Traduction de «plus petit reste » (Français → Anglais) :

19. Notes that during the first year since the enlargement of the EU to 25 Member States, the number of petitions received by the Parliament has remained relatively constant, contrary to initial expectations; however, it is inevitable that the closer the citizens of the new Member States become acquainted with the petition process, the more frequently they will make use of this right;

While this is above the accession countries' average of 13%, it is substantially below the EU average, reflecting the still more difficult operating environment and the lower development of term lending to SMEs and small municipalities in comparison with the EU.

So let us do something together, just a small thing in view of how much remains to be done. Let us reduce the levels of nicotine and tar; ban addictive substances, like ammonia which is added to the nicotine to increase addiction to cigarettes; attach legible warnings covering at least 35% of the cigarette packet to alert people to the risks and dangers of tobacco; get rid of lies like ‘light’ and ‘ultra-light’ which encourage young people, especially young women, to smoke in the belief that this makes it less harmful, when medical science now agrees that the upsurge in peripheral small-cell lung cancers which are more insidious, more ...[+++] difficult to diagnose and have even more tragic prognoses is linked to over-consumption of this type of cigarette; evaluate the socio-economic cost of tobacco and transform the subsidies to tobacco producers into real redevelopment subsidies benefiting, for example, the production of cereals to replace meat-and-bone meal; recognise that products intended for export should comply with the same regulations as those intended for the internal European market; raise the price of tobacco because that is a measure which has a direct incidence on consumption, especially by young people; and harmonise tax rates.

The rest of the market is fragmented amongst a large number of much smaller players, none of them fully integrated and most with shares of 1% or less.

On the AM, the Commission's inquiries show that upon completion of the transaction, - Mannesmann/Boge will achieve a significant share of this market, but will become only second to Monroe which remains the leading company within the Community and with a particularly strong position in several national market segments such as the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Portugal. - In addition, as in the OEM/OES market, there are several comparable competitors on the AM within the Community, (including Arvin Industries, Kayaba, Way Assauto and Koni) as well as a number of smaller players which currently market either speciality products (e.g. ...[+++] Bilstein) or mainly operate in smaller national or regional market segments (e.g. Lipmesa); - due to the fact that suppliers of replacement parts achieve higher profits in the AM, the suppliers have a strong interest in keeping the free replacement and service market (i.e. independent replacement dealers and repair services) competitive with the authorised and franchised dealers and garagists.

In the United Kingdom (29%) and Spain (37%), a small number of citizens (+3) show themselves to be more favourable towards the Treaty than in Autumn 1992, but their level of approval remains among the lowest in the Community along with Portugal (34%).