Traduction de «Avis d'octroi » (Français → Anglais) :

63. Believes that the EU should advance its work on visa facilitation and readmission agreements on a parallel basis in the utmost transparency with a view to moving – gradually and on a case-by-case basis, once all conditions are met – to a visa-free regime; also calls for the material conditions for the issue and renewal of visas to be more respectful of human rights; stresses in this respect that youth and student mobility should be treated as a priority; stresses also that the Eastern Partnership countries should benefit from a privileged EU offer on visa liberalisation in terms of calendar and substance; underlines that the prov ...[+++]isions on asylum must be fully in line with international obligations and commitments and EU standards, especially in the human rights field;

14. Calls on the Chinese government, in the light of its GDP, to increase gradually its official development assistance (ODA) to African nations, particularly in relation to the infrastructure, agriculture and health sectors; believes that possible coordination between EU and Chinese aid to African nations would prevent overlapping projects and lead to more efficient use of resources; recommends that China be more transparent in its granting of debt relief and loans to African nations.

Mr. Peter MacKay: So she was giving you advice on what she felt or what the minister felt should be the awarding of contracts.

11. Stresses that the present visa regime between the EU and SAP countries undermines and slows down the European perspective for these countries, and has become a source of humiliation for its citizens; calls on the Council and the Commission to establish clear benchmarks on the ways in which the visa-regimes with the SAP countries can gradually be developed and eased as the countries undertake necessary reforms; is of the opinion that this will offer a tangible sign that the EU is coming closer to the citizens of SAP countries;

6. Believes that a common minimum standard should lay down at EU level the terms and conditions relating to the financial resources of suspects and defendants under which entitlement to free legal aid may be granted in whole or in part, along the lines provided for in civil and commercial matters by Article 5 of Council Directive 2003/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to free legal aid in such disputes ; considers that in view of the unfamiliar foreign context facing the suspect or defendant, grant of free legal aid should be presumed ab initio , subject to later adjus ...[+++]tment though application of the rules of entitlement;

OTHER DECISIONS (Adopted without debate; in the case of legislative decisions, votes against and abstentions are indicated.) Industry The Council gave the assent requested by the Commission, under the ECSC Treaty, concerning: - financial aid of up to ECU 38 million for the grant of loans, under the twelfth programme, for the financing of housing for persons employed in ECSC industries over the last three years of that programme (1995-1997), which will be the last such programme; - the adoption of a reserve list of projects for technical steel research, to be financed as budgetary possibilities permit; - the grant of a loan to SIDEX S. ...[+++]A., Galati (Romania); - the grant of a loan for the joint financing of work on the construction of a high-speed railway line between Rome and Naples; - the authorization of State aid (Austria) during the period 1995-2002 to Voest Alpine Erzberg Gesellschaft mbH with a view to its gradual closure.