Example sentences of "by the european [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As such , it was an important milestone on the road to the closer association of the European Community , a facet acknowledged by the European Union of Federalists which reported that the Council ‘ marked the beginning of a real and organic cooperation between the nations of Europe ’ and ‘ the end of the illusion that the aim of European unity can be achieved without political machinery on a supranational level , . |
| 2 | The government , I , I find it somewhat disappointing that having put in what I think was an extremely good bid , I think having had that bid accepted at the first stage by government on their shortlist , having then had the bid accepted by the European Union , with the populations really that we submitted to them , we now find that U K government are actually trying trade back some of that population , and , and area coverage of the bid , to be able to use some of that spare capacity which they would generate within the U K , within the European population figure elsewhere within the country . |
| 3 | The two thousand million pages printed annually by the European institutions cost nearly three and a half thousand million Belgian Francs [ about £47 million Sterling ] and entail the destruction of thirteen thousand trees . |
| 4 | Algeria also has the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline to northern Italy , but exports by both methods have been hit by contractual wrangles and by the European gas glut . |
| 5 | Mr Millan disclosed that the EC wanted the committee to be composed of 150 elected local representatives but had been overruled by the European leaders at the Maastricht summit . |
| 6 | These deals are often sought by the European companies , as they are seen as a reciprocal entry ticket to the Japanese market . |
| 7 | The European Council took note of the report by the European Committee on the Fight Against Drugs . |
| 8 | Her concern with the development of children 's thinking has been present from the start of her academic career , when she was considerably influenced by the European School , and notably Piaget . |
| 9 | They produce beef that no one will buy at the price at which they want to sell it , so they are subsidised by the European taxpayer to dump it in West Africa , where it destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers . |
| 10 | The items they brought back were both exotic and expensive , and soon became highly prized by the European aristocracy and wealthier members of the rapidly expanding merchant class . |
| 11 | While the French and West Germans believe a supra-national system for regulating the EC economies should be subject to democratic scrutiny by the European Parliament , Chancellor Kohl wants this agreed and in legal form before other changes are made to the Treaty of Rome to create the proposed EC central bank or to give the EC Council of Ministers powers to override national governments . |
| 12 | The first step in forging an alliance of Euro-Parliamentarians would be for national MPs to be invited to the special hearings on changes to the Rome Treaty being organised by the European Parliament . |
| 13 | An EC ruling announced yesterday and supported by the European Parliament , will require manufacturers to print easy-to-understand instructions and graphics on their product labels . |
| 14 | The best hope of breaking the current deadlock may lie in a threat by the European Parliament to take legal action against the Council of Ministers in the European Court of Justice . |
| 15 | AN UNHOLY alliance of multinational drug firms and national health services has raised drug prices unnecessarily high in much of Europe , according to a report to be debated today ( Thursday ) by the European Parliament . |
| 16 | European Community plans to offer trading concessions to the newly-independent Baltic states have been endorsed by the European Parliament , even though the EC Commission admits it does not have reliable , up-to-date statistics on Baltic production and exports . |
| 17 | It both proposes legislation and has to decide ( subject to any final decision by the Council ) whether to accept any amendment put forward by the European Parliament . |
| 18 | The Directive on the return of cultural goods unlawfully removed from a member state is not ready for implementation yet , and , although the Regulation on the export of cultural goods to non-EC countries is , it will not enter into force until the Directive has been debated by the European Parliament and has returned to the Council of Ministers for final approval . |
| 19 | The Regulation enters into force on 1 January 1993 or as soon as it is approved by the European Parliament , which should be the end of March . |
| 20 | European Community telecommunications ministers yesterday agreed the legislation intended to ensure that voice telephone services are provided in an open and efficient way across the Community , Reuter reports from Brussels : the legislation , which must be reviewed by the European Parliament before it becomes final , would improve access of users to public telephone networks and impose rules or objectives in areas such as prices , contracts and billing ; it would establish the principle that prices are based on cost , rather than cross-subsidy — in many countries , long distance calls subsidise local calls ; France won agreement on changes that would enable tariffs to be adjusted to ensure ‘ cohesion ’ within a state — in order to cover things like service to remote areas ; the ministers are also due this week to debate the controversial plans to liberalise the telecommunications market by 1998 . |
| 21 | The draft directive is currently being considered by the European Parliament . |
| 22 | In the long term there would be a centralised body for monetary policy , supervised by the European Parliament , though in the short term members should simply try to limit the fluctuations between their currencies . |
| 23 | The ECRS argued the case for official recognition before the appropriate committee of the European Parliament at Strasbourg on the 23rd September 1987 , when John Young as spokesman submitted to the committee a draft regulation for consideration by the European Parliament . |
| 24 | A common position is , in effect , the last and combined word perhaps on a majority vote of the Council of Ministers , prior to possible amendment by the European Parliament at Strasbourg . |
| 25 | The astonishing success of the Commission 's initiative aimed at achieving a single EC market by 1992 inspired its President , Jacques Delors , strongly supported by the European Parliament and by several governments , to relaunch attempts to create an Economic and Monetary Union . |
| 26 | The last draft of the directive that was considered by the European Parliament refers to a normal minimum of eight hours ' work . |
| 27 | Earlier in the month the Belgian Foreign Minister , Mark Eyskens , had presented detailed proposals envisaging genuine participation in decision-making by the European Parliament ( which would itself elect the Commission President ) and a common foreign and security policy . |
| 28 | It still required approval by the European Parliament , where members were reportedly less convinced of the improvement in the political situation and on human rights . |
| 29 | Noting that the conferences opening on Dec. 15 would " take due account of the opinions given by the European Parliament and by the Commission under Article 236 of the Treaty " , the Council confirmed that the work would proceed in parallel , should be concluded " rapidly and at the same time " , and that their results would be submitted for ratification with a view to this taking place before the end of 1992 . |
| 30 | Certain aspects of EC legislation , including aid to developing countries , technology , and the environment would need approval by the European Parliament — described in the draft as " co-decision " . |