Traduction de «Avertissement pour perte de temps » (Français → Anglais) :

delay warning

lost time accident | lost-time accident | ranking injury

lost-time accident [ time-loss injury ]

loss of fishing time | lost fishing time

energy loss time | energy replacement time

In these circumstances, it is not surprising that the time needed for tendering and contracting works can increase to 15 months (up to 6 months for services plus up to 9 months for works) from the date of the decision, not taking into account the time needed to draft or review the tender documents nor the time-lag -however reduced it may be- between the ISPA decision and the counter signature by the candidate country nor, in the event, of any time lost by a cancellation of the procurement procedure or of one of its components.

Losses due to congestion are estimated to be in the region of 0.5 % of GDP, the delay in investment in transport TENs cost the economy at least EUR8 billion each year measured in terms of cost of lost time and account for 2% of transport emissions. [5]

Member States such as Poland, the Netherlands or Germany would face more than €500 million of additional costs for the road transport of traded goods; Spain or the Czech Republic would see their businesses paying more than €200 million in additional costs; Border controls would cost the 1.7 million cross-border workers, or the firms that employ them, between €2.5 and €4.5 billion in terms of time lost; At least 13 million tourist nights could be lost, with a total cost of €1.2 billion; At least €1.1 billion of administrative costs would have to be paid by governments due to the need for increased staff for border controls.

In that sense it is a waste of the House's time, although I use that term very advisedly because in fact no debate in this House is a waste of the House's time.