Traduction de «series factors » (Anglais → Français) :

3. Considers that a broad series of factors influence the price transmission mechanism and the gap between producer and consumer prices; names among these factors the marketing behaviour of operators along the supply chain, including manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, the share of non-agricultural costs (such as energy and labour), legislative and regulatory frameworks, the perishable nature of the product, the degree of product processing, marketing and handling or consumer purchasing preferences;

3. Considers that a broad series of factors influence the price transmission mechanism and the gap between producer and consumer prices; names among these factors the marketing behaviour of operators along the supply chain, including manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, the share of non-agricultural costs (such as energy and labour), legislative and regulatory frameworks, the perishable nature of the product, the degree of product processing, marketing and handling or consumer purchasing preferences;

3. Considers that a broad series of factors influence the price transmission mechanism and the gap between producer and consumer prices; names among these factors the marketing behaviour of operators along the supply chain, including manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, the share of non-agricultural costs (such as energy and labour), legislative and regulatory frameworks, the perishable nature of the product, the degree of product processing, marketing and handling or consumer purchasing preferences;

It should be noted that employment prospects are being influenced by a series of factors: these factors include, in particular, demand and changing customer needs, electronic substitution, new technologies and automation as well as organisational change.

Furthermore, the extreme concern expressed by the Commission to reduce the distortions to which state support for cotton gives rise in world markets disregards a series of factors: first of all, the slight impact which European aid now has on this sector (an aspect recognised by the African producer organisations which signed the Seville Declaration of 7 November 2003); secondly, the fact that the EU accounts for only 2.6% of world production and is the largest importer, meeting up to 48% of its requirements through imports, which enter the EU on a duty-free basis; and thirdly the fact that world prices, which are highly volatile, depend above all ...[+++] on other factors such as the growing competition from synthetic fibres (with the adverse environmental impact this entails), strong fluctuations in world demand (which is today chiefly caused by the strength of the Chinese textile industry, a net importer of cotton despite its significant domestic production) and, last but not least, the aggressive cotton-supporting policies pursued by some developed exporting countries.

In addition, it specifies a series of factors that are to be taken into consideration in determining whether specific behaviour constitutes market manipulation.