Traduction de «Norme plus contraignante » (Français → Anglais) :

To the extent that certain requirements in Union legislative acts are not fully harmonised, and in accordance with the precautionary principle on supervision, binding technical standards developing, specifying or determining the conditions of application for those requirements should not prevent Member States from requiring additional information or imposing more stringent requirements.

Key follow up actions: Extend nuclear safety assessments to the EU neighbours and strengthen cooperation on nuclear safety to promote convergence on regulatory framework and standards Review the use of Euratom agreements and extend their scope, as relevant, to issues of supply of nuclear fuel, nuclear waste, safety standards, nuclear research and financial assistance on technical cooperation Advocate for international legally binding nuclear safety standards in multilateral discussions, including under the IAEA Facilitate the creation of regional cooperation fora for offshore regulators, building on the experience of the North Sea Offsho ...[+++]re Regulators Forum Create a forum with interested partners in the Mediterranean for actively promoting the highest offshore oil and gas safety standards in the region Address offshore safety with hydrocarbon producers in the OPEC context |

It is normal practice for Member States to be able to set more stringent standards than those laid down by Community directives, in accordance with Article 152 of the Treaty.

The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 89(2) decide to adopt more stringent testing procedures than those defined in the OIE Manual.

The fact that it is an international body means that it moves at a very slow pace and what the Commission communication proposes – and what I endorse in my report – is the principle that some of the more industrialised regions like the EU should be able to move more swiftly towards more stringent standards than other regions like the developing countries.

230 | Impact assessment The following options, from less to more prescriptive, have been considered: (1) Member States are encouraged to take action under a general non-binding Community soil strategy (2) A flexible legal instrument which would take the form of a Soil Framework Directive, ambitious in its scope but not overly prescriptive in its content (3) Legislative proposals for the different soil threats, setting also all targets and means at Community level.