A. whereas Euro 5 and 6 Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 715/2007) requires manufacturers to ensure that vehicles ‘in normal use’ (Article 5(1)) meet the emission requirements and explicitly prohibits the use of defeat devices (Article 5(2)), defined as ‘any element of design which senses temperature, vehicle speed, engine speed (RPM), transmission gear, manifold vacuum or any other parameter for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying or deactivating the operation of any part of the emission control system, that reduces the effectiveness of the emission control system under conditions which may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal vehicle operation and use’; whereas Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 also explicitly invites t ...[+++]he Commission to introduce tests and to adopt measures concerning the use of defeat mechanisms; whereas fraud in this respect has to be dealt with by law enforcement and surveillance authorities, with the full transparency of the investigative processes being ensured;

3. Stresses that improving resource use through better design requirements, and through waste legislation that ensures upward movement in the waste hierarchy (thereby fostering waste prevention, reuse, preparation for reuse and recycling), could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, public authorities and consumers, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2-4 %; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by n ...[+++]early 1 % and create 2 million additional sustainable jobs; recalls that resource efficiency is a priority objective of the 7th Environmental Action Programme, which emphasises the need to stimulate production and consumer demand for environmentally sustainable products and services through policies that promote their availability, affordability, functionality and attractiveness; emphasise that resource scarcity requires aiming at the absolute decoupling in order maintain resource use and GDP increase within the biophysical limits of the planet;

the Commission has abused the concept of the single continuous infringement by insisting that entirely innocent conduct can form part of the illegal enterprise and has used the label of a ‘global cartel’ as an excuse to bring in entirely prejudicial and irrelevant evidence.

The latter is ill advised for technical reasons since Glonass is based on a totally different design from GPS and Galileo.

The latter is ill advised for technical reasons since Glonass is based on a totally different design from GPS and Galileo.

11.01. Certain comparisons between countries, or between industries or sectors within the same economy, become meaningful only when the aggregates in the national accounts (for example, gross domestic product, the final consumption of households, the value-added of an industry, compensation of employees) are considered in relation to the number of inhabitants and labour input variables. It is therefore necessary to have definitions of the total population, employment, jobs, total hours worked, full-time equivalence and employee labour ...[+++] input at constant compensation, which are closely linked to the concepts used in the national accounts.