post a bond

back a loan

indemnify and hold harmless [ indemnify and save harmless | indemnify and keep harmless | save harmless and keep indemnified ]

bail hearing

motion for security for costs

bail bond | bailbond | bail-bond

enter into a bottomry bond

ensure price competitivity | guarantee a competitive edge vis-a-vis prices offered | ensure competitive prices | ensure price competitiveness

83. Is concerned by the on-going negotiations of the Commission on a plurilateral trade in services agreement (TISA) with mainly OECD countries and the expressed intention to sign up to even further liberalisation than enshrined in the current GATS agreement; cautions on the ambition to conclude negotiations in time for the upcoming WTO ministerial conference on 9 December 2013; considers that the increasing number of bilateral and plurilateral agreements is leading to an accelerated reduction of democratic participation of developing countries in defining the agenda of the international terms of trade within the framework of the WTO; ...[+++] considers that TISA is a new threat to public services, which are an essential tool for the reduction of poverty, for job creation and for democracy and are of particular importance to citizens in times of crisis; opposes any further liberalisation of financial services that would limit the political scope of governments to regulate and control the financial sector, which is necessary to prevent tax evasion and money laundering;

Most of the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme goes into financial instruments: we are making more than EUR 1 billion available here for credits and counter-guarantees, for national guarantee facilities and other modern financial instruments, including the provision of share capital.

– Warranties and indemnities (including tender, performance, customs and tax bonds) and guarantees not having the character of credit substitutes,

1. Endorses the general negotiating approach laid down in the Council mandate for the Third WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle, maintains and underlines its demands made before that Conference and stresses its support for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations with a broad agenda, in order to boost sustainable economic growth, strengthen, develop and reform the rules-based trade system and ensure a fair distribution of its benefits;