Traduction de «Ritardo di sviluppo » (Italien → Anglais) :

19. Stresses the importance, in the interests of eliminating disparities, of continuing to provide support primarily for projects aimed at regions that are lagging behind, so that the impact expected in this programming period can be maintained and will be in line with initial estimates; notes that improving accessibility and infrastructural facilities will help to make those regions which lag behind in the internal market more competitive, and will thus contribute to the external competitiveness of the EU as a whole; takes the view that withdrawing this support would reduce the impact of the positive initial results;

19. Stresses the importance, in the interests of eliminating disparities, of continuing to provide support primarily for projects aimed at regions that are lagging behind, so that the impact expected in this programming period can be maintained and will be in line with initial estimates; notes that improving accessibility and infrastructural facilities will help to make those regions which lag behind in the internal market more competitive, and will thus contribute to the external competitiveness of the EU as a whole; takes the view that withdrawing this support would reduce the impact of the positive initial results;

4. Draws attention to the fact that in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon territorial cohesion implies a targeted approach to territorial development, ensuring polycentric development, by creating synergies and avoiding the sectoral dispersion of regional policy resources, to which end there must also be sufficient flexibility to accommodate regional specificities and support regions which are lagging behind in their efforts to overcome their socioeconomic difficulties; considers that the outermost regions, border regions, regions with specific geographical features and other regions facing specific development chall ...[+++]enges must continue to benefit from specific provisions;

[43] See the position of UNICE on the Commission's Second Report on the state of economic and social cohesion in the European Union, November 2001: "UNICE reiterates its firm support for pursuit of an EU economic and social cohesion policy.The purpose of European (and indeed national) aid is to allow regions and/or countries with a development lag to improve their competitiveness. Thus, such aid must be maintained over a sufficient period.Conditions which guarantee fair competition must be strengthened, in particular through ongoing and active reduction of state aid".

(1) Article 1(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations(2) specifies that rural development measures which are integrated into the measures promoting the development and structural adjustment of regions whose development is lagging behind (Objective 1) or which accompany the measures supporting the economic and social conversion of areas facing structural difficulties (Objective 2) in the regions concerned, shall take into account the specific targets of Community support under ...[+++] the Structural Funds according to the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.

3. The Community will examine the requests of ACP Least-Developed-Countries to export their beef and veal under preferential conditions in the context of the actions it intends to take under the WTO's Integrated Framework for Least-Developed-Countries.