5. Expresses concern that most Member States are still losing market shares globally; believes that the EU economy as a whole needs to boost its competitiveness further in the global economy, particularly by increasing competition in the product and services markets in order to enhance innovation-driven efficiency; insists that labour costs should remain in line with productivity, and that wages should contribute to sustained social security systems; stresses that Member States, when having to manage their expenditure according to ...[+++]the requirements of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), should reduce current expenditure rather than reducing investment commitments, even though the rules do not take into account the fact that investment expenditure and current expenditure have a different impact on growth; takes note of the Commission communication on making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the Stability and Growth Pact (COM(2015)0012), as it clarifies the procedure and explains the link between structural reforms, investment and fiscal responsibility whilst making the best use of the flexibility which exists within its rules; welcomes the proposal by the Commission to streamline the European Semester; points out that one-size-fits-all approaches in preparing CSRs should be avoided;

traction current, the supplier of which a railway undertaking shall be free to choose; where the supplier of traction current is identical to the operator of the facility charges for which traction current shall be shown on the invoices separately from charges for using the electrical supply equipment;

(a) traction current, the supplier of which a railway undertaking shall be free to choose; where the supplier of traction current is identical with the operator of the facility charges for traction current shall be shown on the invoices separately from charges for using the electrical supply equipment;

54. Notes that India was one of the main beneficiaries of the GSP scheme, with average utilisation rates of 80%, across a variety of sectors, including animal products (88%), gems and jewellery (85%), transport equipment and common metals (83%); notes that 40% of India's clothing exports, worth just over EUR 3 000 million, out of total exports of EUR 4 800 million, and nine-tenths of India's footwear exports, valued at EUR 600 million, out of total exports of EUR 675 million, benefited from the GSP scheme; notes that countries with their own weaving industries, such as India, were able to make far more extensive use of GSP facilities than countries such as Bangladesh, which use imported fabrics for garment manufacture, who experienced dif ...[+++]ficulties in using the GSP scheme because of the EU's rules of origin scheme; welcomes the EU's practice of keeping these schemes and rules under review and encourages it to simplify and rationalise these rules; welcomes the proposal to replace product-specific rules of origin with a single across-the-board criterion so that eligible countries may find it easier to use the scheme;

Can the Commission confirm that it is considering a proposal for EU support for a public water supply scheme in Connemara in the west of Ireland and, if so, can it indicate what is the present status of this scheme?

Financially, current designs have self-inflicted limitations, imposed more than a century ago, when three-phase transmission systems were less understood than they are today.