Translation of "Fristverkürzung" in English

The shortened time limits referred to in the first subparagraph shall be permitted only if the pre-information notice satisfies the following conditions:

The shortened time limits referred to in the first subparagraph shall be permitted only if the prior information notice satisfies the following conditions:

The shortened time limits referred to in the first subparagraph shall be permitted only if the pre-information notice satisfies the following conditions:

In order to grant this deadline shortening, it is mandatory that the following conditions are met:

The amendments tabled by Mr Buffetaut should therefore be accepted in any case, including the reduction of the limit proposed by this Parliament, as it concerns indispensable refinements.

This success is reflected in the removal from the statute books of the hitherto fragmented EU legislation in the field of water protection, the coherence of the relevant water directives at EU level, the legally binding nature of the measures taken pursuant to Article 4, the shortening of the deadline for complying with the aims of the directive, the satisfactory way in which the issue of costs has been settled, also in accordance with Ireland' s wishes, the introduction of the combined approach whereby limit values and quality objectives are established with a view to reducing the levels of pollutants, significant improvements over the common position regarding the requirements for groundwater protection and, finally, the inclusion of the goal and the definition of the OSPAR Convention with no stipulations in terms of time.

You call for shorter time limits, and you seek to curb Member States' scope to impose appropriate restrictions through their own national laws and regulations.

Moreover, the related, necessary negotiations over price carried out with each company will not be made any simpler by shortening the time limit and thus will not be concluded any more quickly.

This reduction seems excessive, and it is doubtful whether this shortening of the time-limit would enhance European competition, particularly as complex services are involved which often require preliminary studies and periods for enterprises to reflect before committing themselves to public procurement procedures.

Article 65: Article 73 is supplemented by the second subparagraph authorising reductions in the time-limit for receipt of bids because of the use of electronic means (Article 38(5) and (6)) and laying down an extension of that time-limit when bids can be drawn up only after an on-site visit (Article 38(7)).

It should be noted that the time-limits for the receipt of tenders in restricted and negotiated procedures cannot be shortened, as the advantage deriving from rapid publication in the case of electronic transmission has already been taken into account by allowing the shortening of the time-limit for the receipt of requests to participate.

The second change concerns the limitation of the obligation to publish such a notice to cases in which the contracting authority wishes to benefit from the reduction of the time-limit for the receipt of bids set out in Article 38(4).

The second change concerns the limitation of the obligation to publish such a notice to cases in which the contracting entity wishes to benefit from the reduction of the time-limit for the receipt of tenders set out in Article 45(4).

This possibility of shortening the time-limits for the receipt of tenders clearly does not apply in a case where the time-limit has been set by mutual agreement between the contracting entity and the candidates selected in accordance with the provisions set out in paragraph 3(b) of this Article.

An additional reduction could be considered if the contracting entity simultaneously makes the entire specifications available on the Internet, thereby offering free and direct access to this information.

Electronic transmission will make it possible to reduce the time-limit of 12 days which is usually necessary at present for transmission to the Publication Office and publication in the Official Journal.

On the basis of your experience with the use of the accelerated procedure in 2009 and 2010, would you advocate a generalisation of this possibility of shortening the deadlines under certain circumstances?

It should be noted that the possibility of shortening the time-limits under the conditions described here obtains independently of the existence of another possibility to shorten the deadlines for one and the same contract.

Re point 3): removal of time-limit reduction possibilities which in no way penalise companies; this would run counter to the objective of encouraging purchasers to use electronic means as called for by the Lisbon Council.

As the situation stands at present, however, a possible consequence is that 42% of cases face a "curtailed period".

Therefore we employ vigorous measures for establishment of career goals and a shortening of the timeframe between registration and being summoned to the first counseling appointment.

As far as Article 130, "Payment of renewal fees", is concerned, however, it is difficult to imagine that, when passing from paragraph 1 to paragraph 2, Rule 83(4) EPC should come into effect in such a way that in 58% of cases the period would expire at "the end of the month", while 42% of cases would face a "curtailed period".

Further comments on the proposal concern the reduction of minimum time worked abroad (from 18 months down to 12) and an increase in the interest rate when costs for treatment received in the host country are reimbursed by foreign accident insurance funds.

Insisting on one would in practice reduce the time limit: to be effective, any checks would have to be made after payment, but also within the time limit.

The deadline shortening applies exclusively for issuers who have already listed ETF on SIX Swiss Exchange.