17. Calls on all regions to consider investments into skills and training for these new jobs, taking into account the fact that a significant number of new local jobs can also be created in ICT services, the transport sector and sectors that supply smart equipment, infrastructure and services, for instance for new installations, but also to avoid any shortage of specialist labour and enable adaptation to the needs arising from the emergence of new professions in the respective fields; calls on the Member States and regions to support training initiatives both at the academic and the craftsmanship level in the field of renewable energy, ...[+++]such as environmental technical studies and the development of new apprenticeships, for example solateur; highlights that regions which successfully implement a smart energy system can attract further jobs to the region in the form of specialised training through the establishment of technical universities and colleges with expertise in the area; calls on regions to cooperate on smart specialisation and welcomes schemes where knowledge is shared between regions and across borders; draws attention to the initiatives which the EIT is pursuing in the InnoEnergy knowledge and information community (KIC) for the research and development of smart grids and the training of professionals in this sector; draws attention, also, to the new scope for establishing Regional Innovation Schemes;

15. Calls on the Commission to apply the principle of affirmative action in favour of SMEs, and to take steps to help to: create companies electronically; appropriately simplify the regulatory environment; promote SME access to finance during the first years of existence via Risk Capital or 'Business Angel' formulas: enhance the roles of the EIB and EIF; increase SME access to ITC, acknowledging that the gap in competitiveness between the EU and the USA is found not only in high-technology sectors but also in distribution channels and the retail sector; promote structures of cooperation and foster their internationalisation by adopting the proposed 14th company law directive on the cr ...[+++]oss-border transfer of limited companies’ registered offices and by discussing the added value of a future statute of a European private company for SMEs;

15. Calls on the Commission to apply the principle of affirmative action in favour of SMEs, and to take steps to help to: create companies electronically; appropriately simplify the regulatory environment; promote SME access to finance during the first years of existence via Risk Capital or 'Business Angel' formulae; enhance the roles of the EIB and EIF; increase SME access to ITC, acknowledging that the gap in competitiveness between the EU and the USA is found not only in high-technology sectors but also in distribution channels and in the retail sector; promote cooperation structures and foster their internationalisation by adopting its proposal for a 14th company law directive ...[+++] on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of limited companies and by discussing the added value of a future statute of a European private company for SMEs;

One would be to do all the terminology with regard to precautions, precautionary principle, and all that sort of thing.

2. That in order to harmonize the residence terminology in Senate policy instruments, the Senate Administrative Rules be amended by replacing the existing definitions “National Capital residence” and “provincial residence” with the definitions “National Capital accommodation” and “provincial residence” set out in Appendix “A” to this Report, and that your Committee amend the Senators’ Travel Policy to replace its existing residence ...[+++] terminology with the terminology being proposed for the Senate Administrative Rules.

(3) Whenever ranks are referred to in this paper (or, for that matter, in the laws, regulations, rules and orders relating to the Canadian Forces) the rank terminology from the Land and Air elements is usually used; however, the Maritime element equivalent should be understood to be included unless otherwise indicated.