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While the evaluation of the overall functioning of the Community trade mark system confirmed that many aspects of that system, including the fundamental principles on which it is based, have stood the test of time and continue to meet business needs and expectations, the Commission concluded in its communication ‘A Single Market for Intellectual Property Rights’ of 24 May 2011 that there is a need to modernise the trade mark system in the Union by making it more effective, efficient and consistent as a whole and by adapting it to the internet era.

19. Stresses again the need for local responsibility for and ownership of the reconciliation process and, at the same time, condemns nationalistic rhetoric on both sides; believes that the Kosovan authorities should take further decisive steps to build confidence between Kosovan Serbs and Albanians particularly in the north and to reach out to the Serbian and other minorities with a view to ensuring broad integration within society; ca ...[+++]lls also for the constitutional principle granting Kosovan Serbs the right to access all official services in their own language to be fully implemented; stresses, at the same time, the importance of fully bilingual education; encourages all Kosovan Serbs and their political representatives to use all the possibilities afforded to them by the Kosovan Constitution to play a constructive role in politics and society and thus, by active participation within Kosovan institutions together with Kosovan Albanians, to share responsibility for social development and institution-building and to take special care to involve women in this process; welcomes the progress made as regards the organisation of municipal administrations;

3. Draws attention to the fact that in some Member States ageing populations, low birth rates and changing labour markets may increase the urgency of the need for reforming social security systems, including pensions, so as to guarantee their sustainability; emphasises the fact that women more frequently take career breaks and assume part-time employment than men for the purpose of caring for children and other dependents, which may have a negative impact on their pensions and place them at a greater risk of poverty; calls on the Member States, in this connection, to view these career-break periods as insured periods when establishing ...[+++]and calculating pension entitlements; stresses that reforms should involve social partners, in accordance with national law and practices, as well as relevant stakeholders, and be properly communicated to citizens;

7. Draws attention to the fact that in some Member States ageing populations, low birth rates and changing labour markets may increase the urgency of reforming social security systems, including pensions, so as to guarantee their sustainability; emphasises the fact that women take more frequent career breaks and part-time jobs than men for the purpose of caring for children and other dependants, which may have a negative impact on their pensions and put them at greater risk of poverty; calls on the Member States, therefore, to view these career-break periods as insured periods when establishing and calculating pension entitlements; st ...[+++]resses the fact that reforms should involve the social partners in accordance with national law and practice, as well as relevant stakeholders, and be properly communicated to citizens;