14. Invites the Member States to put in place growth-oriented policies and reforms in line with the EU 2020 Strategy, having regard to social protection, social inclusion and public investment; recalls its demands on the need for making the labour market more flexible, in particular by: reducing labour taxation; optimising training schemes to stimulate older workers to stay in employment longer; reducing youth unemployment by better matching the qualifications of young people to labour demand; ensuring that wages keep in line with productivity; and shifting taxation away from labour, in particular regarding low income categories of workers, to environmentally harmful activities; invites the Member States to put in place innovation pol ...[+++]icies through investments aimed at improving productivity and aligning it with wage developments, and to create a more competitive business environment by: liberalising certain industries; removing unjustified restrictions on regulated trades and professions; facilitating credit access; and facilitating the setting-up of new businesses; encourages, lastly, the reform of the public administration sector by eliminating red tape, cutting costs and removing unnecessary layers of government;

77. Welcomes this effort towards budget consolidation in administrative expenditure at a time of economic and budgetary constraints at national level; recognises the need for all EU institutions to share the efforts of this consolidation; is, however, concerned at the adverse impact such measures may have on the swift, regular and effective implementation of EU actions and programmes by a modern administration, given in particula ...[+++]r the need to reward performance and quality of service, taking account of geographical balance, especially at a time when the EU’s competences continue to increase and new Member States join the Union; welcomes the information given on those areas which are reinforced in staffing, such as European economic governance, the single market and security and justice, but asks for similar information on those policy areas and types of post where cuts in staffing were made as compared to 2012;

76. Welcomes this effort towards budget consolidation in administrative expenditure at a time of economic and budgetary constraints at national level; recognises the need for all EU institutions to share the efforts of this consolidation; is, however, concerned at the adverse impact such measures may have on the swift, regular and effective implementation of EU actions and programmes by a modern administration, given in particula ...[+++]r the need to reward performance and quality of service, taking account of geographical balance, especially at a time when the EU’s competences continue to increase and new Member States join the Union; welcomes the information given on those areas which are reinforced in staffing, such as European economic governance, the single market and security and justice, but asks for similar information on those policy areas and types of post where cuts in staffing were made as compared to 2012;

For the purpose of point 3 of this Annex, governmental stockholding programmes for food security purposes in developing countries whose operation is transparent and conducted in accordance with officially published objective criteria or guidelines shall be considered to be in conformity with the provisions of this point, including programmes under which stocks of foodstuffs for food security purposes are acquired and released at administered prices, provided that the difference between the acquisition price and the external reference ...[+++]price is accounted for in the AMS.

7. The implementation of each support programme shall ensure that the eligibility of ACP economic operators for access to the resources of the programme is as wide and transparent as possible and that the procurement procedures accord with the administrative and commercial practices in the State concerned, while ensuring the best possible price/quality ratio on imported goods and the necessary consistency with ...[+++]the progress achieved internationally for harmonising the procedures for supporting structural adjustment.

7. The implementation of each support programme shall ensure that the eligibility of ACP economic operators for access to the resources of the programme is as wide and transparent as possible and that the procurement procedures accord with the administrative and commercial practices in the State concerned, while ensuring the best possible price/quality ratio on imported goods and the necessary consistency with ...[+++]the progress achieved internationally for harmonising the procedures for supporting structural adjustment.