Translation of "Auf gleichberechtigter grundlage" in English

There is no change in the basic signification of the warning which still means "be careful".

When we proposed a rotation on an equal footing, it was precisely to show that the idea was not to pit the smaller and larger countries against one other but that, in a Commission with a ceiling on commissioners, those countries which we incorrectly refer to as 'large' and those that we equally incorrectly call 'small' would be represented on a perfectly equal footing.

A trade policy which respects local production, the income of small farmers and the needs of the local people and where cooperation is based on a relationship between equals is the only possible way to find a lasting solution to the problem of food security in the world.

It is important that we have equality in the provision of state aid for all convergence regions, including the statistical effect areas.

The agreement on the review 2009 ensures that Parliament will participate on an equal footing.

At this juncture we must cooperate more, not less, but on a clearly equal footing of course.

Remember, however, that an equal footing is not something that is given lightly: we can only gain an equal footing if we succeed in building a strong Europe that can make decisions, a Europe that is truly able to negotiate on an equal footing.

It is time for Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party to move forward with the rest of us, on the basis of equality, to fully restore the North of Ireland Assembly and the power-sharing executive.

We totally lack a common policy on Russia and we cannot negotiate with Russia on an equal footing before we have one.

That part of customs work is crucial to ensuring that our businesses can trade on a level playing field and that consumers draw the full benefits of globalisation.

I also believe this procedure might help the Commission and the European Union themselves to strengthen their own position in a dialogue that should be conducted on equal terms, between parties of equal rank, between a market of 250 million people and a market of 350 million people, because we have to consider very seriously the fact that, right now, collecting these data and transferring them to the United States cannot be in compliance with Community law.

As I see it, the Commission believes that, by abolishing the privileges of others, we can compete once again on an equal footing.

This concept of health depends on women and men being able to choose, on a basis of equality, methods of regulating fertility that are safe, effective, affordable and acceptable.

These attempts have so far failed, but it is indeed difficult to ask a legitimate government to negotiate as equals with armed rebels.

It is better to provide opportunities for thousands of entrepreneurs and innovators to work on an equal basis with each other than to support one at the cost of the other.

The promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, is essential for the creation of an inclusive society for all ages in which older persons participate fully and without discrimination and on the basis of equality.

However, a number of structural problems remained which also inhibited the ability of disabled people, and disability organisations, from participating in the programme on an equal basis to professionals and professional service organisations.

Thus, not only were Member States taking no action to comply with EU law, but they are also not co-operating in a constructive manner to adopt a common approach, which would remedy the legal infringements while at the same time ensuring equivalent regulatory conditions for airlines to compete on a fair and equal basis in the EU/US market.

First: a few weeks ago the European Parliament accepted a motion for a resolution in which the United States were warned against adopting such measures and were called upon to find fair solutions to the problems.

R. considering that it is therefore the responsibility of the European and ACP members of the Joint Assembly to seek out anything which in the current situation or in existing projects is likely to hinder ACP-EEC cooperation in order to, on the contrary, pre-empt and thus favour in each case an equal relationship based on mutual interest;

The Managing board has been created on a joint/equal basis, which ensures the representation of Employers and Workers (8 delegates from the Employers' representative organisations and 8 delegates from the Workers trade unions).

In Afrin there was a peaceful self-administration of the Kurdish population and all other groups of the population on a basis of equality, which is a thorn in the side of Turkey.

In view of all this, the Spanish Socialist Delegation wishes to place on record that the Clean Sky undertaking must not constitute a precedent for future Joint Technology Initiatives or for other instruments of the Seventh Framework Programme, and considers it is essential that all the Member States participate on an equal footing.

Refusal by the big companies to supply the independent distributors in an equitable manner may give rise to an application of the competition rules of the Treaty and in particular Article 86 thereof.

This ensured that all issues of common interest to the European Union and Africa were addressed, and on an equal footing, since both sides had the opportunity to express their concerns and also their common objectives.