attention-seeking behaviour [ attention-getting ]

The 2008 Joint Report on the implementation of the Education and Training 2010 Work Programme drew attention to educational disadvantage of many migrant pupils as they require additional attention.[5] The analysis which follows shows that some countries succeed better than others in reducing the gaps in educational attainment between migrant pupils and the rest of the host peers.

This Work Programme provides a basis for this shared reflection and highlights the pending proposals on which the Commission considers it most important to advance quickly.

Points out that while private, own-brand labelled products can bring increased value, choice and ‘fair trade’ products to consumers, they also represent a strategic issue in the medium- and long-term, as they introduce a horizontal dimension to competition in respect of industrial brands that had never previously been a factor and that can give an unfair and anti-competitive position to retailers, who become both customer and competitor; draws attention to the existence of a ‘risk threshold’ beyond which the market penetration of own brands in a given category of product could turn ...[+++] the current positive effects of own brands into negative effects, and provide a disincentive as regards the innovative efforts of many companies; insists, therefore, that the issue of private own-brands requires particular attention from the Commission and competition authorities, specifically with regard to the need to assess the potential long-term consequences for the supply chain and the position of farmers within it, while bearing in mind that consumer habits in Member States vary.

Poland also referred to the legitimate expectations of the aid recipients and indicated that failure by the awarding authority to issue an implementing decision could be challenged by PZL Dębica in court.