Traduction de «Point de pénalisation » (Français → Anglais) :

24. Recognises that the ETS is experiencing problems not originally anticipated, and that the accumulating surplus of allowances will depress the incentive to promote low carbon investments for many years to come; notes that this endangers the effectiveness of the ETS as the EU's principal mechanism to reduce emissions in a manner that creates a level playing field for competing technologies, gives companies flexibility to develop their own mitigation strategy, and provides for specific measures to combat carbon leakage. Calls on the Commission to adopt measures to correct the failings of the ETS and to allow it to function as originall ...[+++]y envisaged. These measures may include:

3.4. Career development is sensitive to considerations relating to equal opportunities and does not discriminate on the basis of gender: in addition to the DG's annual monitoring of data to check the neutrality of the performance management and evaluation process, as well as the certification procedure, a study will be carried out on the possible impact of various types of career interruption on career development from a gender perspective.

9. Notes the additional allocation of eligible areas for designation as having the status of areas within the scope of Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty according to the country ceilings determined by the Commission, which also takes into account variations in unemployment between the regions; as regards the total population ceiling, calls nonetheless on the Commission to adopt distribution criteria which take into consideration the relative disadvantages of certain Member States so as not to impose stiff penalties on the ones which still display significant and objective internal differences due in part to the existence of underdeveloped regions with the status of Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty areas; calls, therefore, for adoption of the s ...[+++]ame distribution criteria and the same correctives laid down in the current guidelines and for authorisation of the requisite modest increase in the total 25-Member EU population ceiling which is eligible for regional aid;

9. Notes the additional allocation of eligible areas for designation of Article 87 (3) (c) of the Treaty status according to the country ceilings determined by the Commission, which takes into account also variations in unemployment between the regions; as regards the total population ceiling, calls nonetheless on the Commission to adopt distribution criteria which take into consideration the relative disadvantage of certain Member States so as not to impose stiff penalties on the ones which still display significant and objective internal differences due in part to the existence of underdeveloped regions with Article 87 (3) (a) of the Treaty status; calls, therefore, for adoption of the same distribution criteria and the same correctives ...[+++] laid down in the current guidelines and for authorisation of the requisite modest increase in the total EU-25 population ceiling which is eligible for regional aid;

Road transport, however, should not be penalised to the extent of jeopardising economic growth.

In order to combat this situation and especially addressing particularly precarious situation facing the small and medium-sized enterprises, the draft Directive provides for a penalty interest of 7 percentage points above the ECB rate (currently at 3.5%) or equivalent rates for Member States outside the euro-zone or the EEA members.