Traduction de «Faible densité de leur population » (Français → Anglais) :

The needs with regard to car use in densely-populated areas with many pedestrians and cyclists are different from those in sparsely populated areas with long quiet roads.

The actual catches are however very low, due to the low density of population in the rural zones, the gears used and the difficulties to bring the catches to the cities.

However, Article 17(4)(a) of Directive 2002/96/EC provides that Greece and Ireland which, because of their overall recycling infrastructure deficit, geographical circumstances such as the large number of small islands and the presence of rural and mountain areas, low population density, and low level of consumption of electrical and electronic equipment are unable to reach either the collection target mentioned in the first subparagraph of Article 5(5) or the recovery targets mentioned in Article 7(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC and which ...[+++], under the third subparagraph of Article 5(2) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste(2), may apply for an extension of the deadline mentioned in that Article, may extend the periods referred to in Articles 5(5) and 7(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC by up to 24 months.

However, Article 17(4)(a) of Directive 2002/96/EC provides that Greece and Ireland which, because of their overall recycling infrastructure deficit, geographical circumstances such as the large number of small islands and the presence of rural and mountain areas, low population density and low level of consumption of electrical and electronic equipment are unable to reach either the collection target mentioned in the first subparagraph of Article 5(5) of Directive 2002/96/EC or the recovery targets mentioned in Article 7(2) thereof an ...[+++]d which, under the third subparagraph of Article 5(2) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste(2), may apply for an extension of the deadline mentioned in that Article, may extend the periods referred to in Articles 5(5) and 7(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC by up to 24 months.

11. Recognises that the tendency towards nominal convergence at national level is not yet accompanied by real convergence at regional level in all sectors; points out that differences increasingly obtain between the regions and that the differences between the poorest and richest regions are still very pronounced; notes with concern that the rise in unemployment has affected the regions to widely differing degrees; stresses the disturbing fact that unemployment in the 25 regions most affected stands at an average of 23.7%, while in the 25 least affected it is only 4%; notes the existence of a correlation between unemployment and low ...[+++]income per capita levels, and that unemployment should no longer be considered linked to restructuring processes in the industrialised countries; calls for greater account to be taken of conditions in individual regions, including long distances, low population density and harsh climate, and, especially, the causes of unemployment; calls for the dimension of territorial cohesion in its national, interregional and crossborder aspects to be included in future in the triennial reports on economic and social cohesion;

Similarly, the regions whose population is shrinking are those which are already thinly populated (Map 9 - Population density by NUTS 3 regions, 1999).