Traduction de «Cycle de consommation et d'abstinence » (Français → Anglais) :

16. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable and that this requires, inter alia, an absolute reduction in the consumption of resources to sustainable levels, based on reliable measurement of resource consumption throughout the entire supply chain, strict application of the waste hierarchy, implementation of a cascading use of resources, notably in the use of biomass, responsible and sustainable sourcing, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, increasing the use of renewables within the limits of their renewability, phasing out toxic substances, in particular where safer alternatives exist or wil ...[+++]l be developed in line with current legislation on chemicals, so as to ensure the development of non-toxic material cycles, and improving the quality of ecosystem services;

Based on the concept of harm minimization, the NDS recognizes the complexity of drug issues and the need to provide front-line health professionals and others dealing with drug problems with a wide range of options, ranging from abstinence-oriented interventions to programmes aimed at ameliorating the consequences of drug use among those who cannot be reasonably expected to stop using drugs at the present time.

30. Calls on the Commission to establish a steering committee for IPP as well as working groups in specific areas, such as systems design, economic tools, product environmental lifecycle data and consumption policy; is of the opinion that parallel to this, clear stakeholder procedures and a detailed workplan and timetable for actions, initiatives and implementation foreseen by the Commission should be established; believes, moreover, that a study should be initiated to clarify how and in what way the various tools and instruments considered to promote IPP interact, strengthen and support each other; takes the view that important aspec ...[+++]ts to be taken into consideration would be measures that enable and motivate individuals as well as companies to take account of lifecycle concerns in their decisions, measures that stimulate and reward leaders and measures that force laggards to improve, measures that address immediate challenges as well as long-term objectives;

27. Calls on the Commission to establish a steering committee for IPP as well as working groups in specific areas, such as systems design, economic tools, product environmental lifecycle data and consumption policy; is of the opinion that parallel to this, clear stakeholder procedures and a detailed workplan and timetable for actions, initiatives and implementation foreseen by the Commission should be established; believes, moreover, that a study should be initiated to clarify how and in what way the various tools and instruments considered to promote IPP interact, strengthen and support each other; takes the view that important aspec ...[+++]ts to be taken into consideration would be measures that enable and motivate individuals as well as companies to take lifecycle concerns in their decisions, measures that stimulate and reward leaders and measures that force laggards to improve, measures that address immediate challenges as well as long term objectives;

Patterns of use may range from abstinence, to occasional or regular use, to frequent heavy use, to full-blown substance abuse.[204]

But when you look at the population whose level of use is higher, in other words boys of 19, you can see that for every ten 19-year-olds, you have four abstainers, three who are still at the experimental or occasional level, two who are repeat or regular users and one out of ten who use intensively.