Translation of "Gleichrangig mit" in English

Sales tax is therefore at least as important as direct taxes.

Ratification by Parliament is the equivalent of ratification by referendum.

Here it is implied that Siegfried sleeps with Brünhild, despite Gunther's request.

The other debts would be on an equal standing with the debt of WAK.

Investments are made on equal terms with other equity investors.

The ordinary shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares held by the State.

The investment made under the GIF in an intermediary fund shall rank pari passu with the private investors.

Biodiversity is thereby placed on the same level as minerals or other natural resources.

The conclusion of the third stage is equivalent to a high school diploma.

In that context, in Ireland senior bond holders have the same level of seniority as holders of deposit accounts.

The regions must therefore be treated as direct partners of the Commission on the same basis as the Member States;

The Warrant Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing common shares of the Company.

We need a social governance policy at the same level as economic governance policies in the EU.

In all fields where the European Parliament acts in a legislative capacity, or as a branch of the budgetary authority, it shall be informed, on a par with the Council, at every stage of the legislative and budgetary process.

Our Committee on Constitutional Affairs demands, therefore, that the European Parliament should not collaborate as a mere accessory in such an important process, but as a generator of ideas and decision-maker on the same level as the Council.

Now that the Charter of Fundamental rights has the same legal value as the treaties, I am confident that the charter, and especially, the right to good administration, will be at the heart of Mr Diamandouros' work as Ombudsman.

If, for example, we know that civil servants but not the ministers are sitting on a conciliation committee between Parliament and the Council, and there are internal instructions that the majority of the people represented there ought to be ministers, then we would ask you also to ensure, through the Council General Secretariat, that there are politicians present, ministers who are equal in rank to the European Parliament representatives and who will legislate at European level alongside them.

Mr President, the Gothenburg European Council recognised the need to integrate sustainable development into the Union's other policies on an equal footing with economic and social objectives.

Indeed, the call for a more balanced order, whereby social issues are considered on a par with economic concerns, whilst long over due, is most welcome.

His promotion to air vice marshal on 1 January 1935 belatedly raised him to the equivalent rank of his fellow Chiefs of Staff in the Army and Navy.

Originally the member was regarded as its own formation, and now it is considered to be the lateral equivalent of both the Lachman Crags and Herbert Sound members.

It therefore first needs to be determined whether a private creditor would have swapped debts for equity in the same way as the municipality.

The Commission concludes that the Duferco Group would have found it difficult to justify a rating equivalent to AAA in 2009 and that the BB rating resulting from the approach proposed by Belgium seems to be in line with that of a number of other steel groups — it is even the most frequent rating in 2009.