Translation of "Verschärfter wettbewerb" in English

This has led to considerably stiffer competition.

Enhanced competition in one sector will have positive slipover effects in other sectors.

Greater competition and increased regulations are most important for all profiles.

In many sectors, more intense, global commercial competition has arisen.

Fiercer competition and reduced contribution margins require costs and performance to be highly transparent.

Further price reductions and increased competition will have negative consequences both on safety measures and on environmental protection.

Presentation of the results of ACTS (Advanced Communica­tions Technologies & Services) Programme: http://www.actsline.org The telecommunications stocks and shares of telecom enterprises show a high turnover and the market has been characterized by mergers and acquisitions, as well as by increased competition.

The integration of Turkey into the European Union would cause insoluble problems: immigration aggravated by demographic differences, economic competition aggravated by differences in earnings and labour costs.

Furthermore, exacerbated competition could lead to a dispersal of resources and skills that would be detrimental to the users’ interests.

This leads to increased competition between SMEs and the professions on the one hand, and large companies on the other, which have plenty of resources to be able to adjust to the requirements of European legislation.

Strengthened competition, enhanced by more effective regulation of termination rates, has led to a growth in flat-rate offers thereby bringing down retail prices.

The Commission mentions a major obstacle to market access: high telecommunications costs, although in point 2.1 of the communication it acknowledges that there have already been "significant price reductions" as a result of falling costs and increased competition.

Increased competition between ports leads to more efficient transport systems, but the Committee finds it essential that competition takes place on an equal and fair basis and is not distorted by public aid or unfair practices.

The wider recognition of the effects of fossil fuels and the sharper competition for finite resources can mean higher costs and scarcer energy for households, businesses and governments.

On the one hand there are those who suggest that the single market could lead to the erosion of working conditions as heightened competition exerts pressure on employers to reduce costs and cut overheads.

In addition, the 1996 Single Market review provided evidence that increased competition can lower prices and create economic growth and jobs.

Increasing quality requirements, intensifying competition, global markets, ever-tighter deadlines and budgets are the parameters that define our work, now and in the future.

Energy transition, increasing regulation and intensified competition lead to enormous challenges for companies along the entire value chain.

Mergers and takeovers, implementation of new and existing national and international rules, increasingly tough competition, both global and local, and increasingly demanding customers determine strategies in banking.

Severe competition resulting from the ongoing capacity underutilization of numerous producers in southern Europe pushed the selling prices achievable for most rolled steel products below the manufacturing costs.

These structural changes are having the following effects: new players are entering the market, high capacity distribution channels, increased international competition, more difficulties to protect intellectual property rights, more choice and more independence for the user.