Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said “Cartels strike at the heart of healthy economic activity.

Improving the energy efficiency of products contributes to the security of the energy supply, which is a precondition of sound economic activity and therefore of sustainable development.

Improving the energy efficiency of products contributes to the security of energy supply which is a precondition of sound economic activity and therefore of sustainable development.

The current pick-up in economic activity could be further underpinned by sound macroeconomic policies and by determined implementation of all the growth -enhancing economic reforms outlined at the 2003-05 BEPGs.

It is thus likely to contribute to the development of sound economic activity in a part of the industry not covered by Community arrangements.

It is where people and the natural world influence and complement each other. But this wide range of landscapes can only be a source of strength for us so long as it provides an equally wide range of services: - services to the economy, by providing a location for agriculture and forestry, crafts, tourism, industry and the services sector, as well as being a source of renewable raw materials; - services to society, by creating economically and socially sound and attractive living and leisure conditions or conserving rural traditions and cultural heritage; - services to the environment in the proper care of the countryside and the prese ...[+++]rvation of biological diversity and the ecological balance.