exclusive economic zone

Permanent Study Group on Economic and Fiscal Governance of the Euro Area | Permanent Study Group on Economic Policy Coordination

activity conducted exclusively on the economic territory of the country

exclusive economic zone [ EEZ | exclusive national zone | two-hundred-mile zone ]

Central African Economic and Monetary Community [ CACEU | CAEMC | CAMU | Central African Customs and Economic Union | Central African Monetary Union | Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa | Equatorial Customs Union | UDE | UEAC | Union of Central African States ]

economic region [ economic area | economic zone | Economic space(ECLAS) | Economic area(STW) ]

Eastern and Southern Africa Preferential Trade Area | Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States | ESAPTA [Abbr.] | PTA [Abbr.] | PTAESAS [Abbr.]

Negotiating Group on the Legal Status of the Exclusive Economic Zone, Rights and Duties of the Coastal State and Other States in the Economic Zone

contiguous zone

Thus, while such a system might not necessarily be specific to the Coastal Zone, it would need to address the provision of information of an environmental, socio-economic, cultural, and institutional nature; in view of the "environmental" mandate of the European Environment Agency, it is not clear that it is necessarily well placed to take the lead.

19. Expresses disappointment with the low levels of implementation of Milk Package measures in outermost regions and mountainous, insular and disadvantaged areas, and underlines that it is indispensable to maintain dairy farms as viable and competitive businesses in all of the territories of the Union; considers, in this respect, that these areas must be the focus of special attention and specific studies by the Commission and Member States and that the use of short supply chains, giving preference to local production in these specific cases, must be encouraged in order to ensure continued production in these regions and to avoid abandonment of the sector; urges the Commission and the Member States furthermore to improve and strengthen th ...[+++]e milk distribution regimes in schools, favouring short supply chains and thereby enabling the distribution of production in these regions; highlights the fact that in these areas production costs are typically close to or above farm-gate prices and considers that the current uncertainties of the supply chain are particularly detrimental to these areas, which have the strongest barriers and reduced opportunities for economies of scale; recalls that farmers in these areas depend directly and exclusively on a small number of input suppliers and buyers for their agricultural production because of their geographic isolation; stresses that support for the setting-up and activities of producer organisations should better reflect the realities of these regions; stresses that it is necessary to carry out ambitious policies to support these regions with the aid of policies for rural development, the Investment Plan and the promotion and fine-tuning of CAP aid, as permitted by the latest reform; calls on the Commission, therefore, to encourage the Member States to implement such measures, in order to enable the preservation of milk production in these regions; urges the Commission to closely monitor the evolution of dairy production i ...

11. Questions the ECB’s recommendations that growth-friendly fiscal consolidation over the medium term should ensure compliance with the fiscal compact, while at the same time boosting potential growth and generating employment opportunities, given the announcement in the Commission’s spring 2014 forecast that GDP in the euro area fell by 0.4 % in 2013 after having already declined by 0.7% in 2012; notes the fact that the focus of current policies remains exclusively on economic growth and recalls the need for an inclusive, rights-based and sustainable approach; stresses the fact that the spreading of growth benefits throughout society ...[+++] could increase sustainability; takes the view that some of the structural reforms promoted by the ECB – especially labour reforms, wage devaluation, pension reforms, etc. – may result in the same contractionary effects on the economy; calls, therefore, on the ECB, to consider assessing the economic and social impacts of such policies before recommending them;

6. Points out in this regard that the objective of the free trade area cannot be measured simply in terms of economic growth, but also, and above all, in terms of job creation; points out that youth and female unemployment is the most pressing social issue in the Mediterranean countries;