‘spring compression chamber’ means the chamber where the pressure variation that induces the compression of the spring is actually produced;

Finally, the Commission's initial market investigation indicated that the reduction of the number of competitors following the merger may lead to a weakening of competitive pressure by increasing the likelihood that MNOs are able to coordinate their competitive behaviour and increase prices on a sustainable basis, as there may be a certain degree of market transparency at the retail level.

In this context, EMPHASISES that the current financial and economic situation is difficult and complex and demands a strong fiscal consolidation of national budgets, as reflected in the European Council Conclusions of 1/2 March 2012 (cf. doc. EUCO 4/3/12) and RECALLS that the European Council invited “Member States, where appropriate, to review their tax systems with the aim of making them more effective and efficient, removing unjustified exemptions, broadening the tax base, shifting taxes away from labour, improving the efficiency of tax collection and tackling tax evasion”.

To guarantee the stability of the euro area as a whole and assist individual Member States in financial difficulties and/or under serious market pressure, temporary mechanisms have been set up as a backstop of last resort.

4. We have a wide range of instruments available: multilateral treaties and verification mechanisms; national and internationally-coordinated export controls; co-operative threat reduction programmes; political and economic levers; interdiction of illegal procurement activities; and, as a last resort, coercive measures in accordance with the UN Charter.

Yet, as this debate has shown, opinions are divided on the pressure we should exert and on the length of time we should exert it.