To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted.

Although the cause is unknown, only a small portion of funds for health research and living support are dedicated to MS. The society seeks federal support to establish a coordinated study of potentially related neurological diseases and $10 million for clinical research.

9. Emphasises that the creation of the radio network should be part of the support for the remaining independent newspapers and magazines in Belarus, and that special support should be given to the non-registered independent press which operates beyond censorship and state control; considers that support should include editorial work, publishing and distribution of the independent press;

As regards integration of persons having the status of refugees or displaced persons or benefiting from temporary protection arrangements and members of their family, actions may be to provide social assistance in areas such as housing, minimum means of subsistence and healthcare, psychological support, facilitation of access to means of legal protection, protection from racist attack, and assistance with employment, education and vocational training and may be aimed at enabling beneficiaries to participate as fully as possible in the society of the Member State or providing for their independence, through the provision of courses in the ...[+++] language and culture of the host country, the establishment of contacts with social welfare organisations and associations and support in the labour market, or enabling them to provide for themselves.

The government must put an end to the status of single person imposed on separated or divorced fathers with relation to the financial or tax support granted by governments to families; it must recognize the contribution of separated or divorced fathers to the support of their children in the same way that it recognizes the contribution of fathers living in two-parent families; it must simplify and customize the tax treatment and financial support measures for families; it must develop and disseminate simulations indicating the simultaneous impact of all changes proposed by the government of Canada relating to family aid on the basis of the criteria of equity, neutrality and efficiency; it must recognize that non-custodial parents are entitled ...[+++]to family assistance, and tax and financial measures.

Our experience so far in the implementation of support measures for semi-subsistence farms in 6 Member States in Central and Eastern Europe has already given us a few indications: this type of support can lead to an increase in production and sales and an increase in competitiveness, and can help to maintain jobs on small farms in rural areas.