Small Business: a Progress Report

Small Business - A Progress Report

Stepping Stone Agreement | stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement | stepping stone EPA

ETAP programme | Multiannual Programme of studies, analyses, forecasts and other related work in the energy sector | Programme of studies, analyses and forecasts and other related work in the energy sector | ETAP [Abbr.]

phenomenon of regression to the mean | phenomenon of regression toward the mean | mean reversion phenomenon | phenomenon of mean reversion | phenomenon of regression

regress to the mean | mean revert | revert to mean | regress towards the mean | revert towards the mean | revert to an average value

small and medium industries [ small and medium-sized industries | SMI ]

58. Stresses the need to ensure a continuous flow of timely, accurate, comprehensive and impartial information for the purpose of enabling the high-quality analysis needed to enhance the capabilities of Parliament’s policymakers and their sense of ownership, leading to greater interinstitutional synergy in respect of the CCP, and at the same time to ensure that Parliament is fully and accurately informed at all stages, including by means of access to the Union's negotiation texts under appropriate procedures and conditions, with the Commission being proactive and doing its utmost to guarantee such an information flow; underlines, furthe ...[+++]rmore, the importance of information being provided to Parliament with a view to preventing undesirable situations from arising that could potentially lead to misunderstandings between the institutions, and welcomes in this regard the regular technical briefing sessions organised by the Commission on a number of topics; regrets the fact that on a number of occasions relevant information has reached Parliament through alternative channels rather than from the Commission;

– the average and maximum total duration of authorisation procedures for projects of common interest, including the duration of each step of the authorisation procedure, compared to the timing foreseen by the initial major milestones referred to in Article 11(2);

the average and maximum total duration of permit granting processes for projects of common interest, including the duration of each step of the pre-application procedure, compared to the timing foreseen by the initial major milestones referred to in Article 10(4);

15. Reiterates its concern that judicial procedures have still not been sufficiently improved as regards their efficiency and rules to ensure the right to a fair and expeditious trial, including the right to access incriminating evidence and trial documents in the early phases of proceedings and sufficient guarantees for all suspects; reiterates its serious concern at the excessively long periods of pre-trial detention, which can currently go up to ten years and become de-facto punishment without a trial; urges the TGNA to reform legislation in this regard in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights and Council of Europe standards, bringing maximum pre-trial detention periods in Turkey into line with average pre-trial detenti ...[+++]on periods in the European Union; urges the government to continue its reforms and review the Anti-Terror Law and the Turkish Penal Code; recalls that Parliament's Ad Hoc Delegation for the Observation of the Trials of Journalists in Turkey will continue to follow developments; is alarmed by the high number of juvenile prisoners – 2 500 – in the 12-18 age group;