Traduction de «Problème d'intérêt commun » (Français → Anglais) :

* Consider where it might be useful to issue occasional agreed texts (statements or minutes) after Summit meetings on key questions of common interest.

The criteria should therefore address certain socioeconomic, geographical or structural problems likely to be encountered in ‘c’ areas and should provide sufficient safeguards that the award of regional State aid will not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.

The rule of law is one of the fundamental values of the EU and there is a strong common interest in it which mirrors the interest of Romanian public opinion in these issues.[3] Eurobarometer polling has shown that 93% of Romanians consider corruption to be an important issue for their country, and 91% have the same response over shortcomings in the judicial system.

Takes note of Turkey’s increasingly active foreign policy aimed at strengthening its role as regional player; urges the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take this dimension fully into consideration and engage with Turkey with a view to the coordination of objectives and the proper promotion of EU interests; calls on the Turkish Government to step up its foreign policy coordination with the EU; welcomes, in principle, the recently pronounced ‘zero-problems’ policy in respect of Turkey’s neighbours but points out the need to maintain Turkey’s unambiguous commitme ...[+++]nt to our common European values and interests; calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to intensify the existing dialogue with Turkey on foreign policy issues of mutual interest; in light of the inspiration Turkey provides to many in the Arab world, as a secular democracy with a majority Muslim population, strongly encourages the pursuit of concerted efforts in support of democratisation and development in the Middle East and Northern Africa;

The Court of Justice, in Case 248/84 (25), has expressed its views on the range of problems covered by this derogation and the reference framework for the analysis as follows: ‘The exemption in [Article 87(3)(c)], on the other hand, is wider in scope inasmuch as it permits the development of certain areas without being restricted by the economic conditions laid down in [Article 87(3)(a)], provided such aid “does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest”.

This largely reflects a growing mutual awareness of shared interests, for instance in the continued health of the multilateral system, common challenges such as environmental degradation and the ageing society, and shared values such as the rule of law and human rights.