By pursuing grand interdisciplinary scientific and technological challenges ('FET Flagships') , FET shall, taking into full account the outcome of FET preparatory projects, support ambitious large-scale, science and technology- driven research aiming to achieve a scientific and technological breakthrough in areas identified as relevant in an open and transparent manner involving the Member States and relevant stakeholders .

Yes, we are facing serious challenges but, if you stand back and look at the facts, the European Union is meeting those challenges head on this year.

Member States should review national (and regional) R D and innovation systems, ensuring effective and adequate framework conditions for public investment within the budgetary consolidation strategies under the Stability and Growth Pact (guideline 1), and orienting them towards higher growth while addressing, where appropriate, major societal challenges (including energy, resource efficiency, climate change, biodiversity, social and territorial cohesion, ageing, health, and security) cost-effectively.

29. Regrets the still weak visibility of the Lisbon Strategy in the national politics of many Member States; takes the view that the mobilisation of all economic stakeholders is essential to ensuring its effective implementation; in particular, believes that a better involvement of social partners, national parliaments and civil society will increase the visibility of the Lisbon Strategy, enhance the quality of public debate on economic reforms, reinforce accountability and raise the awareness of public opinion about the need to coordinate closely economic policies with a view to addressing the main challenges posed by the ongoing glob ...[+++]alisation process and to adopt a collective position to improve economic governance inside the European Union; urges the Member States to implement the Integrated Guidelines and the national reform programmes in the spirit of "ownership", in a committed way, with the enhanced involvement of the national parliaments and other interested actors such as the social partners, and requests a regular review of the relevance of the national reform programmes according to the "benchmarking" principle, including a broader consultation process in those Member States in which it is not yet the norm; expects the priorities of national reform programmes to be better reflected in the timetable as well as the content of national budget decisions;

6. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where the simplified Community transit procedure for carriage by rail or large containers referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 applies, the official veterinarian shall carry out checks at the office where the animals are placed under such procedure.

6. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where the simplified Community transit procedure for carriage by rail or large containers referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 applies, the official veterinarian shall carry out checks at the office where the animals are placed under such procedure.