Traduction de «achat à la hausse » (Français → Anglais) :

The formula, known as 'The Method', tracks the evolution of national civil servants' purchasing power, up or down, from a basket of 8 Member States (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg – representing 76% of EU GDP).

AK. whereas the increasing poverty in the EU is currently being exacerbated by the economic and financial crisis and by soaring food prices in the context of almost inexistent food surpluses in the EU, and whereas 43 million people are currently at risk of food poverty; whereas the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union, set up in 1987, currently provides food aid for 13 million people suffering from poverty in 19 Member States, and whereas its distribution chains involve some 240 food banks and charities; whereas the recent Judgment T-576/08 of the European Court of Justice, which deems it illegal to purchase food for the scheme on the market, jeopardises EU food aid for the most deprived, given the scheme ...[+++]’s increased dependency on market purchases, and whereas it appears that the ECJ’s annulment of Article 2 of Regulation 983/2008 will have an immediate negative impact on the scheme in 2012 and the years to come, leading to an abrupt end to food aid for the most deprived citizens of 19 Member States;

AK. whereas the increasing poverty in the EU is currently being exacerbated by the economic and financial crisis and by soaring food prices in the context of almost inexistent food surpluses in the EU, and whereas 43 million people are currently at risk of food poverty; whereas the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union, set up in 1987, currently provides food aid for 13 million people suffering from poverty in 19 Member States, and whereas its distribution chains involve some 240 food banks and charities; whereas the recent Judgment T-576/08 of the European Court of Justice, which deems it illegal to purchase food for the scheme on the market, jeopardises EU food aid for the most deprived, given the scheme ...[+++]'s increased dependency on market purchases, and whereas it appears that the ECJ's annulment of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 983/2008 will have an immediate negative impact on the scheme in 2012 and the years to come, leading to an abrupt end to food aid for the most deprived citizens of 19 Member States;

When people's wages drop by $5, $10 or $15 per hour, buying power goes down and poverty goes up.

The major increases feature under Item 2100 (“Purchase, servicing and maintenance of equipment and software”). Under this provision, an additional EUR 1 742 000 (+57,64% on 2006) is required. This is broken down into EUR 1 482 000 for the purchase of hardware and equipment for the new main building and EUR 260 000 to cover requirements for the Romanian and Bulgarian enlargement.

In the case of Germany, growth is also expected to be temporarily boosted at the end of 2006 by consumers bringing purchases forward in light of the planned 3-percentage-point hike in VAT.