the view expressed in the Commission's Communication of 18 September 2008 entitled "Multilingualism: an asset for Europe and a shared commitment" (COM(2008)0566), which underlines the strategic value for the EU of "the external dimension of multilingualism" in today's globalised world, should be supported; the fact that "some EU languages are also spoken in a great number of non-Member States in different continents", that they "constitute an important link between peoples and nations" and "a valuable communication tool for business" ...[+++] namely in "emerging markets such as Brazil", and that they are also a relevant cooperation and development asset, should be affirmed;

(l) the view expressed in the Commission's Communication of 18 September 2008 entitled “Multilingualism: an asset for Europe and a shared commitment” (COM(2008)0566), which underlines the strategic value for the EU of “the external dimension of multilingualism” in today’s globalised world, should be supported; the fact that “some EU languages are also spoken in a great number of non-Member States in different continents”, that they “constitute an important link between peoples and nations” and “a valuable communication tool for busin ...[+++]ess” namely in “emerging markets such as Brazil”, and that they are also a relevant cooperation and development asset, should be affirmed;

Some European languages are widely spoken around the world and can be a valuable communication tool for business.

Each of the many national, regional, minority and migrant languages spoken in Europe adds a facet to our common cultural background.

Communications can come in many forms such as text, voice, and video and, for command and control purposes, their infrastructure must be in place and be as robust as possible, so as to preserve communication channels even in emergencies when some forms may be incapacitated and sufficient redundancy must be built in to cater for the loss of particular systems (e.g. telephony) or premises or a collapse due to excessive traffic (e.g. computer system or Internet crashes). In the case of a major public health emergency, existing wired communications infrastructure might have been damaged or destroyed, preventing the use of wired networks for communications. Alternatives must be provi ...[+++]ded, including wireless transmission.

3. Ability to communicate orally and in writing with seafarers in the language most commonly spoken at sea.