Traduction de «Enquête d'initiative » (Français → Anglais) :

marketing recruiter | public opinion researcher | market research interviewer | market research interviewers

conduct internal investigations | perform investigations internally | carry out internal inquiries | perform internal investigations

experimental sample survey | pilot inquiry | pilot sample | pilot survey | trial survey

economic survey [ survey of the economic situation ]

Special Initiative for the Analysis of the Data of the National Population Health Survey

sample census | sample survey

monitor surveys in the field | supervising field surveys | field survey supervising | monitor field surveys

Acknowledges the setting up and development of the SCI, which plays an important role in promoting cultural change and improving business ethics, and which has resulted in the adoption of a set of principles of good practice for vertical relationships in the food supply chain and a voluntary framework for the implementation of those principles which only in the second year of its operation already numbers over one thousand participating companies from across the entire EU, and those mainly SMEs; welcomes the progress made so far, and believes that efforts to promote fair trading practices in the food supply chain should make a real impact but cannot currently be considered sufficient to tackle the problem of UTPs in the food supply chain; ...[+++] stresses, however, that the effectiveness of the SCI, as recognised by both the recent Commission report and external evaluation, is undermined by a broad range of shortcomings, such as weaknesses in governance, limitations in transparency, no enforcement measures or penalties, a lack of effective deterrents against UTPs, and not allowing for individual anonymous complaints by potential victims of UTPs or own-initiative investigations by an independent body, which consequently leads to under-representation of SMEs and farmers, in particular, who may find the SCI inadequate for its purpose; recommends the setting up of similar supply chain initiatives in other relevant non-food sectors.

As it may not be possible in criminal investigations to identify the data required or the individuals involved in a transaction until many months, or even years, after the original transfer of funds, and in order to be able to have access to essential evidence in the context of investigations, it is appropriate to require payment service providers to keep records of information on the payer and the payee for a period of time for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating money laundering and terrorist financing.

The Ombudsman opened 341 inquiries on the basis of complaints as well as 9 own-initiative inquiries and closed 441 complaints-based inquiries as well as 20 own-initiative inquiries.

119. Calls on the Commission, through OLAF, to introduce an adequate percentage of own-initiative investigations by the anti-fraud EU investigative authorities, aimed at sectors, areas or cases where systemic and large-scale corruption affecting EU financial interests is suspected and there are reasons for initiating such investigations;