locked facets [ dislocation of articular processes ]

Cervical facet joint pain

Arthropathy of facet joint

Facet joint pain

arthrosis or osteoarthritis of spine degeneration of facet joints

facet for arytenoid cartilage

anterior articular facet of odontoid process of axis

The G-20 has a mandate to explore virtually every area of international finance. This includes the devastating effects of financial crises, the growing gap between the rich and the poor, and a system of governance—and on this I would insist—that has not kept pace with the sweeping changes that are taking place in the global economy.

7. Recalls the decision of the Stockholm Summit that the Council together with the Commission will develop indicators to ensure that there are no discriminatory pay differentials between men and women; in this respect, strongly supports the proposal in the Guidelines to adopt a multi-faceted strategy to achieve gender pay equality in both the public and private sectors, but wishes the introduction of precise national quantitative targets and target dates to tackle the pay gap to be called for more specifically from the Member States; also expects European target figures to be set aimed at closing the gap between me ...[+++]n's and women's pay, which will help to avoid the compartmentalisation of the labour market and change traditional roles; regrets, however, the little attention devoted by most Members States to combating the problem of gender pay gaps, and calls therefore on the Member States to encourage employers to develop annual reports with information on: (a) the proportions of women and men at different levels of the organisation, (b) pay differentials for equal work and for work of equal value, and (c) actions to improve the situation and increase pay transparency; also wishes the Member States to draw up equal pay plans and annual reports on developments in the area of equal pay which will serve as a basis for the Commission to draw up progress reports taking into account national action plans on employment.

To my mind, the conflict which broke out recently in Lebanon, with its military, political and humanitarian facets, clearly shows that Europe cannot and must not remain on the sidelines when faced with the key issues of our time.

These usually involve the abolition of price support or a reduction to world market levels; income compensation (partial or full through direct payments; abolition of quotas and other supply management measures; direct income support payments and payments for environmental services on a national basis, with or without Community co-financing. This option certainly has the advantage that it would lead to a considerable simplification and would reduce agricultural expenditure substantially once compensation payments were phased out. A ...[+++]lthough such a radical reform may be appealing from an economist's point of view, it would imply a number of social and environmental risks which, at least in some regions, could lead to quite negative effects. In addition, at least in the first five to ten years, before compensatory payments are phased out to a large extent, it would imply huge sums of additional public expenditure. Reducing for example milk and sugar prices to bring them close to world market levels would imply drastic price cuts and necessitate some 10000 to 15000 mio ECU for direct payments if full compensation were to be achieved. If direct payments were to be made directly from Member State budgets, the question of economic and social cohesion would arise, and transfer payments between Member States would become necessary to bridge the gap between the richer and the poorer countries and to get the system work. 2.3. Developing the 1992 approach Towards higher competitiveness If the agricultural and agro-food sectors of the Community are to participate fully in the expected favourable world market developments and the expansion of world trade, improved competitiveness will remain a key challenge for the future. Competitiveness has many facets : quality and speciality of the product, value added through processing, services linked to the product, price, etc ...