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In order to soften peculiarities when calculating percentages of small samples a three-year period was chosen for the Member States.

Lastly, countervailing measures must be adopted to mitigate the distortive effect of the aid.

In mitigating or even preventing financial crises, however, sometimes policemen are needed.

There is a multitude of approaches to mitigate earthquake risk for Istanbul.

To mitigate the polygonal effect in the state of the art, approaches for polygonal compensation are suggested.

Half a billion euros is supposed to be spent on mitigating the negative impact of globalisation.

Such an approach can contribute to relieving the negative consequences of this phenomenon which we are quite rightly debating today.

The Network Operations Plan shall identify operational constraints, bottlenecks, measures of improvement and solutions for remediation or mitigation.

This partnership offers a platform to anticipate and mitigate the social impact of restructuring.

But promoting active ageing could also help alleviate the social effects of ageing populations.

The EU and Member States have already agreed on extraordinary measures to mitigate the impact.

Where necessary, mitigation and/ or compensation measures may be identified and incorporated into the project.

Alternative fuels provide an important contribution towards climate change mitigation and security of supply.

In this context, it is important for the EU Solidarity Fund to be increased, provided that it is used effectively by governments, so as to mitigate the impact of this crisis on poorer regions.

I voted in favour of this resolution because I advocate intensifying the efforts of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to mitigate human contributions to global warming.

I would also highlight that natural ecosystems are the Earth's most important carbon sinks, sequestering 50% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to both mitigation and adaptation.

As for environmental protection, the Member States will have to provide a programme of measures aimed at mitigating the environmental impact of the use of coal, in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy or carbon capture and storage.

Notwithstanding Article 34, where essential for the prevention or relief of critical general or local shortages of foodstuffs or other products in order to ensure food security of a SADC EPA State and where this situation gives rise or is likely to give rise to major difficulties for such a SADC EPA State, that SADC EPA State may adopt safeguard measures in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraph 7(b) to (d), 8 and 9 of Article 34.

Finding the European funds foreseen in the interinstitutional agreement will bring significant relief to the regions worst affected by the catastrophe by allowing work to be carried out to mitigate the effects of the natural disaster.

To reduce the impact of the heavy losses suffered by beef producers, the Commission promised an emergency programme.

Having faced similar tragedies in European countries, we have developed programmes to alleviate the effects of such tragedies and a system to prevent similar outbreaks from reoccurring.

I also feel that these regions will only be able to make a decisive contribution towards creating sustainable employment and towards economic growth in the EU if the existing financial measures specially created to offset the negative effects on regional economies, the dispersion, small size and distance from the European mainland of the outermost regions are stepped up.

At this seminar, the parties will exchange views on present policies and initiatives and on the future adjustments that will have to be made to alleviate the problem of climate change.