Examples of using Defence instruments in English and their translations into Czech
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The defence instruments have a certain flexibility.
The trade defence instruments must be applied according to the current rules and practice.
Subject: Discussion on the future of the trade defence instruments.
We have doubts because these defence instruments have proved their worth.
Two final questions were on whether we are going to review the trade defence instruments.
Now, continuing on the broader issues, trade defence instruments are there for good reasons.
In 2006, the Commission and the Council agreed on the need for a review of Europe's trade defence instruments.
We must not be afraid to talk about the need for reform of those trade defence instruments because we are facing rapid changes in the international economy.
It will only be possible to guarantee the Union's active voice at international level if it has sufficient defence instruments of its own.
The Community trade defence instruments that are meant to provide assurances for European economic operators in international trade need to be reformed.
You conclude that we must face up to the challenges by adapting the trade defence instruments or other areas.
Can the non-application of the trade defence instruments in 2007 also be interpreted as an indicator, or is it just coincidence, and other factors are in play?
I hope the Commission will soon find the political environment suitable for it to bring back proposals for reforming our trade defence instruments.
I really hope that you also show ambition when it comes to adapting the trade defence instruments, the same ambition as you have shown in this strategy.
The reformed Community trade defence instruments need to be equally accessible and efficient for stakeholders from both service-based economies and economies that have strong manufacturing sectors.
While we welcome the Czech Presidency's inclusion in the work programme of improving the transparency of Trade Defence Instruments, this is not enough.
But, above all, our objective has been to strengthen unity on the operation of trade defence instruments in order to make them more workable, and it is not my job as Commissioner to weaken that unity.
Bear in mind, though, that we are living at a time, particularly in international security terms,when Europe does not have the geopolitical and defence instruments that others have.
FR Mr President, the Commission has decided to postpone the project for the reform of the trade defence instruments and, Commissioner, I welcome this wise decision, for it will help maintain the fight against unfair competition.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen,I would like to challenge the Commissioner to clarify as fully as possible the position of the Commission on trade defence instruments, which include anti-dumping measures.
Undoubtedly, it is necessary to provide(and implement) trade defence instruments, intellectual property rights, designation of origin and geographic indications of agricultural products, and to support the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises.
I got just the last fragment,which seemed to suggest that we had suspended the operation of the trade defence instruments and that we were no longer initiating or pursuing cases.
What is more, given that this debate is to be held on a multilateral level, why not be even more visionary andinclude social and environmental dumping within the scope of the trade defence instruments?
How is the contradiction between the statements by Commissioner Mandelson on the future of the trade defence instruments and the opinion of the European Parliament to be resolved?
The EU will ensure the effective and robust enforcement of its rights under existing rules, including through the recourse to theWTO's dispute settlement system and to its own trade defence instruments where appropriate.
There is no point and no advantage in trying to pushthe centre of gravity, in the design and operation of our trade defence instruments, to one side or the other in the range of opinions in the European Union that inhabit the subject of trade defence. .
The fact is that in a recent communication the Commission said that open trade depends on fair competition between national and foreign producers, and added:'we protect EU production from international trade distortions ordisruptions, by applying trade defence instruments in compliance with[World Trade Organisation] rules.
The proposals also express disquiet at the Commission's intentions to review trade defence instruments according to the interests of firms which are relocating their production to countries where, because of the low wages and social and environmental standards.
Does the Commission accept that as well as lecturing others and monitoring others to avoid the risk of protectionism we should be careful ourselves andmake sure that when we use our trade defence instruments they are for the purposes for which they are intended and not as protectionist measures?