Traduction de «Direction de l'accès aux marchés fédéraux » (Français → Anglais) :

Developing innovative approaches to prevent labour market discrimination Involving social partners in the elaboration and implementation of integration measures Informing employers and educational institutions about certificates for introduction courses to promote access to the labour market or training opportunities Exploring additional ways of recognising newcomers’ qualifications, training and/or professional experience, building upon existing laws Supporting training capacities of small companies, business organisations and trade unions in sectors of the economy employing many migrants Promoting employment for immigrant women, i.a. b ...[+++]y ensuring that restrictions in labour market access are minimised and do not hamper integration, when transposing the Directive on the right to family reunification[8] Encouraging the recruitment of migrants through awareness-raising, economic incentives and other measures targeted at employers Supporting migrant entrepreneurship, e.g. through facilitated access to banking and credit services | Monitoring the impact of National Reform Programmes on labour market integration of immigrants Encouraging Member States to develop labour market integration policies Monitoring the application of the Directives concerning discrimination in employment and on third-country nationals who are long-term residents[9] |

(12) Whereas, whatever the nature of the prevailing market organization, access to the system must be open in accordance with this Directive and must lead to equivalent economic results in the States and hence to a directly comparable level of opening-up of markets and to a directly comparable degree of access to electricity markets;

Whereas each Member State must ensure that within its territory, treatment of all investment firms authorized in any Member State and likewise all financial instruments listed on the Member States' regulated markets is non-discriminatory; whereas investment firms must all have the same opportunities of joining or having access to regulated markets; whereas, regardless of the manner in which transactions are at present organized in the Member States, it is therefore important, subject to the conditions imposed by this Directive, to abolish the tec ...[+++]hnical and legal restrictions on access to the regulated markets within the framework of this Directive;

Whereas in certain Member States clearing and settlement functions may be performed by bodies separate from the markets on which transactions are effected; whereas, accordingly, any reference in this Directive to access to and membership of regulated markets should be read as including references to access to and membership of bodies performing clearing and settlement functions for regulated markets;

We are deeply concerned about a number of protectionist US policies in the procurement area: - The Buy American Act, which imposes a strong and mandatory price preference on products of US origin. - Sub-Federal procurement, which discriminates against non-US bids for contracts tendered by states, municipalities and other lower levels of government. - Access to utilities markets, such as urban transport, airports and water supplies, which are not open on the US side.

But the offer table by the US on access to sub-federal and regional contracts was rejected as inadequate by other participants.