Traduction de «union production capacity » (Anglais → Français) :

There is also a clear link between the decrease in the Union production capacity and the increasing market share of dumped imports.

In order to establish whether dumping would be likely to continue should the measures be repealed, the pricing behaviour of the exporting producers to other export markets, export prices to the Union, production capacities and circumvention practices were examined.

This group is of crucial relevance in the achievement of commercial results; 3. SMEs with limited research and development capacities which, however, need to incorporate in their production processes and products the advances made notably by the preceding groups as their survival and competitiveness depend on this; (d) also notes the need for SMEs in the traditional sectors, from any of the aforementioned groups, particularly in the Union's less favoured reg ...[+++]ions, to be involved in the process of technological innovation; (e) points out that in the conclusions adopted at its meeting on 7 April 1995 on High-Technology Industries and Enterprises, in which it stresses that amongst the latter SMEs play an important role, measures appropriate to such enterprises are specified; (f) notes that there is a need to create and strengthen more technology-based SMEs in Europe; (g) considers that both SMEs that use technology and those that have limited RD capacities should become more important in the Union's science and technology system and benefit more from the results achieved within it; II INVITES THE COMMISSION TO: (a) take into account, in its present work on the definition of SMEs, the particular problems faced by technology-based SMEs; (b) provide statistical studies on the participation of SMEs in the Union's programmes and, in particular, establish criteria that will help to distinguish independent SMEs from those that are subsidiaries of large enterprises; (c) assess and report on the progress of existing Community measures intended to facilitate access to technological innovation for SMEs.

In the hot rolled products sector, the structural over-capacity of the European Union was the subject of a Restructuring Plan for the Community steel industry designed to reduce production capacity by 19 Mt. The present report reveals a reduction of 13.3 Mt to which some further 6.2 Mt can be added from the private sector, making the overall closures amounting to 19,5 Mt. Hence the conclusion that the Community steel industry, although still affected by some surplus capacity, has shown its ada ...[+++]ptability, especially given that the overall economic situation turned out better than originally expected.

COUNCIL RESOLUTION DESIGNED TO IMPLEMENT THE OUTLINES OF AN INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION THE COUNCIL Having regard to the Commission communication of 14 September 1994 entitled "An industrial competitiveness policy for the European Union"; Recalling its Resolution of 21 November 1994 on strengthening the competitiveness of Community industry [10] , and its conclusions of 7 April 1995 on an industrial competitiveness policy; Having regard to the communication of 2 March 1994 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the outlines of an industrial policy for the pharmaceutica ...[+++]l sector in the European Union; Whereas the European Union has an important role to play in creating a favourable environment for the expansion of activities relating to research, development, production and distribution of medicinal products and in encouraging the development of an innovative and effective European pharmaceutical industry in terms of competitiveness on the world market; Whereas European industrial policy must necessarily take account of the special nature of this sector, which relates both to public health and to social policy; whereas social security systems bear a considerable proportion of pharmaceutical expenditure; whereas this is a matter which falls within the competence of the Member States; Whereas the European Union has the responsibility of sketching out guidelines for the promotion of Community activities in this sector, HAS ADOPTED THIS RESOLUTION: I. WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 1. recalls that the European pharmaceutical industry plays an essential role in public health, remains a high-technology industry with considerable added value, which is particularly successful, generates highly skilled jobs and makes a significant contribution to the Union's balance of trade; 2. considers that, now that it is facing increasingly intense international competition, the Euro ...

The structural over-capacity of the European Union in the rolled products sector was the subject of a Restructuring Plan for the Community steel industry designed to reduce production capacity by 19 Mt, of which only 5.4 Mt in the public sector and 4.7 Mt in the private sector appear in the figures of the present report.