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• Some parts are fast, overall is slow.
• It seems unjust to penalise producers who can and wish to increase production in some Member States at a time when the EU overall is not maximising its quota.
• Public banking overall is of major value, provided it can be run on a sensible basis.
• To dare to say that the French 35-hour law is responsible for the fall in the euro because it has weakened European competitiveness overall is an intellectual lie, pure and simple.
• Given that the European position overall is much more complex, we need expert observers on the ground to counteract attempts to oversimplify the situation locally.
• While the implementation of the Article 5 overall is generally satisfactory there have been some difficulties. In addition, some of the EU10 countries applied a transitional period.
• Knowledge in medical science and science overall is doubling every 15 to 20 years.
• Further guidance on study design to include interim kills, satellite and sentinel animals, while minimising the number of animals used overall is provided in Guidance Document No 116 (7).
• The debate about the future of General Motors Europe must not prevent us from seeing that the situation facing the European car market overall is a drastic one.
• The issue overall is one of political will, not simply institutional arrangements, and that's where this Parliament - and this report - can make its biggest impact.
• But one of the most important points to be considered at present in our review of development cooperation overall is the specific status which South Africa should have vis à vis the Lomé Convention.
• My conclusion overall is not about the value of the proposal, because in a few months, we will have the alternative proposal which will effectively make this one outdated, and we could almost have waited for that.
• The problems arise in terms of the taxed wage - the difference between what people take home and what people pay them overall is a problem; rigidity in the labour market is a problem; and we cannot shrink from those problems if we want job creation.
• It is relatively clear, after all, that this is a tame compromise, that heavy goods vehicles will continue to hold the advantage on the roads, and that the charging level overall is far too low.
• Any fishing vessel with a length of more than 15 metres overall is subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6a according to the following timetable:
• This situation report is cautiously optimistic, and overall is quite lyrical, speaking of seeds, buds and flowers that need tending and watering.
• Any fishing vessel with a length of more than 15 metres overall is subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6a according to the following timetable:
• Putting on my sister's Sunday overalls is gesture enough.
• It'll be like Dennis the menace and Mr. Wilson, except the only time I wear overalls is when I'm on my period.
• The overall message is therefore clear.

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• Meanwhile, SMEs overall are struggling to access loans and the Commission has launched its EU Action Plan to improve finance to SMEs.
• Because these interests overall are those in which trade defence is rooted, that is good reason to assess the way we work and the way those rules operate.
• Climate readings overall are within human norms.
• Madam President, Commissioner, the results of conciliation overall are good and worthy of our support.
• It even adds, lastly, that small orders overall are more profitable to process than larger ones.
• I think that, beyond this, what are more important overall are the other issues that have been raised here.
• This means that the measures that we put in place together in Europe in order to combat this crisis overall are absolutely the most important thing.
• Payments for the heading overall are budgeted at EUR 7, 4 billion, a decrease of 13, 8%.
• Fishing vessels with a length of more than 15 metres overall are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6a according to the following timetable:
• Fishing vessels with a length of more than 15 metres overall are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6a according to the following timetable:
• So overall, felonies are down.
• So overall, felonies are down.
• Overall Community programmes are still not sufficiently focused on reducing poverty.
• Other important elements of the overall agreement are:
• These overall obligations are supplemented by more detailed descriptions in the public service licence and addenda thereto.
• So I read your papers and overall they are an improvement.
• If overall standards are raised, the consequence will be cost increases.
• The crucial elements of the overall package are interlinked.
• Overall, the indications are that transit fraud has declined.
• While overall trends are broadly stable, the growth rates in the various categories of goods and services have been seen to diverge sharply.