Committees, due to the incapacity or unwillingness of these members to commit additional funds. For small authorities, the annual contribution to one of the Committees might currently represent more than [...] authorities from Member States benefiting from a high number of votes but regulating a relatively small financial market the annual contribution is perceived as unfair (see for example CESR's contribution [...] to re-open this very contentious issue. In this debate, some Member States which have relatively small financial markets but a large population have complained about the funding formula which is based
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leads to a European e-payments environment that is largely fragmented along national borders with a small number of successful domestic e-payment schemes and a limited number of large international players [...] Commercial cards comprise three main subcategories: (i) business cards, which are typically issued to small business customers to whom — unlike in the case of consumer cards — no additional services are provided [...] and investment firms may participate in designated settlement systems. As a result, other PSPs claim to be unable to compete with banks on an equal basis as they are obliged to use the services of a
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should have first considered the overall picture regarding Better Regulation issues, the competing claims of convergence and subsidiarity, and how labour law contributes to, or detracts from, the achievement [...] market risks. 16 European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. 17 Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände. 18 International [...] gives the example of threshold values for the application of certain provisions, in order to protect small and medium-sized enterprises against excessive legal requirements, such as the law providing protection
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debtor's bank accounts abroad to secure the payment of his claim. As a result, many creditors are either unable to successfully recover their claims abroad or do not consider it worthwhile pursuing them [...] order has been implemented. 14 The European Small Claims Procedure established by Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 and the European Order for Payment procedure [...] 24 OJ L 145, 30.4.2004, p. 1. 25 OJ L 177, 4.7.2008, p. 6. EN 17 EN 7. "claim" means an existing claim for payment of a specific or determinable sum of money; 8. "judgment" means any judgment
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seeks to recover a small24 or potentially uncontested claim, he can make use of existing self-standing European procedures on the merits which allow him to recover these types of claims in a swift, simple [...] decides to go to court to get his money back. . Since the claim is under 2.000€, Mr B follows the simplified European procedure for small claims59. He starts the procedure by filling in a standardized form [...] the claim. 59 Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure
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Union. It will contribute to strengthening of the confidence of businesses – particularly SMEs (small and medium enterprises), consumers and families to make full use of the possibilities offered by [...] hand, has little chance of blocking a debtor's bank accounts abroad to secure the payment of his claim with the same swiftness. The creditor may also have difficulties to find out the whereabouts of his [...] cross-border situations. As a result, many creditors are either unable to successfully recover their claims abroad or do not consider it worthwhile pursuing them and write them off. 2.2. Different stages
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would be sufficient to "green" a small number of big contracts. EN 20 EN If only the number would be considered, it would be sufficient to "green" a lot of small contracts without making a real [...] the US Department of Energy, early 1998, set out to develop the market for a new generation of smaller, brighter and less expensive CFLs – a sub-compact lamp, through procurement. The initial sales [...] process. It also needs to be clarified how to specify methods of proof (to verify compliance of claims by suppliers with technical specifications or selection criteria). Member States are not in a position
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which are either small by size or population. Jumbos are more liquid than typical Länder bonds, saving the state treasurers part of the liquidity risk premium compared to a rather small single-issuer bond [...] could be priced about 20 basis points above currently AAA-rated bonds. Favero and Missale (2010) claim that US yields, adjusted for the exchange rate premium, are a good benchmark for yields on common [...] or ECB capital key. 13 However, in such circumstances, participating Member States would have a claim on the defaulting Member State. EN 10 EN make the issuance of Stability Bonds into a
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explicitly indicate that the material they bring into Europeana is in the public domain, others claim rights on the digitised copies and/or charge for downloads. A few institutions apply watermarks [...] Furthermore, it should take account of the fact that the costs for the Europeana office represent only a small fraction of the total 8 The originality criterion [...] visibility by combining them through a multilingual common entry point. Furthermore, a relatively small public investment in Europeana could generate a huge spin-off of creative and economic activity in
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2: Surviving companies often fail to expand into further markets as venture capital funds are too small to operate on a transnational basis. - “Market gap” 3: Even well-established companies, irrespective [...] develop healthy services and products. Apart from that, the Commission completely fails to explain its claim. Impact on Growth and Employment Successful innovations create not only jobs, as the Commission
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