(21) Union best operating practices require licensees and/or operators of installations to establish effective corporate safety and environmental policies, to make suitable arrangements for major accident prevention and to comprehensively and systematically identify all major hazard scenarios relating to all hazardous activities that may be carried out on that installation, including impacts on the environment arising from a major accident.

17. Underlines the need to support environmentally friendly farming practices, including the use of traditional seeds and local plant varieties in order to preserve biodiversity; points out that the diversity of species and biotopes now seen as meriting protection can be attributed to the way in which land has been used for farming and forestry in Europe in the past, which should therefore be continued as part of a sustainable land-use strategy; points out in this connection that differing conditions such as climate, soil and the av ...[+++]ailability of water are found mainly at a local and regional level, and that regional conditions should therefore be taken into account and correspondingly differentiated possibilities for use should be found;

55. Notes the importance of Africa-EU relations and the Addis Ababa agreement of June 2010; insists that this partnership be based on mutual interests, points out that in fostering sustainable mining practices it is important to exchange best practices on good governance, increased resource efficiency, reuse and recycling, management of tailings and waste-rock, rehabilitation of mine legacy, health and safety, protection of workers and the eradication of child labour; points out that the African Union stated in the African Mining Vision that African countries have not been able to benefit thus far from their competitive advantage in na ...[+++]tural resources, and that measures therefore need to be considered to ensure that natural resource wealth benefits the population of resource-rich countries;

28. Stresses, however, that there is widespread concern about market dominance by bigger actors, who are often perceived to impose unfair terms on weaker suppliers and retailers, for instance through unjustified mechanisms of selective distribution, geographical segmentation, price control, delisting without notice, and other restrictive practices, thereby distorting competition; underlines that the entire retail supply chain is affected by such practices; denounces practices that misuse power imbalance between economic actors and affect true freedom of contract; stresses that raising all actors' awareness of their contractual rights, ...[+++] especially SMEs, would contribute to preventing these practices;

28. Stresses, however, that there is widespread concern about market dominance by bigger actors, who are often perceived to impose unfair terms on weaker suppliers and retailers, for instance through unjustified mechanisms of selective distribution, geographical segmentation, price control, delisting without notice, and other restrictive practices, thereby distorting competition; underlines that the entire retail supply chain is affected by such practices; denounces practices that misuse power imbalance between economic actors and affect true freedom of contract; stresses that raising all actors’ awareness of their contractual rights, ...[+++] especially SMEs, would contribute to preventing these practices;

Improved operating practices thanks to the provision of equipment.