Traduction de «augmentation du taux d'escompte » (Français → Anglais) :

73. Acknowledges that most institutions, including the European Parliament, have made an effort to restrict their administrative budgets to an increase below the expected inflation rate, excluding the cost of enlargement to Croatia; in this context, underlines the need for the long-term rationalisation of administrative resources, and insists on the need to strengthen interinstitutional cooperation in areas such as human resources, translation and interpretation, buildings, and information technology;

74. Acknowledges that most institutions, including the European Parliament, have made an effort to restrict their administrative budgets to an increase below the expected inflation rate, excluding the cost of enlargement to Croatia; in this context, underlines the need for the long-term rationalisation of administrative resources, and insists on the need to strengthen interinstitutional cooperation in areas such as human resources, translation and interpretation, buildings, and information technology;

2. Where a Member State increases the rate of value-added tax on cigarettes, it may reduce the excise duty up to an amount which, expressed as a percentage of the weighted average retail selling price, is equal to the increase in the rate of value added tax, also expressed as a percentage of the weighted average retail selling price, even if such an adjustment has the effect of reducing the excise duty to below the levels, expressed as a percentage of the weighted average retail selling price, laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 respectively.

Each time the European Central Bank raises interest rates, the banks in Greece automatically increase the variable interest rates on mortgages, consumer loans and credit cards by the same amount.

4. Notes the positive development in the employment market, with a doubling of the annual growth rate of labour productivity from 0,6 to 1,2 % and a decline in unemployment to 8 % in both the European Union and the euro area in 2006, and a predicted unemployment rate of 7,3 % in the European Union and 7,4 % in the euro area by 2008, employment growth around 1,4 %, representing 2,9 million new jobs in 2006 with the prospect of a further 7 million new jobs during the period 2007 to 2008, which would mean a rise in the employment rate from 63,7 % in 2005 to 65,5 % by 2008; notes, however, that unemployment rates, particularly among women, ...[+++]are still high and far from achieving the Lisbon Objectives; calls, therefore, for further efforts to be made towards attaining an effective and inclusive European labour market, which combines flexibility and security and is able to achieve a significantly higher participation rate; stresses in this context that necessary reforms should be designed and implemented in best collaboration with the social partners;

The proportion of beneficiaries completing their courses is also higher than the forecast target.