Referring to your proposal vs Refer to your proposal

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Referring to your proposal' is used when you want to mention or talk about the proposal, while 'refer to your proposal' is used when you are directing someone to look at the proposal for information.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"Referring to your proposal"

This phrase is used when you want to mention or talk about the proposal that has been submitted or presented.

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Nevertheless, referring to your proposals, there is a proposal to the Commission to increase the de minimis ceiling.
An additional recital should be added (7a) in the current proposal referring to the retroactivity of the application of the regulation.
Several countries, including Denmark, have opposed the Commission's proposal by referring to the legal basis, Article 42, which of course only covers EU citizens.
This issue is of enormous importance and the Commission should have come forward with more concrete ideas, rather than referring to various proposals that have already been made by other people.
Your rapporteur has proposed some text to the effect that the Commission can come forward with new or supplementary proposals specifically referring to research.
Secondly, the current proposal is referring to allowing the performer a reasonable time to have his performance, for which the rights are about to expire, exploited.
The Commission justifies this measure in the fourteenth whereas of its proposal, referring to the need to ensure an adequate supply of the internal market, while in parallel underlining the fact that olive oil exports have doubled in the last ten years.
Will the Council confirm that its Recommendation on smoke-free environments (CNS/2009/0088) referring to the Commission proposal in Document 11533/09), will not in its final form conflict with Council Directive 2001/37/EC OJ L 194, 18.7.2001, p.
On the second question, which you asked in connection with Mr Böge's earlier question, I understood Mr Böge to be referring to the 1990 proposal.
We are opposed to therefore voted against the report and in favour of referring the proposal back to the Commission.
The Honourable Member is referring to the proposal made by the Commission in the Preliminary Draft Amending Budget No7 to hand back to the Member States EUR 5 billion in surplus payment appropriations in heading 2 of the Budget.
However, all proposals referring to agricultural policy must respect Articles 32 to 38 of the Treaty and, particularly, the objectives of Article 33, namely ensuring the rational development of production and 'a fair standard of living for the agricultural community'.
I am referring specifically to the proposal for herd identification for livestock.
by not providing adequate clarification as to the nature and scope of the compensatory measures imposed, and by not referring to all the proposals notified in that matter, the Commission breached Article 253 EC.
I am referring here to the proposal which the government in my country made to the IGC.
We can now seek to amend this proposal by referring it back to the Development Committee, and I very much appreciate the work done by the Presidency and those in the Commission who proposed a new draft.
I am referring to a reduction in relation to the Commission's proposal.
Finally, the Commission's proposal is lacking a significant policy instrument that has a positive effect on the market and prices - I am referring to production control.
Mr President, I do not know whether Mr Martínez was referring to Baroness Ludford, who was making a proposal like that the other day.
I should like to end by referring to one last point and making one proposal.

Alternatives:

mentioning your proposal
discussing your proposal

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"Refer to your proposal"

This phrase is used when you are directing someone to look at the proposal for information or details.

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The proposal refers to existing programmes.
The Commission proposal refers to the respective separate areas of responsibility of infrastructure managers and railway undertakings.
The Commission's Proposal refers to possible application of administrative sanctions in case of infringement of the legislation.
This document refers to the proposal for a Better Regulation Directive.
The proposal refers to concepts used in existing Directives which people are familiar with.
I refer to the proposal for a Baltic gas pipeline.
Fortunately, the vote will refer to the proposal for a recommendation.
It is unclear whether the Green amendment proposal refers to a specific model for emissions trading.
The proposal only refers to the competent authorities of the Member States.
The proposal refers to services with commercial value provided in return for payment in a port as defined in Community law.
In this regard the Committee would refer to the proposals set out in its Opinion on Supplementary health insurance.
The proposals refer to Directive 95/46/EC, Convention 108 and Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 as their legal data protection framework.
We refer to the proposal for a Council Directive setting out basic obligations and general principles concerning the safety of nuclear installations.
The current proposal refers to the first of the two steps.
The proposals refer to Directive 95/46/EC, Convention 108 and Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 as their legal data protection framework. Other instruments are also relevant.
We refer to the proposal for a Council Directive setting out basic obligations and general principles concerning the safety of nuclear installations COM(2003) 32 final...
The proposal refers to environment and health risks in connection with the selection of storage sites only.
Now these proposals refer to October, all of six months later.
The report refers to a proposal aimed at enabling a Member State to issue a European Evidence Warrant, which may be executed in other Member States.
I particularly refer to the proposal to have all slaughter at slaughter facilities.

Alternatives:

look at your proposal
check your proposal

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