Li-ion batteries are currently more expensive than NiCd batteries, they do not work as well at very low temperatures, and currently there are not enough economic incentives to develop large-scale recycling structures for them: raw materials are relatively cheap and available and the quantities of waste Li-ion batteries are not great enough to justify large-scale recycling processes to be put in place.

1. Recognises that artisanal coastal fishing, shellfishing and carefully regulated and well-managed extensive aquaculture are the forms of fishing that are sustainable from a social, economic and environmental perspective, and which also constitute a determining factor for the socio-economic development of coastal communities; stresses that these forms of fishing have a considerable cultural impact and are territorially very diverse, being carried out on the mainland, on islands and in the outermost regions; points out that they are affected by negative factors such as lack of effective water treatment, human-made and natural disasters, competition from large-scale fishing operations, spills, oil slicks, excessive growth of seaboard construction, the effects ...[+++] of large projects on coasts, the effects of climate change, and the lack of clearly-defined regulatory regimes for sustainable local development, and are also vulnerable to changes in local employment patterns;

Change on a broad scale is a constant presence, allowing new enterprises, new jobs and new opportunities to emerge.

The proposed budget of EUR 650 million is both too much and too little: too much because such a sum, wisely used, could potentially achieve some good; too little because at about EUR 1.50 for each EU citizen, it cannot make the broad-scale changes that are envisaged.

Integrating biological data and processes — large-scale data gathering, systems biology (including modelling of complex systems): to generate and analyse the vast amount of data needed to understand better the complex regulatory networks of thousands of genes and gene-products controlling important biological processes in all relevant organisms and at all levels of organisation.

The large-scale consultation process that preceded the White Paper relating to youth policy was a considerable effort that eventually inspired youth organisations to work at EU level.