Traduction de «Attribution de parts aux entreprises » (Français → Anglais) :

On the one hand, globalisation and the emergence of 'global' markets provide fertile ground for the development of social and environmental standards by businesses, while on the other an ever more vigilant and better informed civil society is demanding that businesses behave in a more responsible manner.

9. Condemns corporate corruption and tax evasion in the strongest terms, but maintains that the Commission should distinguish more clearly between (1) philanthropic action, (2) social action by business, and (3) anti-social action by business, one example of the latter being the employment of forced child labour; roundly condemns anti-social action on the part of business, and believes that greater pressure must be put on countries to translate international standards into national law and to enforce such legislation; rejects, however, sweeping condemnations of business in general on the basis of unfair practices and breaches of the la ...[+++]w on the part of only a few companies; takes the view that while companies have a duty to speak out on public issues of concern, including human rights, their lobbying activities must be fully transparent and in keeping with democratic principles; stresses the importance of offering specific CSR-training in universities and in business and management schools;

32. Believes that operating aid covering the additional costs of transport should be allowed in the outermost regions and low population density regions, if it complies with certain objective critieria as defined in paragraph 79 of the draft guidelines and provided that the public procurement rules guarantee fair price-setting by the companies receiving State aid; also believes that the grant of aid should be permitted for boosting regional development in EU regions with permanent geographic handicaps, such as islands and mountainous areas, since it would help to bring about better integration of the Community;

They include licensing of broadcasting undertakings, reviewing changes of ownership or control, developing regulatory policies to meet the objectives of our legislation, resolving disputes and complaints, monitoring compliance and industry performance, and deciding on the distribution of foreign broadcasting services in Canada.

The Commission proposes to extend the Joint Undertaking status of Hochtemperatur- Kernkraftwerk GmbH

A working party has been set up in DG XV to look into ways of improving the complaints procedure for businesses, especially SMEs, and ensuring that complaints are followed up. Our objective is to encourage businesses to bring to our notice the problems they are encountering.