Translation of "Stellt sich auf den standpunkt" in English

There are those in my group who claim that it is precisely because we are so strongly in favour of this enlargement that we should be extra critical and check whether the countries actually meet the conditions at the start of the accession process, so that neither the EU nor its enlargement strategy lose credibility.

Though the organisation was established by the government, legally, it has been created such that it is an independent charity.

The HSUS takes the position that all sexual activity between humans and animals is abusive, whether it involves physical injury or not.

The Belgian authorities also support the view that the scheme is not State aid, and put forward arguments similar to those from other interested parties with regard to the absence of selectivity.

The Commission argues that in the case of new products which are scientifically recognized as harmful and are not yet widely used by European consumers, the most efficient cancer prevention measure is to impose a ban before the economic and personal interests of consumers are affected.

The Commission argues that in the case of new products which are scientifically recognized as harmful and are not yet widely used by European consumers, the most efficient cancer prevention measure is to impose a ban before the economic and personal interests of consumers are affected.

The President thought that since the Opinion was Own-initiative, the matter was now closed.

The Board takes the view that in order to minimise uncertainty, the form for a claim to a patentable product as such defined in terms of a process of manufacture (i.e. "product-by-process claims") should be reserved for cases where the product cannot be satisfactorily defined by reference to its composition, structure or some other testable parameters.

The FTA is of the opinion that the definition of the 25%/75% criterion is the first expression of the administration concerning the corresponding question, meaning that it therefore is not actually a matter of retroaction.

Alpiq is of the opinion that the cost of ancillary services, as provided for by the Electricity Supply Act, must be passed on in full to end consumers and not, as ElCom has ruled, be partly borne by large power stations.

However, the University took the position that I was not worthy to seek the doctoral degree.

Those people who immediately bring forward such epithets accept the standpoint of the reactionary criminal laws, which even the drafters defend by reference to existent popular prejudice, of which account must be taken.

If, on the other hand, it is seen as making provision for a situation not foreseen by the original European Patent Convention then it would amount to a creation of the Convention, namely the Boards of Appeal, which can only act within the powers given it by the convention, extending the scope of the Convention beyond that originally agreed.

The Spanish authorities are very discreet concerning these activities. There is no information about any of them forthcoming from the embassy, and the official line is that Spain is simply assisting the Malian government in protecting its interests.

The Remers always held the position that they have the copyright to the report because they paid for it, and that they can do with it as they please.

The breeder in question is of the opinion that, should there be a case of shoulder-OCD in the litter, at least no-one could blame him for having had any knowledge of such a problem.

So looking at it from an ordinary viewpoint, it's so... fantastic, it means such a... colossal work.

After the decision of 2 August the switchover mechanism becomes ineffective, as it is only triggered by a formal ERM realignment within the 15% band and this is unlikely.

She later discovered that, unbeknownst to her, Luster had raped her the first night he met her.

The question of the religious institutions of the Greeks, which Schömann considered an essential part of their public life, soon attracted his attention, and he took the view that everything really religious was akin to Christianity, and that the greatest intellects of Greece produced intuitively Christian, dogmatic ideas.

The Court explained the consequences for the legality of the final decision of alack of proper access to the file during the administrative procedure incompetition matters, stating that suchafinding cannot in itself lead to annulment

In the context of Community measures to promote regional languages and cultures, and on the advice of the European Bureau for Lesser used Languages, the Commission considered that a networking of information and documentation centres accessible to administrations, researchers, teachers and cultural animators could perform a valuable function at European level in exchanging information on good practices.

He defended the view that, with regard to mistakes in claiming priority, a distinction should be made between (a) mistakes made in a priority declaration concerning details of the date, State and file number of the previous application and (b) omission of a statement of date and State at the time of filing the European application.

Osec however maintained that they could not be held responsible for verifying all the addresses and dragged the case to the district court which then suggested a compromise.

In J 3/93 the board ruled that the duty to exercise all due care stipulated by Art.

In response the respondent indicated that it was requesting (a) dismissal of the appeal on the basis that the true opponent (appellant) has not been correctly identified, or in the alternative (b) a reference of a question of law to the Enlarged Board of Appeal relating to the identification of the true opponent, and (c) referral of the case back to the first instance for the consideration of the new evidence relating to the alleged disclosure of Dr. Dugaiczyck, and an apportioning of costs in favour of the proprietor in view of the conduct of the opponent/appellant.

The board held that the change of claim category from the granted product claims for composite bodies to these use claims did not broaden the scope of protection of the granted claims.

The Applicant restated his position that in the application as set forth on page 19, "the following part of the description" (pages 20 to 23) "are preferred embodiments 1 to 33 presented in the format of claims".