- (PL) Mr President, the way in which protests have been dealt with in Xinjiang province has provided further confirmation of the authoritarian nature of the Communist authorities in Beijing.

Since recent scientific studies clearly show that national variables such as topography, population density and the habits of postal services consumers (average number of items delivered per inhabitant) produce considerable disparities in the cost of supplying the same universal services, it is not so much the 'reserved area' system that appears questionable, but rather the setting of a standard threshold in all Member States (currently 50 grams).

1. The home Member State shall require every reinsurance undertaking which reinsures risks included in class 14 listed in point A of the Annex to Directive 73/239/EEC to set up an equalisation reserve for the purpose of offsetting any technical deficit or above-average claims ratio arising in that class in any financial year.

A reinsurance undertaking should have assets to cover technical provisions and equalisation reserves which should take account of the type of business that it carries out in particular the nature, amount and duration of the expected claims payments, in such a way as to secure the sufficiency, liquidity, security, quality, profitability and matching of its investments, which the undertaking should ensure are diversified and adequately spread and which gives the undertaking the possibility of responding adequately to changing economic circumstances, in particular developments in the financial markets and real estate markets or major catast ...[+++]rophic events.

20. Insists that from now on, as is the case at the Commission, a yearly number of appointments of women to senior posts (A3, A2 and A1) be laid down, and reserves the right to challenge all further promotions to those posts if the Appointing Authority does not appoint women whose applications were accepted;

19. Insists that from now on, as is the case at the Commission, a yearly number of appointments of women to senior posts (A3, A2 and A1) be laid down, and reserves the right to challenge all further promotions to those posts if the Appointing Authority does not appoint women whose applications were accepted;