Traduction de «co-locating firm » (Anglais → Français) :

The Commission considers that authorised firms should be given the option of choosing not only the settlement location, but also the clearing location.

9. In the case of branches of investment firms, the competent authority of the Member State in which the branch is located shall, without prejudice to the possibility of the competent authority of the home Member State of the investment firm to have direct access to those records, enforce the obligation laid down in paragraph 6 with regard to transactions undertaken by the branch.

A survey of major European firms [17] carried out by the European Round Table (ERT) of industrialists in 2002, served only to strengthen the message. The survey showed that a number of these firms intended to locate new RD activities outside Europe in the immediate future if the regulatory environment did not improve.

The Commission has approved aid to firms in Venice and Chioggia in the form of reductions in social security charges granted for job creation, as provided for in Article 2 of the Ministerial Decree of 5 August 1994; this approval applies only for SMEs, other firms located in an area eligible for regional aid and any firm recruiting categories of workers experiencing particular difficulties entering or re-entering the labour market.

In other words, such aid may not under any circumstances constitute aid for exports; - the aid will have to be objectively quantifiable beforehand on the basis of a ratio "aid per kilometre travelled" or on the basis of a ratio "aid per kilometre travelled" and "aid per unit of weight", and will have to form the subject-matter of an annual report drawn up on the basis of such ratio(s); - estimates of the extra cost will have to be based on the cheapest means of transport and the most direct route between the place of production/processing and the commercial outlets; - aid may be granted only to businesses located in an area eligible for regional aid on the strength of the new criterion of low population density; - the pr ...[+++]oducts of firms for which there is no possible alternative location (products of the extractive industries, hydroelectric power stations, etc.) will not be eligible for transport aid. - any transport aid granted to firms in sectors considered sensitive by the Commission (motor vehicles, textiles, synthetic fibres, shipbuilding, ECSC sectors and steel falling outside the scope of the ECSC Treaty) will be subject to the requirement of prior notification and to the sectoral guidelines applicable; - agricultural products falling within Annex II of the EC Treaty are not covered by the present provisions and will form the subject-matter of an appropriate proposal in due course.

Firms are influenced by a wide range of location factors. In general, these fall into three groups : 1) market-related factors (access, general economic climate, etc.) 2) transport and communication infrastructure 3) availability of labour When it come to the final choice of location, qualitative factors appear to be more important than quantitative (cost-related) factors, firms being prepared to trade off cost disadvantages to secure qualitative advantages such as a pleasant climate, attractive surroundings and a good general living environment.