92. Points out that some of the reductions introduced by the Council would jeopardise the EESC's core functions and call into question its ability to meet its legal obligations towards its staff; decides therefore to restore the DB for appropriations available to EESC Members to carry out the institution's core activity of enabling civil society organisations from the Member States to express their views at EU level, which at the level of prudent estimates for inflation effectively means a freeze in real terms, to partly restore the DB for ...[+++]staff remuneration and allowances to enable the EESC to meet its obligations towards its staff and to partly restore the DB for interpretation to bring the level back to execution in 2009, which would still, given increased rates for interpretation, mean a decrease in real terms;

87. Points out that some of the reductions introduced by the Council would jeopardize the EESC's core functions and call into question its ability to meet its legal obligations towards its staff; decides therefore to restore the DB for appropriations available to EESC Members to carry out the institution's core activity of enabling civil society organisations from the Member States to express their views at European level, which at the level of prudent estimates for inflation effectively means a freeze in real terms, to partly restore the DB for ...[+++]staff remuneration and allowances to enable the EESC to meet its obligations towards its staff and to partly restore the DB for interpretation to bring the level back to execution in 2009, which would still, given increased rates for interpretation, mean a decrease in real terms;

Indeed, as the Court has consistently held, "while the right of property forms part of the general principles of Community law, it is not an absolute right and must be viewed in relation to its social function and whereas, consequently, its exercise may be restricted, provided that those restrictions in fact correspond to objectives of general interest pursued by the Community and do not constitute a disproportionate and intolerable interference, impairing the very substance of the rights guaranteed" (Case C-491/01 ...[+++]British American Tobacco (Investments) and Imperial Tobacco [2002] ECR I-11453).

12. Regrets that the payment appropriations of EUR 50 000 000 on the EGF budget line (line 04 05 01) in the 2012 budget have proved to be insufficient to cover all needed payments; regrets that the Commission has proposed to partially cover this payment through a transfer of EUR 1 160 745 in payment appropriations from European Progress Microfinance Facility (line 04 04 15) instead of asking for fresh money through Draft Amending Budget No 6/2012 as it justifiably did for other requests for EGF mobilisation and a part of the current request (EUR 1 497 750); recalls that the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own ...[+++] objectives and deadlines and that it therefore deserves a dedicated allocation, which will avoid transfers from other budget lines, as has happened in the past, which is detrimental to the achievement of the policy objectives of the EGF;

3. Is convinced that local development and employment initiatives are preconditions for lasting development which contribute not only to an improvement of the living environment in urban and rural areas but above all represent the proper framework for the creation of permanent employment opportunities and hence are an important first step in finding a solution for the EU's crisis areas which have degenerated into social exclusion and where ...[+++] local infrastructure has been destroyed. It is, therefore, incomprehensible that only 10% of the entire amount for the period 1994-1999 has been allocated to local development, while on the other hand, a large proportion of the large-scale projects promoted by considerable contributions from the Structural Funds have no more than short-term effects on employment and in some cases actually hamper or prevent the creation of jobs linked to the area; calls therefore on the Member States to introduce greater variety into their employment programmes and to include in them a chapter on local employment; calls on the Commission to support the Member States in such efforts and to insist, as being crucial to the efficient use of appropriations, on the proportion of Structural Fund allocations earmarked for local employment initiatives being raised;

I'm wondering where that social licence comes from when more than 70 first nations, all of the coastal first nations, the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, the fisheries union, the Wilderness Tourism Association, the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, the voices of local government, and hundreds of businesses have all opposed your project.