to respond to vs cto better respond to

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• I will be happy to respond to your queries in the debate that follows.
• I therefore call on the Commission to respond to the practical proposals set out in this report.
• Atlantis must be designed to respond to outbreaks.
• With regard to the principle of annuality, more flexibility and transparency should be introduced to respond to functional needs.
• A Commission declaration before the Plenary session is expected to respond to these concerns.
• I haven't been trained to respond to that, ma'am.
• Small and medium-sized companies have often a greater capacity to respond to challenges than large ones.
• In 2004 Hungary coordinated efforts within the OSCE to respond to assistance requests from participating States relating to SALW problems.
• Environmental systems failed to respond to command.
• This amendments gives additional flexibility to respond to events.
• The Commission is pursuing infringement cases to respond to this situation.
• I've been programmed to respond to you as Kathryn Janeway would.
• '... people to remain calm and not to respond to the suspected vigilante's appeal.
• In groups, we will discuss how to respond to that argument.
• Germany was given the opportunity to respond to them within one month.
• I should also like to respond to the question put earlier.
• I am happy to respond to Mr Korakas.
• It's coded to respond to your input, not mine.
• It was reckless of me to respond to your note.
• I simply have to respond to that.

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• Parliament is redefining certain levels in order to better respond to the reality of training cycles in the different Member States.
• Parliament is redefining certain levels in order to better respond to the reality of training cycles in the different Member States.
• For this reason, and to enable Parliament "to better respond to the expectations of petitioners", MEPs propose that the committee's numbers be increased to 50 full Members.
• There is a need for greater coherence among all Europe-wide support programmes, both national and international, relating to film and the audiovisual sector in order to better respond to the needs of the European industry.
• Budget support shall be differentiated to better respond to the political, economic and social context of the ACP States and OCTs, taking into account situations of fragility.
• The Commission also believes that, in some cases, experience has demonstrated the need to ensure that the provisions of the regulation be adapted slightly to better respond to needs.
• We also share the view that developing aquaculture in the EU can lead to reduced dependence on imports and better respond to constantly rising consumer demand.
• For the Commission, the second half of 2015 seems to better respond to this requirement, as it is closer to future developments than the full IP.
• An emergency coordination cell will be established and the transmission of information will be improved to better respond to the challenges posed by the new forms of crime.
• (b) promote the development of higher education to better respond to the socio-economic and cultural needs of the eligible countries by addressing:
• For this reason, and to enable Parliament "to better respond to the expectations of petitioners", MEPs propose that the committee's numbers be increased to 50 full Members.
• Needless to say this is considered essential by this Committee and has already contributed positively to the ability of the Committee to better respond to the needs of European citizens.
• 4.3 Option two was to set the ceiling at 1.30 % of GDP. The Commission considers that this ceiling, though still moderate, would allow the European Union to better respond to the needs involved in meeting all its political objectives.
• RECOGNISES the key role which adult learning can play in meeting the goals of the Lisbon Strategy, by fostering social cohesion, providing citizens with the skills required to find new jobs and helping Europe to better respond to the challenges of globalisation.
• We retained the structure, the principles and the philosophy of Commissioner Busquin's plan and enhanced these aspects with contributions by citizens from the research community so as to better respond to the aspirations of the European people.
• CONSIDERING that the rules of origin will need to be amended in order to better respond to the economic reality,
• As a result, a number of themes were discarded entirely; others were redefined in order to better respond to the specificities of the European and global context in this area.
• From its beginnings until now, the CAP has undergone a number of reforms that testify to its support for agriculture that is constantly evolving in order to better respond to the numerous challenges that we have had to face.
• This would better respond to the need of combating corruption in the Union, as corruption is also seen as a cause of the economic crisis.
• During her visit, the Commissioner in charge of Regional Policy confirmed the willingness of her services to modify the programme 2007-13 to better respond to the needs of local businesses and for the reconstruction of L'Aquila city centre.