9. Endorses the concerns voiced by many local authorities in response to the interpretation of the rulings of the Court of Justice in the field of urban development; firmly believes that the operationally and legally strict application of public procurement rules might hinder urban development; calls on the Commission to draw up, in close cooperation with Parliament, the Council and regional and local authorities, the corresponding public procurement rules with sufficient clarity to enable contracting authorities clearly to identify which public works contracts and concessions are subject to the procurement rules and thus distinguish between such contracts and concessions and urban development projects which are not subject to those rules ...[+++], so that land agreements can be facilitated between the public and private sector without the unnecessary requirement of having to issue a call for tenders and without jeopardising the powers and right of local authorities to decide how they want to develop their territory; awaits with great interest the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-451/08; endorses the view of the Advocate-General of the Court of Justice delivered on 17 November 2009 in Case C-451/08: ‘These broad and ambitious aims must be borne in mind when interpreting the Directive but it should not be assumed that, by appealing to the purpose of the measure, its scope can be extended indefinitely’ (paragraph 35); otherwise there is the risk ‘that all town planning activities are subject to the Directive since, by definition, provisions on the possible execution of building works substantially alter the value of the land in question’.

However, local authorities must be able to sell plots of land subject to conditions (for example, a stipulation that the plots in question should be built on within two years) without being required to open up the procedure to Europe-wide competitive tendering. If not, ‘one may have to accept the hypothesis, however absurd, that all town planning activities are subject to the directive since, by definition, provisions on the possible execution of building works substantially alter the value of the land in question’ (quote from the final submission made to the CJEU by Advocate ...[+++]-General Paolo Mengozzi on 17 November 2009).

When establishing and applying the total remuneration policies, inclusive of salaries and discretionary pension benefits, for those categories of staff, including senior management, risk takers, control functions and any employee receiving total remuneration that takes them into the same remuneration bracket as senior management and risk takers, whose professional activities have a material impact on the risk profiles of the AIFMs or of AIFs they manage, AIFMs shall comply with the following principles in a way and to the extent that ...[+++]is appropriate to their size, internal organisation and the nature, scope and complexity of their activities:

When establishing and applying the total remuneration policies, inclusive of salaries and discretionary pension benefits, for categories of staff including senior management, risk takers, staff engaged in control functions and any employee receiving total remuneration that takes them into the same remuneration bracket as senior management and risk takers, whose professional activities have a material impact on their risk profile, credit institutions shall comply with the following principles in a way and to the extent that is appropri ...[+++]ate to their size, internal organisation and the nature, the scope and the complexity of their activities:

18. Instructs its Secretary-General to explore ways of ensuring that all staff dealing directly with the activities of the Members are based in the places where those activities are conducted;

This Directive should not apply to persons with another professional activity, such as tax experts or accountants, who provide advice on insurance cover on an incidental basis in the course of that other professional activity, neither should it apply to the mere provision of information of a general nature on insurance products, provided that the purpose of that activity is not to help the customer conclude or fulfil an insurance or reinsurance contract, nor the professional management of claims for an insurance or reinsurance undertaking, nor the loss ad ...[+++]justing and expert appraisal of claims.