Traduction de «entreprise du secteur de l'environnement » (Français → Anglais) :

23. Insists that Galileo is a project of major strategic importance for the European Union, especially in view of the commitment to invest in similar systems from national military budgets shown by other economies, such as China, India and Russia, and that a scenario where European business is unable to benefit from the multiple economic, environmental, innovative, research and employment opportunities offered by Europe having its own satellite navigation system is not desirable; considers moreover that, should a service be reduced or switched off, the potential disruption to business, banking, transport, aviation, communication etc., t ...[+++]o name but a few, would be very costly (e.g. in terms of revenues for business, road safety etc.); recalls that the budgetary authority recognised this when it increased the ceilings for Heading 1A within the current Financial Perspective to accommodate continued investment in the Galileo programme;

Summary code: Enterprise / Business environment / Improving the business environment / Corporate social responsibility (CSR) Environment and climate change / General provisions / Transversal policy objectives Food safety / Food / General rules

A number of policies have an impact on the business environment for companies in the textiles and clothing sector, and thus on their competitiveness:

13. Stresses the fundamental role of SMEs as a key motor for innovation, economic growth and job creation - mainly in times of economic downturn - and the positive knock-on effect they can have on the wider economy; underlines how important it is that all Member States should implement the recommendations of the European Charter for Small Enterprises by creating a business-friendly environment for these enterprises and by fostering, inter alia, peer pressure amongst Member States for the stimulation of RD investment i ...[+++]n the SME sector; calls on the European Council to address forthwith the recommendations made in the Commission's recent Green Paper on Entrepreneurship, especially encouraging the establishment and operation of atypical forms of business organisation such as cooperatives and mutual societies, and focusing on removing the obstacles to cross-border economic activity and access to finance;

Finally, the rapporteur proposes to set up a mechanism, whereby Central and Eastern European coal and steel companies that have restructured their production plants and made them more environmentally-friendly could have the right to participate in the activities of the Fund already before their respective governments have paid their contributions to the Fund. This could provide a powerful incentive to speed up the efforts to restructure production plants and clean up the environment in the candidate countries.

The key policy options to be decided upon in establishing such a framework are essentially: which countries and which companies in which sectors will participate- How, and by whom, should the allocation of allowances be made to the sectors and companies involved in emissions trading compared to those not involved, and to individual companies participating in emissions trading- How can emissions trading build upon existing policies and measures such as technical regulation, environmental agreements and fiscal incentives, and how can eq ...[+++]uivalence of effort be ensured between companies involved in emissions trading and those subject to other policies and measures-