Traduction de «Scale down order » (Anglais → Français) :

2. Understands, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal to scale down programmes that are not implemented in a satisfactory way, but is concerned about the lack of explanation for the significant scaling down of certain programmes and about the proposal to increase, as compared to the financial programming, the margin under heading 4 in order to facilitate the upcoming budgetary conciliation, which could lead to amending budgets during the budgetary year and which cannot be considered as sou ...[+++]nd budgetary practise; takes the view that, for the sake of budgetary discipline and sound financial management, all parties involved must acknowledge the real financial needs of the Union’s external action, and reiterates its concerns in that regard, as expressed in point 17 of its resolution on general guidelines for the 2013 budget; recalls the need for more coordination, coherence, transparency and visibility in the financing of external actions by the EU and its Member States in order to avoid overlaps;

1. Reiterates that, in order to allow the EU to play an active role in the world, sufficient funds need to be provided in the EU budget, in particular in the context of increased tasks entrusted to the Union for external action; recalls that at a time when the national budgets of all Member States are subject to severe austerity measures, the 2013 budgetary procedure must be part of the general effort to control public spending and seek synergies; takes the view that, for the sake of exemplarity and solidarity, the EU must show a commensurate commitment to scale down ...[+++] or control increases in programme funding which do not add European added value; is of the opinion that there is room for making more efficient use of existing resources, and that targeted spending cuts should be made in heading 4 where expenditure proves inefficient, ineffective or not in line with political priorities; recalls, however, that savings should not be made at the cost of jeopardising EU’s commitments and its capacity to take on global challenges;

2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 26 of this Regulation to modify the main terms, conditions and procedures laid down in Part III of Annex I to this Regulation governing the Union contribution to each financial instrument established under the Debt Framework or Equity Framework laid down in Part III of Annex I to this Regulation in accordance with the results of the interim report and the independent full -scale evaluation of the pilot phase of the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiati ...[+++]ve established under Decision No 1639/2006/EC and Regulation (EC) No 680/2007, and in order to take into account changing market conditions with a view to optimising the design and implementation of the financial instruments under this Regulation.

13. Considers that it is a serious shortcoming that, until now, the APS, and the parallel budgetary information feeding into the preliminary draft budget (PDB), have introduced new priorities without identifying any "negative priorities" and that, in consequence, the whole cycle tends to add one priority after another without taking any political decision as to issues that, given the limited resources available from the tax-payer, need to be scaled down in order to give way to the most crucial priorities; stresses that this is in clear contradiction of the basic principles of the reform; notes with concern that the ...[+++] strict limits of the MFF leave very little room for manoeuvre;

In addition, specific provisions should be laid down in order to address the specificities of small scale coastal fisheries.

To start with, it is against a very worrying backdrop of the radicalisation of positions by the different parties involved in the conflict that the Israeli Foreign Minister, Mr Shimon Peres, recently and publicly proposed resuming a direct dialogue with the Palestinian Authority in order to scale down the violence and to enforce a cease-fire, two objectives which have so far seemed out of reach.