Slowly, the circle closes in, and the suspects are cornered. Only one of them is the killer and, as days go by, the time will come when his true identity is discovered. Amanda Solis is the young nurse recently hired by the Santa Cruz family to work on their ranch. Fourteen years ago, when she was just a teenager, the four Santa Cruz brothers - Luciano, Claudio, Mateo and Bruno - abused of her, tainting her innocence. Now she is prepared to make them pay, but her main obstacle in doing so will end up being her own heart.
Matilde is an apprehensive single mother who loves her daughter, Ambar, above all things. With little time on her hands, this working woman has no alternative but to entrust Dany, the local school bus driver, with the task of taking her young girl to and from school. At work, Matilde discovers that her new boss is Cristobal Moller, the man who left her more than eight years ago without knowledge that she was pregnant. The story of a wealthy executive who awakens after a terrible car accident with amnesia. His identity becomes switched with that of his twin brother, and their paths nearly cross on several occasions.
After spending 10 years in jail, out of pure love, Victoria leaves the prison with just one wish: Instead, it leads her down a path in which to survive, she will have to push the limits of the law even further. She has two daughters, and Chiara, with her ex-husband Diego Buzzoni, a radio personality. This story takes place in the city of Los Angeles. Carlos is an immigrant widower who works as a gardener to give the best he can to his youngest son, while bearing the pain of losing his eldest son to a gang. His life, full of sacrifices and hardships, takes a turn when he meets Adela, a beautiful and troubled gang member.
Their connection is instantaneous, but their love will be threatened by street violence, injustice and fierce opposition from Felicia, his eternal admirer. Still, nothing can shake this humble man, whose goal in life is to be happy and live for those he loves. Lola was born into misfortune and bad luck. She became an orphan when she was only a child and had to live under the tyranny of her aunt. Years later she ends up living in the town's cemetery, where she hides during the day and wanders around night.
In spite of her savage appearance, Marcelo Machado, the most desired bachelor in town, will discover her true beauty and an unexpected love will be born between them, but it won't be long before it's destroyed by the envy of those who surround them. Camelia risks it all to help him claim a large sum of money in a dirty business. But in the process she discovers that he is only using her.
He has confessed that he will be leaving her behind and returning to his wife, who is waiting for him back home. Enraged, Camelia shoots Emilio seven times, even though she bears his child. She then begins a desperate escape, and when all hope seems lost, help comes from the most unexpected person: Camelia prepares to follow in his footsteps and become a legend, by her own name: In Capadocia, three central stories are intertwined: Teresa Lagos, the director, who no longer dreams of justice and reform; Federico Marquez, who uses his position as VP of ECSO to privatize prisons on behalf of the mafia and Lorena an inmate that has hardened with time and fights for her freedom.
The series depicts the positive and negative aspects of humanity and exposes life as a constant fight for survival and marked by personal ambition. Angela, and Samantha, have never forgotten that day at the pool that became the worst nightmare of their lives. After that fatal event, the girls took separate paths. Ignacia is a young engineer working in a large construction company, which Thomas owns, her boyfriend.
Within days of their marriage they have a fight, making Ignacia decide to leave the city for a couple of days. It is there where she meets Pedro, an apparently wealthy man, who makes her forget all of her problems. Ignacia will later discover that he is a construction worker at her job.
Both will fight for their love despite the prejudice, differences and rejection. After living 10 years in the Middle East, Salvador Pereyra, a doctor in philosophy, returns to Mexico with a discovery that can change the history of the world: When he attempts to publish his work and recover his family, whom he left behind when her embarked on his journey of discovery, he learns that his work has been plagiarized and manipulated by Adolfo Heredia, the owner of an old printing press, who now goes by the name of Askar Hyrum, and is the leader a sect called "The Sons of Indra".
Seven couples will put their relationships to the test, in the context of a competition that will examine their mutual trust, when every relationship will be threatened by two temptations. And while the past returns to haunt the woman or the man of the couple, the other one will inevitably be tempted by a stunning single. Both members of the couple will be exposed to temptation. If they fall for it, revenge will be in the offing, more than ever.
Will the couple be able to resist the temptation of the past or the future? When Danna and he sister-in-law Cecilia went to pick them up, all of them started showing up except for Elisa. As the hours passed, her parent grew more and more desperate and it was then when they decided to call the police and file a missing report. According to the police report, Elisa Dominguez, daughter of Raimundo Dominguez and Francisca Correa de Dominguez, disappeared on the night of her father's birthday. All of Elisa's relatives will be under investigation. Miami was not born of its tourism, its beaches or its climate.
It was born in a turbulent era that marked the destiny of an entire nation and made the Magic City the drug capital. In this world of crime, violence and dangerous alliances, a betrayed woman rises as its ruthless queen. Anastasia Cardona will make of paradise a territory of her devise, her whims and her orders. Mariana and Nicolas are about to celebrate their anniversary. Mariana, overwhelmed with the worry that she may develop a hereditary mental illness, decides to leave her husband and son to avoid them the pain of seeing her suffer.
But soon after, she will be captivated by a new passion, and behind this romance will hide the madness of a psychopath. At a young age, Chema commits his first crimes by transporting marijuana between Mexico and the United States. Later, he becomes a hired assassin and gradually makes his way to the top, becoming one of the most feared and wanted drug lords in the United States and Mexico. This is the story of his way to organized crime, the story of his first loves and of how he began a war to gain control of the cartel led by his worst enemy, Aurelio Casillas, The Lord of the Skies.
Considered one of the most ambitious Spanish language series to ever be produced in Latin America. The story begins the morning of February 4, Starring Colombian actor Andres Parra, acclaimed for his interpretation of the controversial narco Pablo Escobar, with the support of a cast comprised of more than actors, Hugo Chavez, El Comandante is the story of a man and a country, of a leader who surged from nothing and rose to the greatest heights with enough power to obtain anything he pleased, a revolutionary who had the ability to transform a nation.
Imagine loosing it all. Imagine being able to get it back. What were to happen if his destiny has already been written and his time is up? There are men that will not resign themselves to loosing? Diego Mercader, an 8 year-old boy, was bullied by his classmates. He is urged by unknown persons to shoot 7 of his colleagues and goes to prison.
He will find himself in a maze of intrigues and betrayal, sustained by Antonia's decision to find the truth about the murders and by Ezequiel's family. To do so, he must overcome all sorts of obstacles, in a whirlwind of action, emotions, unbridled passions, luxuries, intrigue, and betrayal.
After the appearance of his picture in the press, Casillas, whose fleet of 27 aircraft has earned him the nickname "The Lord of the Skies", decides to undergo a risky plastic surgery to change his face and disappear without a trace, putting the lives of his beloved Ximena and their children at risk. The struggle between these two capos will surpass the barriers of business to become a personal matter and the supremacy of the Lord of the Skies will be put to the test in the new season of the series, full of action, intrigue, romance and suspense, even more than its characters endured in the first.
While many consider him finished, the Lord of the Skies does not surrender.
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In a country plagued by suspicions and atrocities, a game of betrayal begins, and Aurelio, motivated by revenge and wanting to regain lost power defies all limits. Aurelio Casillas is where he longed to be: So far nothing, and no one, has been able to control this criminal. Meanwhile, both sides have taken advantage of the weakness of Casillas to regroup and fight for control of the drug business. But Aurelio will rise from the ashes like a phoenix, to show that no one, not even death, will stop The Lord of the Skies.
Although authorities believe he is dead, Aurelio, who has retreated for some time from his business, knows that he must soon resurge to finish a war with his nephew, Victor.
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Victor, frustrated with the disappearance of his wife Monica, and angered with organizations under his command, brings the country into chaos. Ironically, Aurelio and his new allies will be the only ones who can save the country from its destruction. For three years, Salgado organized two attempts to kill the leader of the Medellin cartel, but failed. When Pablo Escobar dies, Salgado presents his resignation to Ramirez. Salgado will have to keep working as the head security chief, witnessing all the devastating destructions ordered by his boss.
But to leave the hell from which he has found himself, Ricardo Salgado will have to bring down the devil himself. Adriana Aguilar and Monica Serrano will meet under strange circumstances. Adriana, who is running from a predator, will find Monica in her path. When Monica offers her a ride, the two will bond in a mysterious way by the power of a special talisman.
To do so, she becomes a cab driver just like her father. But fate will have a different plan for her when she meets Alvaro, an attractive and affluent man who is emotionally destroyed after he discovers his wife has been unfaithful to him. With time, feelings they never expected begin to flourish and their former lives become more and more difficult to conform to. Jung-suh and Song-joo are childhood friends and have a special bond that blossoms into love.
They both share the pain of losing a loved one: Song-joo's lost her father and Jung-suh's his mother. Jung-suh's father marries actress Mira, who brings her children Yuri and Tae-hwa into the household. Yuri is jealous of Jung-suh. All the while, Jung-suh tries to be nice to Tae-hwa, but he mistakes her friendship for something more, and falls in love with her.
The strikingly beautiful Eva Soler has attained great success in life. Together with her husband she has managed to build the Mon-sol trucking empire, as well as a beautiful family. All was well until an unforgivable betrayal landed Eva behind bars. Now in her cell, Eva draws a new path for herself. In this new way, Eva meets love once again, in a just and loving man, who teaches her that not all is lost, forcing her to decide between the paths of happiness and revenge. Who would believe that a girl, dirty and ragged from sleeping so many days on the streets, would become one of the most desired women of the region?
However, instinct did not fail Zhara, the boss of the most frequented Cabaret House The 4Ps, who saw the possibility of making the girl the economic guarantee of her future. Because of this she took Amanda in and transformed her into the woman who would soon be known as Flor Salvaje. At the head of this network is the popular Ranchera music singer "El Chepo" Zabala and the corrupt businessman Amado Matamoros. In his journey, Mateo falls in love with the aspiring singer Manara, Amado's half-sister, who has sought his guidance as producer.
This, however, will not prevent Mateo from unleashing a war against his powerful enemies upon discovering the truth. It will be a battle to the death At the head of this network is the popular music singer Rafa Zabala and the corrupt businessman Amado Matamoros. The brothers, together with their faithful and lifelong employee Modesto, are ready to read the will left by their just deceased father when Paula del Monte shows up. She is the only biological offspring and has come to get her part of the inheritance. However, as it is with other books written by Pilar Eyre, there is a lot of information that has also been included in many other of her books.
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Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. One of the effects of this proposal will be to encourage the potential of electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid. The Commission proposal starts from the observation that in many Member States electronic cigarettes are considered to fall under the pharmaceutical legislation as medicinal products by function. Their availability to other people than long-term smokers who wish to quit smoking will however depend on the national regimes for the selling of medicinal products, i.
As an element of the market authorisation under the medicinal products regime, electronic cigarettes would have to comply with the conditions for the placing on the market of medicinal products in the respective Member States, which are likely to include rules on appropriate dosage to achieve the cessation objective. According to distinguished analysts, an economic crime has been committed against Cyprus.
The former president of the Eurogroup made an important statement to the effect that the Eurogroup had treated Cypriots like gangsters. Basically, it used them as guinea pigs. Why was such an unprecedented economic policy of divide and rule imposed on Cyprus? How did the Council react to the unjustified campaign which preceded it in a bid to accuse Cyprus of money laundering and of being a tax haven, in order to isolate it from its partners and impose an unfair haircut on it, which has mainly harmed the people who have struggled honestly all their life to get back on their feet following the Turkish invasion in ?
What action will the Council take on the ground to combat increasing poverty and unemployment in Cyprus? How does it intend to stamp out rising euroscepticism, especially in the run-up to the forthcoming European elections? These measures will form the basis for restoring the viability of the financial sector.
The action plan will need to target areas covering implementation of customer due diligence by banks, including through adequate supervision, and the functioning of the company registry, among others. It remains essential to proceed with the implementation of the adjustment programme in a steadfast manner in order to restore financial stability in Cyprus and to lay the foundations for a sustainable path of growth.
In , upon the initiative of the European Union, a national service was established in Romania to provide consultancy services to agricultural producers free of charge. Furthermore, the organisation of this national consultancy service for farmers in Romania was undertaken by experts in the European Union, based on established models in operation in Germany and England and adapted to conditions in Romania.
However, in order to make agricultural consultancy more efficient in the public sector too, its key aim being to support private farmers, family farms and upon request companies and existing agricultural associations or those in the process of being set up, this consultancy system must be maintained and consolidated. In view of the above, what measures does the Commission envisage in order to maintain and consolidate the existing agricultural consultancy service, in such a way that farmers and agricultural producers in Romania benefit from the advantages offered by this consultancy service?
The aim of this measure is to help farmers, forest holders and SMEs in rural areas benefit from advisory services. The measure envisages support both for the use of advisory services and the setting up of such services. The farm advisory services in question can be provided either by public advisory service providers, including national level services like the National Agency for Agricultural Consulting ANCA in Romania to which the Honourable Member's question is understood to refer, or by private service providers.
The measure promotes the use of advisory services in order to improve the sustainable management and the economic and environmental performance of farm and forest holdings and SMEs in rural areas. It also provides for the training of advisors in order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice offered and ensures the updated capacity of advisers.
The beneficiary will be the service providers, who are to be chosen through open calls for proposals. The aim of the European support under this measure is primarily to ensure access to and uptake of good quality advisory services by agricultural producers and other rural beneficiaries, rather than to maintain or consolidate the services provided by one particular service provider.
Bardenas Reales is a semiarid nature reserve situated in the south of the Autonomous Region of Navarra. However, in spite of these very high levels of environmental protection, since , Bardenas Reales has been home to the largest NATO firing and bombing range in Europe. The people of Bardenas were never directly consulted about whether or not they wanted this firing and bombing range; the decision was taken by the Franco Government and these people have had to live with the range.
NATO does not provide information about the kinds of arms used or the impact they might have on the flora and fauna in the Nature Reserve. If not, what measures does it intend to take in order to ensure compliance with these Directives? In case of a negative assessment and in the absence of alternative solutions, the project can be authorised only for imperative reasons of overriding public interest under Art. The Commission will examine the information available and if necessary it will contact the Spanish authorities to verify the compliance of this firing range with the Habitats Directive.
This state of affairs is exacerbated by the situation many Member States are in, namely a deep economic and social crisis with unemployment at record levels, predominantly affecting young people. Does the Commission not believe that the Erasmus programme should be democratic to the point that it does not exclude students in a precarious financial situation, thus allowing any student to experience it? The grants awarded are normally not enough, when travel, accommodation and the standard of living in host countries are taken into account. Would it not make sense to increase the amounts made available instead of opting to give students loans, thus saddling them and their families with debt?
What measures is the Commission planning to help students who, on completing their studies, do not find work and therefore do not have the financial wherewithal and stability required to start paying off their debt? The Commission proposal for a Student Loan Guarantee Facility is designed to be particularly relevant for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who would otherwise be unable financially to study for a full master programme abroad. Social safeguards include reduced interest rates, no collateral or parental guarantees, and the possibility to defer or freeze repayments.
Graduates have up to two years to get a job before starting to repay their loans. Erasmus grants for credit mobility help finance the extra costs of going abroad and Member States are able to take account of different living costs between countries in the level of grants. The Commission foresees to increase both the number and size of Erasmus grants during the next seven year funding period.
However, the grants designed for credit mobility will never be sufficient to cover all study costs nor to finance full degree mobility for which there is increasing economic and social demand. A loan guarantee offers the best model to open up access to affordable finance on equitable terms for the student group facing the widest financing gap: Considering that extending the maturity of the loan will mean that Portugal will have to pay more interest to the Troika, what is the difference between the total amount expected to be paid in interest under the revised maturity, and the total amount expected to be paid in interest under the previously agreed maturity at constant prices?
The extension of the official loan maturities to Portugal and Ireland is intended to facilitate market re-entry for both countries and to provide financing for a longer period at low cost. As regards the EFSM loans, due to their back-to-back nature, the maturing EFSM loans will be re-financed by the Commission prior to the maturity, subject to having access to the markets. Since future interest rates are not predictable, it is impossible to estimate the difference in interest costs.
Modificarea Regulamentului UE nr. Otherwise, what does the Commission intend to do going forward to prevent the production of certain products that are considered traditional from being jeopardised by the ban on the use of some additives?
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For this Union list all authorised additives and their conditions of use have been correctly transferred from the old Directives and are now listed according to the food category to which they may be added. The new list is much more transparent and clearly lists which additives may be used in a certain food. The establishment of this list was preceded by lengthy discussions with Member States and intensive consultations with stakeholder organisations. Does the Commission not think it would be a good idea to ban the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags with a view to reducing plastic waste and improving waste management, areas in which some Member States have a lot of progress to make?
A study on the impacts of production and consumption patterns of plastic carrier bags, and the impacts incurred by various policy options to reduce their use including a possible ban of non-biodegradable plastic bags was published in Opinions were divergent on the best instruments, with a slight preference for a prevention target on the use of plastic carrier bags. The results of these studies and consultations will inform and guide any proposals made by the Commission to deal with the issue.
In accordance with standard Commission practice, all potential costs and benefits of policy options i. The response to the Green Paper will feed into the wider review of EU waste policy and legislation that is planned for The United States has a centralised database of all missing and unidentified persons, for which there is currently no European equivalent. Does the Commission plan to create a European database of missing and unidentified persons to help find missing individuals? In the case of a missing person, including a child, the authority will report when that person has been located and the action taken as requested by the authorities creating the alert.
Celle-ci couvre tous les domaines d'intervention, y compris le droit de la concurrence. French law makes no provision for class actions. Until now, French shareholders have not been able to seek legal redress in this way. Class actions can be brought in more than a dozen European countries, but the Netherlands has introduced extraordinarily liberal arrangements that make it possible even for foreign companies to secure significant amounts in compensation.
Does the Commission not think that by affording companies from outside the Netherlands a right that is not recognised by certain Member States, such as France, the Netherlands is in breach of EU competition law? The right to compensation for harm caused by a breach of law is recognised in all Member States.
Court actions, including collective actions, are merely a procedural means to enforce that right in practice. Such mechanisms should ensure fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive procedures and should respect basic principles set out in the recommendation. The recommendation covers all policy fields, including competition law. It covers also cross-border disputes and invites Member States to ensure that a single collective action in a single forum is not prevented by national rules on admissibility or standing of groups of claimants or representative entities from other Member States.
It is therefore not obvious why the Dutch rules on collective redress should be considered to breach Union law in general or Union competition rules in particular. The latter only apply to anticompetitive conduct of undertakings or competition-distorting aid granted by Member States. In , the Commission launched a public consultation with the aim of developing a coherent approach to the concept of collective redress class actions in the European Union.
The Commission recommended to the Member States to have collective redress mechanism for the claims that are grounded in infringements of the rights granted under the Union law. The recommendation is of horizontal character; therefore the principles set forth therein apply to all of the Union's policy fields, including financial markets, competition law and environmental protection.
Other bodies such as Europol, which is responsible for cybercrime prevention operations, and the European External Action Service EEAS , which is in charge of cybersecurity at global level, already play a leading role in the field of network and information security. How does the Commission believe that the competencies held by these various bodies in the field of cybersecurity should be delineated in order to avoid overlapping and duplication? With so many bodies in charge of monitoring networks and information, is there not a risk that competencies will be fragmented and the fight against cybercrime will be weakened?
Cyber incidents do not stop at borders in the interconnected digital economy and society and it is often difficult to ascertain their origin from the outset. Preventing and strengthening cybersecurity, and in particular tackling incidents that are of criminal nature, requires that all actors take responsibility both nationally and at EU level and work together.
These three agencies are encouraged to collaborate while preserving their specificities, and within their respective mandates. The strategy outlines the various channels for coordination and cooperation that exist between these three agencies — both at formal and informal level. The directive recognises the right to hunt different bird species provided that limits are set and complied with in order to ensure that populations of these species remain at satisfactory levels. In Cyprus, for instance, 1. Does the Commission believe that the rules governing the hunting of migratory birds are adequate?
With a view to promoting nature and biodiversity conservation, should more stringent rules not be imposed in order to ensure that the hunting of migratory birds is banned during their migratory period? Huntable species may not be hunted during the migration and reproduction periods when they are most vulnerable. The derogation scheme under the directive may only be applied to hunting in very limited circumstances where it is fully justified in the absence of alternative solutions. Member States may take more restrictive measures than those provided for under the Birds Directive.
The Commission continues to work closely with Member States to ensure proper implementation of the legislation and where there are clear failures of compliance takes the necessary enforcement action. Pangasius is a new type of fish to be imported in massive quantities into the European Union. It comes from the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, one of the most polluted rivers on earth. Pangasius are raised in intensive industrial fish farms and are therefore infected with high levels of bacteria toxic industrial waste , and there are no sanitary controls on what they are fed.
The fact that this fish is available in such large quantities and its low production costs mean that is imported into Europe and consumed on a huge scale. In accordance with EU legislation, aquaculture products imported from third countries shall comply with the relevant EU sanitary import requirements.
These checks may include, inter alia , samples to check compliance with EU microbiological requirements or residues of chemical substances. In addition, the Food and Veterinary office of the Commission's Health and Consumers Directorate General FVO conducts audits on the spot to verify the implementation of the abovementioned provisions. Il ne s'agit cependant pas de droits absolus.
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The Commission uses all the instruments at its disposal, in line with the powers conferred to the Union by the Treaties, to fight against racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism. However these are not absolute rights. It is specifically stated in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights that it may be considered necessary in democratic societies to sanction all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred based on intolerance, and to limit assembly and association in the interest of national security and public safety.
It is for national authorities to investigate individual cases, including in relation to political parties, to determine whether they represent incitement to violence or hatred, and to draw the necessary consequences under criminal law. The Commission and ultimately the European Court of Justice are monitoring the correct application of the framework Decision, under the powers afforded to them under the Treaties. Sicurezza dei siti industriali a rischio. In questa normativa si sono introdotti nuovi limiti per le aziende che detengono nitrato di ammonio o materiale pirotecnico e per le aziende minerarie, oltre all'abbassamento dei valori limite per le sostanze tossiche e l'innalzamento dei limiti per le sostanze ritenute cancerogene.
La nuova direttiva Seveso III, proprio come la precedente, riguarda il deposito di sostanze pericolose, compresi i fertilizzanti, a meno che si tratti di un deposito temporaneo intermedio direttamente connesso ai trasporti. Since , following the Seveso accident, the European Union has had a joint directive on the industrial safety of hazardous facilities. Over time, this directive has evolved: This measure introduced new limits for firms holding ammonium nitrate or pyrotechnic materials and for mining firms, and also lowered the limit values for toxic substances and raised the limits on substances considered carcinogenic.
Considering this, the Commission is not of the opinion that a review of the Seveso Directive is necessary in the near future. This Convention promotes active international cooperation between countries, before, during and after an industrial accident. Le graduatorie ad esaurimento dei docenti italiani contengono migliaia di professionisti abilitati secondo il D. Si tratta di personale altamente qualificato con comprovata esperienza alle spalle e che, nella maggior parte dei casi, vanta plurimi incarichi annuali a tempo determinato conferiti dallo Stato.
Di fatto, gli Stati membri sono liberi di scegliere i metodi atti a fare rispettare le limitazioni adottate a condizione che tali metodi siano efficaci. Una volta completata la valutazione si prenderanno le misure appropriate in linea con le competenze attribuite alla Commissione a garanzia della corretta applicazione della normativa dell'UE. In almost all EU Member States permanent, full-time employment is continuing to fall and is being replaced by precarious employment, made up of miscellaneous jobs whose contract types and professional statutes vary greatly, in the fields of both paid employment in the public or private sector and self-employment.
Given this general picture, the problem of precarious employment in the education system should be highlighted. Although precarious employment varies from one Member State to another, it is becoming one of the most serious concerns in Italy today: For years they have been waiting for a permanent job in the education system. These are highly qualified staff with proven experience who, in the majority of cases, have already completed multiple annual fixed-term contracts for the State.
This situation is destroying the hopes of young university students and is preventing them from finding a job, not only because the age for entry into employment is rising, but also because a disconnect is being created between education needs and employment requirements. However, the directive does not specifically require that after a three-year contract a vacant post must be filled by permanent staff.
Regarding the situation in the Italian education sector and the effectiveness of the measures that Italy has taken to limit abusive successions of fixed-term employment there, the Commission has already launched an investigation and sent a Letter of Formal Notice. The reply is currently being assessed and compared to the claims and materials submitted in a large number of complaints and petitions. Hundreds of lower and upper secondary school pupils are forced to take lessons in unacceptable conditions at the Kolymbari School in the prefecture of Chania as, for two years, every time it rains the classrooms are flooded.
The pupils and residents of Kolymbari have undertaken the procedure and the cost of preparing the study to include the school in the current NSRF with the aim of reconstructing the school. The Greek authorities have promised that the reconstruction of the school will be fully funded by the programme; however, nothing has happened to date. The lack of funds for school buildings can be clearly seen by the fact that the Prefecture of Chania does not have any schools in the NSRF.
In other words, not a single school has been maintained, is being reconstructed or constructed by the authority. All this is happening at a time when hundreds of millions of euros from the NSRF are supporting the profits of Greek and foreign monopolies for projects that go against public needs. In accordance with the Structural Fund regulations, assistance under these Funds is provided according to an approach of complementarity and partnership between the Member States and the Commission, with due respect for their respective responsibilities.
On the basis of the shared management principle, the design, preparation, implementation, monitoring, audit and evaluation of co-funded interventions under the programmes is the responsibility of the national authorities, at the most appropriate territorial level and according to the institutional system of each Member State. This means that the Commission does not intervene in the selection of projects except for major projects as this comes under the competence of the national managing authorities, provided that their choices are in line with the programming documents adopted in consultation with the Commission, and that they comply with current legislation.
Can the Commission say what budgetary commitments relating to the Portuguese Rural Development Programme Proder have been decommitted to date because they had not been used for prefinancing or interim payments by the end of the second year following commitment? Can it state the relevant sums and years under the current multiannual financial framework?
Does the Commission have any information on what budget authorisations relating to the national rural network in Portugal have been cancelled thus far, due to them not being used for pre-financing or intermediate payments by the end of the second year following authorisation? Can it provide the figures for each year of the current multiannual financial framework? As regards the annual amounts of support to this programme, the budgetary allocation before decommitments for the period was distributed as follows:.
Diferencial entre pagamentos potenciais e reais do RPU Portugal. Can the Commission provide information on the gap between the payments that Portugal could potentially receive under the CAP single payment scheme and the amount actually paid? The figures show that over the years the direct aids payments have gradually approached the ceiling and that they exceeded the net ceiling as from calendar year Entre os seus participantes contam-se a China e todos os demais grandes construtores navais. South Korea , such support is provided, which inevitably has implications for shipbuilding and ship repair in the EU?
What measures has it taken, or intends taking, in order to address dumping in this sector? In the context of the OECD Working Party on Shipbuilding the Commission is working to strengthen the disciplines on support measures as well as on injurious pricing as anti-dumping rules are difficult to apply in this sector. Among its participants are China and all other major producers of ships.
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It has been agreed that ships are one of the sectors on which the Group should work first. Todas as partes interessadas e os Estados-Membros foram estreitamente associados ao processo. Which Portuguese bodies have been consulted as part of this process? The objective of the modernisation initiative is to improve transparency and predictability of the trade defence instruments.
The focus is to find practical solutions for real problems in a balanced way. Therefore, it has proposed the non-application of the lesser duty rule in cases of subsidisation and structural raw material distortions, ex-officio initiations for example in cases of threats of retaliation as well as the intention to explore ways to ensure the earlier imposition of provisional measures. At the same time the Commission wants to make sure that importers and users of the dumped imports are not unduly penalised by duties.
Therefore, the Commission has proposed a two weeks-shipping clause and the reimbursement of duties in certain expiry reviews. Several efforts are also aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs be they producers, importers or traders. All stakeholders and Member States have been closely associated with the process.
Furthermore, the Portuguese Ministry of Economy and Employment and around 20 Portuguese producers replied to the public consultation. However, the Commission did not answer the question comparing the contrary decisions taken in connection with the milk and sugar sectors. Furthermore, in the framework of the CAP reform negotiations neither the European Parliament nor the Council have proposed to change this deadline. Quais as taxas de cofinanciamento previstas?
The specific objectives of this strategy would be: The strategy would be developed around four axes: What are the corresponding co-financing rates? In so far as the regional or sub-regional plans are part of the preparation of the Portuguese EU funded programmes for the period, they can be co-financed under from technical assistance funds from either the regional or national cohesion policy programmes.
The exact eligibility requirements, as well as possible co-financing rates, are set by the programme managing authorities and should therefore be checked with them. Both the legal and budgetary framework for the European Structural and Investment Funds funds for the period are not yet approved.
As a consequence there are no proposed programming documents available from the national authorities in which such figures would eventually be indicated. In other words, rather than being based on objective and rigorous evaluation parameters, to determine the need, importance and quality of investments in underground water and sanitation networks, the selection criteria are based on the acceptance of certain policy options aimed at the concession and privatisation of water services. This harms everyone, including the municipalities, which defend the public management of water and sanitation, as well as those using these services.
Does any EU guidance, explicitly or implicitly, provide for or justify the inclusion of this specific provision in the aforementioned call, which is a clear example of blackmail? Is the Commission aware of situations similar the one described above, i. The EU legislation in the field of water does not include any specific provision nor does it set out any preference for the organisation of the local and administrative entities set up by Member States for the management of water resources and the provision of water services. Nevertheless, Member States should, in the opinion of the Commission, ensure the achievement of the objectives in the most efficient way and are entitled to set specific selection criteria to ensure optimisation, integration and sustainability of investments, in line with nationally approved plans.
The key principles of integrated river basin management are incorporated into PEAASAR II, which is legally binding, bringing together economic and ecological perspectives into water management. The Commission has always supported this approach which is in line with the water infrastructure investments that have been co-financed by cohesion policy. The Commission is not aware of any such situations described by the Honourable Member.
Nevertheless, the Commission does not consider that the requirement for more integrated water infrastructure systems is linked to a privatisation of the sector. The World Heritage Site bidding process is not therefore a matter of Community competence. This is also one of the educational establishments that have not yet had the asbestos cement structures replaced and, given the advanced state of decay, there is a real possibility of asbestos being released.
Does the Commission have any information about the presence of asbestos in the asbestos cement structures in educational and other establishments and its effect on the health of those people using these areas? The renovation of school infrastructure was possible under Priority 3 of the Lisbon European Regional Development Fund Programme for However, the financing of new school renovation projects is no longer possible as the programme has already reached the maximum financial allocation and targets for this type of project.
Cohesion policy is managed under the shared management principle by national and regional authorities designated by the Member States. The Commission therefore suggests the Honourable Member contacts the managing authorities of the Lisbon programme for further information:. Consequently, the construction, maintenance and renovation of educational infrastructure fall under Member States' competencies. The Beato Fire-fighting Association relies on about 50 volunteers and provides an active and very important service in Lisbon which should be recognised, appreciated and supported.
I recently visited the Beato Volunteer Fire Station and the state of decay was striking. The rest facilities for the volunteers are inadequate as they have to sleep on the floor in very poor conditions. These deteriorate further due to leaks when it rains and high temperatures when the weather is hot. There is also no yard for vehicles to be parked and maintained. Various proposals have been made for relocating the fire station but none have been realised and would, in any case, require financial investment.
What EU initiatives exist for supporting and appreciating the service provided by volunteer fire-fighters? What programmes could assist with the investment needed to relocate the Beato Volunteer Fire Station so that the volunteers can provide their services to the people of the city with dignity and under better conditions than at present? The primary responsibility to protect people, property and the environment lies with the Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity.
The local, regional, and national levels are generally best placed to prepare for and respond to disasters, including fires. The EU has a supporting competence in the field of civil protection. However, as the Honourable Member is aware, due to the shared management principle of administering the Structural Funds, the national authorities are responsible for the implementation of the programmes, including project selection criteria and procedures.
The Commission would therefore suggest the Honourable Member contacts directly the Portuguese authorities in charge of managing the programme concerned, namely:. Em Portugal, estima-se que exista um universo de 20 mil doentes de Parkinson.
Desde , o 7. This association performs numerous activities including: What programmes and actions are in place at EU level to support the activity of associations such as APDPk, given the important social role they play? What support is available for biomedical research into the disease, given its importance for treatment and prevention? What priorities have been established?
Supporting national organisations is a matter falling under the responsibility of Member States. No support has been granted so far to European associations or networks active on Parkinson's disease. It is yet premature to ascertain the specific research issues which will be addressed. Talaris formerly Papelaco is the only company in Europe who manufactures automated teller machines ATMs and other money-handling equipment.
Here we have yet another example of unacceptable behaviour by a company that, according to the Union of Electrical Industries of the South and Islands SIESI , makes a net profit, exports the majority of production and uses the facility in Portugal to make collective dismissals in order to relocate. Does it have information on whether Talaris, or any other company within the Glory group, has received any EU support to establish itself in Portugal or in any other EU country? The Commission has no powers to interfere in specific company's decisions but urges them to follow good practices anticipation and socially responsible management of restructuring.
The Commission would also point out that workers likely to be affected by restructuring may qualify for support from the ESF and, provided that the necessary conditions are met, from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. The operations selected for funding aimed to enhance the employees' potential and complied with EU and national rules throughout the implementation period. Although the Commission is not aware of any relocation plans, it would point out that the aim of the ESF would not be jeopardised by relocation since the funding referred to concerned training activities linked to vocational training which aim to improve the employees' potential.
In the last four years, people have been killed at work in Portugal, most of them manual workers, 34 of whom have been killed this year. However, these figures do not tell the whole story, as deaths that occur after admission to hospital are not counted. In addition to those who are killed, a very large number of workers are left suffering lifelong effects following accidents, or are the victims of occupational diseases. It is estimated that, worldwide, occupational diseases are responsible for six times as many deaths as accidents at work. All these factors have followed a negative trend in Portugal in recent years and, in particular, since the EU-IMF programme was put in place.
To what extent has the Commission monitored the problem of occupational safety, accidents at work and occupational diseases in the EU? Does it acknowledge the link between measures under the current EU-IMF programmes and work being more dangerous, longer working times and more intensive working patterns, among other factors mentioned above, which are widely known to be linked to an increase in accidents at work and occupational diseases?
To that extent, is the Commission prepared to change its position? Since years the incidence rates for non-fatal and fatal accidents are dropping, for example the number of non-fatal accidents per Work related health problems are monitored by the LFS ad hoc modules of and In many companies, workers with employment contracts are pressured into leaving while companies replace wages with payments per kilometre, tonnage or trip — leading to a considerable drop in earnings.
Is the Commission aware of these situations, both in Portugal and in other EU countries? What is its assessment of them? What measures does it intend to take to prevent further exploitation of these workers, to guarantee them decent working conditions and a fair wage, and to protect their safety and that of all road users?
All EU Member States must make sure that their national laws protect the rights laid down in this directive. The national authorities have primary responsibility for enforcing these rules, as they are best placed to investigate individual cases, taking into account the particular factual background and the national legal contex. However, the Commission does not have sufficient details on the matter to be able to investigate the problem raised and is not therefore in a position to answer the question at the moment.
It would ask the Honourable Member to provide more details. The Commission works with Member States to improve enforcement of the existing EU social rules in road transport with a view to eliminate the cases of excessive working hours, disruptive working patterns or performance-based remuneration, which are illicit. The Commission looks forward to launching a debate with social partners on harmonising minimum social protection and working conditions standards.
However, the Council does not answer the question on the comparison between the milk industry and the sugar industry, given that contrasting decisions have been made in each case. How can it be justified to restore regulatory and production distribution instruments quotas in the sugar industry and not in the milk industry? Which Member States currently oppose the restoration of milk quotas and which Member States support it? In the wake of the food fraud scandal involving the substitution of beef for horsemeat in frozen meals, the Commission has agreed to review the rules on mandatory labelling, including the mandatory indication of country of origin.
Can the Commission confirm its intention to propose an amendment to the rules regarding origin labelling, including the mandatory indication of country of origin, thus providing important information to consumers which is currently not available so that they can make an informed and conscious choice? The Commission has repeatedly held that mandatory origin labelling is not a tool to prevent fraud by malicious operators. The present scandal could have occurred, even if origin labelling was mandatory for the foods in question.
The Commission is not in a position to evaluate the position of the Member States pending the delivery of the reports concerned. A recent study released by the Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection DECO highlights the continued use of dangerous chemicals in many everyday products. DECO says that the way in which EU legislation has attempted to control the use of these substances is clearly ineffective. The reality is that these chemicals continue to be used, even when we know that the products containing them can and should be made using alternative substances which pose a much lower risk.
However, the dangerousness and harmful effects thereof, as well as the fact that it is possible to produce similar products without using them, call for the eradication of these substances and not their continued use, albeit via an authorisation procedure. Is the Commission prepared to propose a revision of EU legislation, so that all substances of very high concern SVHC are banned whenever it is proven that viable alternatives can be used?
What measures will it take in this regard, given that many manufacturers and distributors claim ignorance or show no willingness to properly inform consumers, thereby undermining the intentions set out in the REACH Regulation?