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

This increase in stress at the workplace is illustrated by the results of internal surveys conducted by Treasury Board Secretariat.[179] Significant numbers of survey respondents reported being pressured in their jobs and confused by constantly changing priorities.

The Commission found that the proposed transaction, as initially notified, would have raised competition concerns in the UK for two types of packaging known as heavy duty and off-set litho laminated, as the merged entity would have had a strong market position without sufficient constraint from competitors.

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.