Nevertheless, the lower cost and merits of footprint would justify its use as the utility parameter from 2020 onwards.

(5) In recognition of the disproportionate impact on the smallest manufacturers resulting from compliance with the specific emissions targets defined on the basis of the utility of the vehicle, the high administrative burden of the derogation procedure, and the marginal resulting benefit in terms of CO2 emissions reduction from the vehicles sold by those manufacturers, manufacturers responsible for fewer than 1°000 new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union annually should be excluded from the scope of the specific emissions target and the excess emissions premium.

Staff presentations will be designed to showcase iTrace, with an emphasis on 1) its concrete benefits for assisting in monitoring the implementation of the UN Programme of Action and the ATT; 2) its utility in identifying priority areas for international assistance and cooperation; and 3) its utility as a risk assessment profiling mechanism for arms export licensing authorities;

8. Further points out in this connection that, in the present economic climate, businesses and the public sector are increasingly having recourse to unpaid internships or stages in order to avoid taking young persons on under a contract of employment; takes the view, without detracting in any way from the usefulness of such measures in affording young people work experience, that a model for a European scheme for a cross-border short-term employment contract should be created in order to enable young people to gain experience in their chosen field in a country other than their own without any risk to the employer; believes that the European skills exchange proposed in the previous paragraph could be used to administer this scheme by match ...[+++]ing job-seekers and employers, assisting with the administrative formalities and providing grants for participating SMEs; strongly believes that the benefits for the young people concerned (work experience and the possibility of a permanent job, language learning, skills acquisition, etc), for business (development of cross-border trade, increase in the pool of potential employees, etc) and for the EU as a whole (benefits in terms of social cohesion, positive effect on intra-Union trade and on employment, increased geographical mobility) would be substantial;

Citizens and policy makers cannot be expected to invest or promote technology unless its benefits and usefulness are clear.

Priorities need to be established, and usefulness must partially be defined in terms of cost/benefit ratio.