Translation of "Verpflichtung übernehmen" in English

Firstly, we should take the lead as regards committing ourselves to reduction targets.

Then he had no business taking the oath in the first place.

We assume no obligation extending beyond this.

Could also not the other inns be part of this obligation?”

If we wish to eradicate the phenomenon of violence which blights our society, we must make a firm commitment right now.

Yes, we need to respect all national ratification processes, but when a government, on behalf of a state, signs a treaty it takes a solemn commitment to put it into force.

To conclude, I restate my belief that we as the European Parliament must show responsibility and political commitment in giving these countries the macro-financial assistance they need now, rather than discussing this at length under the ordinary legislative procedure.

You mentioned the Council of Europe and OSCE documents, but the Commission should also undertake the obligation to monitor whether Member States are fulfilling their obligations under these documents.

The beneficiary countries, for their part, must undertake to establish forms of good government and to channel the money saved through debt alleviation into achieving sufficient standards of fair, sustainable development for their people.

This proposal for a regulation is the result of a request from the European Parliament to the Commission to make a legal commitment to provide European citizens with data on energy at European level periodically and at appropriate times.

This is why I am concluding this intervention by calling on the Presidency and the Commission so that we can hear them make a commitment that the timescales for the adoption of the text and the publication of the call for candidates before the summer will be respected.

The whole olive oil sector, supported by the political institution at whatever level, should assume the responsibility of carrying out the activities of management and market control through concentration and the marketing of the product, to the benefit of quality, certification, research, promotion and traceability.

I think that, following his death, we should make a commitment to continue to support the forces of reform, the forces of democracy in Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and help them move towards Europe.

At this stage, however, the European Union cannot enter into any commitments in the negotiations, as this would entail a change in the common market organisation on which no decision has yet been taken.

What I am seeking is a commitment from you Mr President, as President-in-Office, to bring this before the Council at some stage in the future.

It is, unfortunately, not the first time that we are being given such promises and are taking that responsibility upon ourselves.

The Commission must make a commitment to induce companies to act responsibly, including by considering legislation on their social responsibility.

I propose that member states jointly reward good behavior by taking over that obligation.

In this regard, third parties have a key role in bringing together demand response capacities and can have the responsibility and obligation to ensure the reliability of those services, where those responsibilities are delegated by the demand facility owner and the closed distribution system operator.

The winegrowers had to undertake to keep the shares for five years, which in practice meant shutting down their vinification facilities.

Immediately after taking the oath, a Judge or Advocate General shall sign a declaration by which he gives the solemn undertaking provided for in the third paragraph of Article 4 of the Statute.

The ESC considers that the Commission should formally adopt, as part of the terms of reference for the Employment Guidelines, an obligation to assess and comment on the degree to which social and economic policies have been integrated and improved to remove some of the inappropriate internal effects of the existing position.

To this end, and in accordance with the subsidiarity principle and with differing local and national circumstances, the Member States could undertake to establish a minimum quota of buses equipped with boarding aids for passengers with reduced mobility.