distributive bargaining | zero-sum bargaining

international negotiations [ negotiation of an agreement | negotiation procedure | opening of negotiations | renegotiation | state of negotiations ]

tariff negotiations [ MTN | multilateral trade negotiations ]

Negotiation of date for cessation of smoking

negotiable instrument

negotiate arrangements with suppliers | negotiate suppliers' arrangements | negotiate supplier arrangements | negotiate with suppliers and distributors

non-trading-book position | non-trading-book position in financial instruments

negotiation of an agreement (EU) [ negotiation of an EC agreement ]

Obesity by fat distribution pattern

Central supply trolley

Downstream from the research and demonstration stages, the EU will stimulate environmentally friendly innovation by creating the conditions to bring mature new technologies to the market through standard setting and regulation (e.g. successive EURO norms for road vehicles, improved tyres), promotion of clean vehicles on the basis of public procurement (e.g. of buses), fiscal instruments [26] (e.g. unleaded petrol) and state aids, agreed targets (e.g. the 5.75% biofuels target for 2010, the voluntary agreement with the automotive industry to lower CO2 emissions to 140g/km by 2008 and to 120 g/km by 2012 in line with the EU strategy on CO2 emissions), or international greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets), user awareness (e.g. energy la ...[+++]belling; consumer and user behaviour campaigns), and coordinated action in other policy areas to release synergies (e.g. agro-industrial policy on biofuels), stimulation of investment in distribution infrastructure for alternative fuels.

On a daily basis, competition has negative effects on certain groups, particularly SMEs and consumers: the business practices of large retail groups destroy smaller companies — as a result of aggressive negotiations — and limit consumer choices; unclear pricing formulas, for example in relation to energy and fuel prices, affect businesses and consumers; and dumping practices continue — particularly in the transport and distribution sector.

In the large-scale retail sector, SMEs are particularly affected by abuses of dominant positions by large retailers which, in taking advantage of their greater bargaining power and acting against all competition rules, use abusive negotiating practices which continue to destroy small producers and businesses and to influence consumer choices and interests.

47. Stresses that the special character of water and sanitation services, such as production, distribution and treatment, makes it imperative that they be excluded from any trade agreements the EU is negotiating or considering; urges the Commission to grant a legally binding exclusion for water services, sanitation services and wastewater disposal services in the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement; stresses that all future trade and investment agreem ...[+++]ents should include clauses on genuine access to drinking water for the people of the third country to which the agreement pertains in line with the Union’s long-lasting commitment to sustainable development and human rights, and that genuine access to drinking water for the people of the third country to which the agreement pertains must be a precondition for any future free trade agreements;