Translation of "Knapp positiv" in English

The balance was only slightly positive for France and Luxembourg.

As expected, the result was slightly positive and our financial standing remains very solid.

In Europe, real growth GDP has been only barely positive, on average, since the financial crisis, and its level in 2016 was about 20% below that predicted by the trend over the ten years up to 2007.

Even after the pension relief, RMG’s expected cash-flows before interest remain negative or only slightly positive.

For instance, with a new hydropower plant with a capacity of less than 1 MW has a positive impact on the lives of 188 000 people in Samoa.

There was a very marked slowdown in collective consumption, which just managed to record a positive growth figure (+0.4%).

Here the figure is only slightly on the positive side, at +5 points, and a further deterioration is expected for the future.

Zimbabwe's economic growth in the past few years was just barely positive.

The Steel Division nonetheless anticipates another, marginally positive pre-tax profit in 2012.

Even business expectations have fallen slightly of late, and are now only barely in positive territory.

The Commission found that an abusive margin squeeze was in operation, because the difference between DT’s retail and wholesale prices was either negative or slightly positive, but insufficient to cover DT’s product?specific cost of providing its own retail services.

For 2009, once the reform of public broadcasting has come into effect, the budgetary grant finally paid of EUR 415 million, authorised by the Commission in its Decision of 1 September 2009, was almost sufficient to compensate for the fall in advertising revenues and the France Télévisions Group posted a slightly positive net result (EUR [10-20] million).

The Group as a whole achieved a slightly positive net result each year between 2003 and 2007, totalling EUR 99 million for the period.

The aim of these programmes is to illustrate how Member States intend to meet the objectives of the Pact, in particular, the medium-term objective of a budget close to balance or in surplus.

Even in the country with the greatest reservations (Denmark) the atti­tude index is slightly positive, at 51 points.

Based on the small majority in favor in thevote on the Compensation Report 2017 and alsoon the findings from the various discussions with proxy advisors and investors, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors to amend the long-term incentive plan as of 1 January 2019.

Owing to this satisfactory sales trend, the streamlining of structures, and the omission of the restructuring expenses from the previous year, operating profit (EBIT) increased by a significant CHF 25.0 million from a barely positive CHF 0.5 million in 2009 to CHF 25.5 million.

This is particularly important if the floor plate 31 is adjusted to a negative or only just positive angle.

For the 2015 financial year, the Mikron Group now expects net sales slightly below the prior-year figure and EBIT just in positive territory.

Although the start to the new financial year was determined by a downturn in average selling prices in the fourth quarter of 2011, it appeared initially feasible that the Steel Division might generate a marginally positive pre-tax result again.

In said decision a disclaimer in its negative form was held to be allowable, in order to delimit the claimed subject-matter against the disclosure in an earlier national patent application not belonging to the state of the art according to Article 54 EPC, if the subject-matter to be excluded was disclosed in the European patent application as filed and if further the subject-matter remaining in the claim could not be defined directly (positively) more clearly and concisely (Headnote I and points 2 and 3 of the reasons).

Biel, 23 October, 2015, 7 a.m. – Based on its third-quarter figures, the Mikron Group is expecting EBIT for the 2015 financial year to come just within positive territory, as announced in the media release on the first-half 2015 figures issued on July 23.

Originally disclosed subject-matter, clearly definable by technical features, may, at the applicant's request, be excluded from a wider claim by a disclaimer, if the subject-matter remaining in the claim cannot technically be defined directly (positively) more clearly and concisely.

Based on a market environment which continues to stabilize, sales at minimum corresponding to the previous year’s level in the financial year 2012 and a marginally positive earnings before tax are still achievable for the Steel Division.