Traduction de «dessus d'assiette » (Français → Anglais) :

(b) so that, when in the embarkation position, it is not less than 2 m above the waterline when the ship is loaded with its full complement and equipment, under 10° of trim and listing by the lesser of 20° and the angle at which the ship’s weatherdeck edge becomes submerged;

However, there's also an aspect to consider—you somewhat put your finger on that—for consumers, who always want to be reassured about what's on their plates.

2. Above the minimum levels of taxation referred to in paragraph 1, Member States will have the option of determining the applicable tax base provided that they respect Directive 92/12/EEC.

I agree with that, but I nonetheless think that we must not allow ourselves to be led astray by the Old Testament story of Jacob who sells his birthright for a plate of lentils.

when the deck edge of the damaged compartment is submerged then the calculation is based on a fixed height above the still water surface at all heel and trim angles; as follows: 0.5 m if the residual freeboard (fr ) is 0.3 m or less; 0.0 m if the residual freeboard (fr ) is 2.0 m or more; and intermediate values to be determined by linear interpolation, if the residual freeboard (fr ) is 0.3 m or more but less than 2.0 m; where the residual freeboard (fr ) is the minimum distance between the damaged ro-ro deck and the final waterline at the location of the damage in the damage case being considered without taking into account the eff ...[+++]ect of the volume of assumed accumulated water on the damaged ro-ro deck;

But the other thing is that what you want to do is compare essentially the fiscal capacities of all the provinces, whether they're in the standard or not and whether for each individual tax base they're above or below what their tax base times their five-province standard tax rate would give them in tax.