If the difference between the reference level in the Partnership Agreement and the level achieved, expressed as a percentage of the reference level in the Partnership Agreement , is 3 % or less, no financial correction shall be made.

identify existing dwellings exceeding the reference level and to encourage radon-reducing measures in existing dwellings where the reference levels are exceeded;

'stock within safe biological limits' means a stock with a high probability that its estimated spawning biomass at the end of the previous year is higher than the limit biomass reference point (Blim) and its estimated fishing mortality rate for the previous year is less than the limit fishing mortality rate reference point (Flim); [Am. 77]

87. Stresses the need to develop a clear baseline, on the basis of which the Commission is to measure progress towards the (sub-)targets; welcomes in this context the biodiversity baseline developed by the European Environment Agency; welcomes in this regard the work of the European Environment Agency with regard to the Biodiversity Information System (BISE) and the biodiversity baseline, which will provide useful tools to improve and fine-tune biodiversity policy-making, in particular for the strategic plan being developed by the Commission; underlines that existing data should be used rather than insisting on the collection of new d ...[+++]ata;

7. Member States which took on the Barcelona commitments (EU15 ) and are still below the baseline increase ODA to the new individual baseline of (0.51)% of ODA/GNI.

My own feeling is that the viability of an international instrument would depend, in particular, on its capacity to develop reference standards on cultural diversity at an international level. Initially, it should foster reflection on indicators of cultural diversity