Translation of "Allgemeiner grundsatz" in English

The principle of protection of legitimate expectations is a general principle of Community law.

Otherwise, there is no point in saying that we want a democratic Europe.

The precautionary principle is a general risk management principle used by the public authorities.

Respect for the rights of the defence is an inalienable principle of Community law.

A general principle of materiality is introduced in Article 5.

The principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age is a general principle of Community law.

The Community Action Programme 2001-2006 (Decision 2000/750/EC) to combat discrimination on all the grounds listed in Article 13 (other than sex).

The Code of Conduct sets out the following general principle:

The Code of Conduct as thus adopted by the Commission sets out a general principle in these terms:

So the above rule is just a general rule.

Our general privacy policy is to avoid collecting more data than necessary.

Gender mainstreaming is a general principle in all actions in our strategy paper.

The protection of legitimate expectations is a general principle protected under Community law.

Moreover, the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age is a general principle of European Union law.

The Court made no mention of a general principle prohibiting age discrimination.

The general principle should be: as much integration as possible and as little separation as necessary.

In those cases, the Commission acts as a legal or economic adviser to the national court and documents drafted in the exercise of that function must be subject to national procedural rules in the same way as any other expert report, in particular as regards disclosure.

This brings me to the final point of my statements: Being a general principle of community law, the principle of proportionality applies to all areas of community action and community law.

I would also like to say that, as a general principle - and this is also proposed by the Commission - there must be provision for a procedure of discharge for those independent organizations which are funded exclusively by Commission funds, as is proposed for the two formerly independent organizations, one of which is the well-known CEDEFOP.

Within the context of this series of mutual evaluations, experts have also been studying the issues related to interaction between, on the one hand, the European arrest warrant, and, more generally, the principle of mutual recognition, and, on the other hand, the proportionality principle.

Firstly I would like to say that I agree with Mr Harrison that the burden of proof should lie with the Commission and that we should apply a general principle of caution to all artificial food additives.

Work relating to the drafting of the Convention was largely influenced by Community and French policy regarding control of the dangers linked to major accidents involving dangerous substances, taking into account of course, the principle of "the polluter pays' as the general principle within international environmental law.

It also states that the prohibition on a person denying a fact to the detriment of another person (estoppel) is a general principle of international commercial law which is binding on the State.

The period of one year for decisions on complaints received by the Commission is usually appropriate, but is laid down expressly as a general principle which need not apply in all cases.

Of course, I too wish to stress that Mr Titley's report contains important observations which we will support despite our primary overall position, such as the issue of continuing the Konver programme, such as the subject of measures against anti-personnel mines, and such as the subject of a weapons export code which, we fear, will remain no more than a general principle.

I feel that the effective independence of IAs must become a general principle, applied to all types of IAs, particularly environmental impact assessments.

It should be examined whether, in this case, any general principle of Community law, such as the principle of legitimate expectations or of legal certainty, could be applied in order to preclude recovery from the beneficiaries of the unlawful and incompatible aid.