(b) 'risk of excessive leverage’ means the risk resulting from an institution’s vulnerability due to leverage or contingent leverage that may require unintended corrective measures to its business plan, including distressed selling of assets which might result in losses or in valuation adjustments to its remaining assets;

43. Is deeply concerned that between a third and a half of edible produce is wasted because of its appearance and calls on the Commission to create, as a matter of urgency, possibilities for marketing, particularly in local and regional markets, a wider range of quality specifications of produce, while ensuring transparency and the proper functioning of the market; draws attention to trials conducted in Austria and Switzerland involving the sale of blemished fruit and vegetables; calls on supermarkets to take into account market research which shows that many consumers are not necessarily worried about the cosmetic appearance of fruit ...[+++]and vegetables and are happy to purchase lower grade produce, particularly if this may appear to be cheaper;

concerning the emergency brake application: the critical combination of speed and payload considering straight and level track, minimum wind and dry rails.

(1) At the height of the financial crisis in September 2008, competent authorities in several Member States and the United States of America adopted emergency measures to restrict or ban short selling in some or all securities.

Will the Council make a commitment to present a common position on sales promotions to Parliament as a matter of urgency?

In any emergency, urgent measures are needed – but anyone wishing to change tack too abruptly at such a time could easily capsize in Europe's fickle waters. An energetic approach is needed, but so too is sensitivity, if the issues are to be addressed seriously.