generate long-term innovation with pervasive spin-offs for other sectors;