Traduction de «past commitments » (Anglais → Français) :

2. Recalls that DAB 8/2013 constitutes, in line with past commitments of all three institutions, the second tranche of DAB 2/2013, as the minimum necessary to honour the Union's legal obligations and past commitments by the end of year 2013, in order to avoid financial penalties and reduce the level of outstanding commitments (‘RAL’);

20. Notes that the level of payments, which, being the mere result of past commitments, should be determined on the basis of technical criteria such as implementation figures, absorption forecasts or the level of outstanding commitments (RAL), has become the main political issue within the Council in the past few budgetary procedures; points to the growing level of RAL at the end of 2011, amounting to EUR 207 billion, which represents almost 7% more than the level at the end of 2010; in view of the upcoming interinstitutional meeting on the difference between commitment and payment appropriations will establish a dialogue with the Comm ...[+++]ission in order to fully clarify how the RAL is composed; insists that the Council refrain from deciding a priori the level of payments without taking account of actual needs and legal obligations; notes further that accruing RAL actually undermines a transparent EU budget in which it is clearly visible how commitments and payments are related in a specific budgetary year;

20. Notes that the level of payments, which, being the mere result of past commitments, should be determined on the basis of technical criteria such as implementation figures, absorption forecasts or the level of outstanding commitments (RAL), has become the main political issue within the Council in the past few budgetary procedures; points to the growing level of RAL at the end of 2011, amounting to EUR 207 billion, which represents almost 7% more than the level at the end of 2010; in view of the upcoming interinstitutional meeting on the difference between commitment and payment appropriations will establish a dialogue with the Comm ...[+++]ission in order to fully clarify how the RAL is composed; insists that the Council refrain from deciding a priori the level of payments without taking account of actual needs and legal obligations; notes further that accruing RAL actually undermines a transparent EU budget in which it is clearly visible how commitments and payments are related in a specific budgetary year;

The European Parliament resolution of 2 April 2009 on European conscience and totalitarianism and the Council Conclusions of 9-10 June 2011 on the memory of the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes in Europe underline the importance of keeping the memories of the past alive as a means of moving beyond the past and building the future, and highlight the value of the Union's role in facilitating, sharing and promoting the collective memory of these crimes.

It is difficult to put up with bad faith, with speeches that say that more public development aid is needed but, when a suitable text is drafted to reconfirm past commitments, suddenly there is no longer agreement and people invent all sorts of reasons not to undertake the commitment or, at any rate, to leave enough escape routes available to be able to turn their backs on their responsibilities and commitments in the most dishonourable way.

while taking account of particular situations and needs and past commitment appropriations.