Examples of using Minimum harmonisation in English and their translations into Czech
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That is why I consider that minimum harmonisation is the right working basis.
HU Mr President,the European consumer rules currently in force follow a principle of minimum harmonisation.
Besides, I want minimum harmonisation, not maximum harmonisation. .
However my socialist colleagues andI succeeded in getting this approach altered and in making minimum harmonisation the norm.
Moreover, the minimum harmonisation of the directive has caused legal fragmentation in the Member States.
In writing.- We,the Greens/EFA, wanted to ensure minimum harmonisation for all EU consumers.
However, they are all based on minimum harmonisation, leaving us with a patchwork of national rules built on top of the Community's standards.
The horizontal instrument should be based on maximum harmonisation, whilst the sectoral tools should comply with the principle of minimum harmonisation.
I personally consider than minimum harmonisation is a very good and, at the same time, a very pragmatic working basis.
Apart from individual issues of law and legal definitions- andMrs Gebhardt has reiterated this point- we believe that minimum harmonisation is more appropriate.
The rules that apply now are minimum harmonisation, i.e. a common lowest level is agreed below which no country may fall.
I therefore voted in favour, because I am convinced that it would be useful to make an amendment to the Commission's proposal,achieving minimum harmonisation and at the same time guaranteeing a high-level service to consumers.
It dealt with the fact that minimum harmonisation in the area of consumer legislation must be given priority over complete harmonisation. .
One of the solutions proposed by Mrs Patrie is a combined approach to the consumer acquis involving full harmonisation in the cross-cutting definitions and minimum harmonisation at sector level.
Minimum harmonisation and national exceptions, as advocated by the Social Democrats, simply hinder citizens from taking full advantage of a common market.
It is important that the basis of the directive is once again minimum harmonisation and services like those in the health or social sphere are removed from the directive.
All I can say to all that, of course, is that even the United Kingdom will not be able to join the euro for free: you will need to meet your obligations regarding the coordination and regulation of financial markets andcomply with the necessary minimum harmonisation.
The existence of minimum harmonisation clauses has resulted in the fragmentation of the regulatory framework, hindering the completion of the single market.
We also wonder whether the method of harmonisation employed,namely minimum harmonisation, is indeed the right way to attain the uniform application of key concepts.
The delegation believes that minimum harmonisation is necessary whilst such great disparities remain in the level of consumer protection in the Member States.
I therefore believe that this is an area where, on the one hand,maximum harmonisation may be useful, but, on the other, minimum harmonisation may also be adopted according to the type of contract, as being more appropriate.
The text was not fully subject to minimum harmonisation, and the text of individual Articles was neither clear nor good enough to ensure that there would be no reduction in consumer protection for some EU citizens.
I therefore believe that this is an area where, on the one hand,maximum harmonisation may be useful, but, on the other, minimum harmonisation may also be adopted, depending on which is more suited to a given type of contract.
It came down to the fact that we should apply minimum harmonisation instead of total harmonisation and thereby ensure that the countries that already have good regulations for consumers are not forced to lower their level of consumer protection.
We regret that the proposals made by my group were rejected, particularly the definition of a limited set of general rules common to all vertical consumer protection instruments:this would ensure a high level of consumer protection with implementation of the approved method of minimum harmonisation combined with the country of destination principle, so as not to compromise existing national legislation.
This would ensure a high level of consumer protection with the approved method of minimum harmonisation being used, combined with the country of destination principle, so as not to compromise existing national legislation.
The reason why it is better than minimum harmonisation, as some of you proposed to discuss even today, is that we think that it is necessary to lower market-entry barriers for financial services providers, and this is one of the main reasons why this proposal for a directive is going ahead.
Aside from the provisions on nuclear power which I cannot support,the report criticises excise duties and minimum harmonisation in consumer affairs, which could in future have negative repercussions for both Swedish alcohol policy and consumer protection.
As regards the individual Directives,I broadly endorse the minimum harmonisation approach- and what Mrs Patrie has said- but this does not exclude the possibility that individual areas should be conclusively regulated where possible.
Accordingly, the fundamental principle followed in the directive is now,once again, minimum harmonisation- with the exception of the areas that are to be fully harmonised, which was an important concern for us.