Traduction de «Règles régissant les actes de procédure » (Français → Anglais) :

16. Deplores the EU Pilot’s lack of legal status and considers that ‘legitimacy can only be ensured by enabling transparency, participation of complainants and [of the European Parliament] . in the EU Pilot’, and that legality can be ensured through the adoption as soon as possible of a legally binding act containing the rules governing the whole pre-infringement and infringement procedure, as stated in a recent Parliament study; considers that such a legally binding act should clarify the legal rights and obligations of individual c ...[+++]omplainants and of the Commission, respectively, and strive to allow the participation of complainants in the EU Pilot, as far as possible, at least ensuring that they are informed of the different stages of the procedure;

9. Stresses that the act of entrustment is a guarantee of transparency which has to be retained; asks the Commission to consider whether the rules governing entrustment and monitoring of overcompensation are appropriate to the characteristics of social services and to take action if they are deemed not to be; stresses that the scope for mandating (act of entrustment) should be enhanced, in particular by means of the more flexible application of the rules;

9. Endorses the concerns voiced by many local authorities in response to the interpretation of the rulings of the Court of Justice in the field of urban development; firmly believes that the operationally and legally strict application of public procurement rules might hinder urban development; calls on the Commission to draw up, in close cooperation with Parliament, the Council and regional and local authorities, the corresponding public procurement rules with sufficient clarity to enable contracting authorities clearly to identify which public works contracts and concessions are subject to the procurement rules and thus distinguish b ...[+++]etween such contracts and concessions and urban development projects which are not subject to those rules, so that land agreements can be facilitated between the public and private sector without the unnecessary requirement of having to issue a call for tenders and without jeopardising the powers and right of local authorities to decide how they want to develop their territory; awaits with great interest the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-451/08; endorses the view of the Advocate-General of the Court of Justice delivered on 17 November 2009 in Case C-451/08: ‘These broad and ambitious aims must be borne in mind when interpreting the Directive but it should not be assumed that, by appealing to the purpose of the measure, its scope can be extended indefinitely’ (paragraph 35); otherwise there is the risk ‘that all town planning activities are subject to the Directive since, by definition, provisions on the possible execution of building works substantially alter the value of the land in question’.

Competition: Commission improves rules for access to the file in merger and antitrust procedures

The European Commission has revised its rules for access to the Commission’s files by parties involved in its merger and antitrust cases in order to increase the transparency of competition procedures and underline the Commission’s commitment to due process and parties’ rights of defence.

The law referred to in paragraph 1 shall determine the general rules applicable to the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the conditions governing the performance of its functions, the rules of procedure applicable to its activities as well as those governing the admissibility of evidence, and the rules applicable to the judicial review of procedural measures taken in the performance of its functions.