Present legislation is indeed too fragmented and a framework directive can help to bring clarity to the situation.

THEATO (PPE), rapporteur. (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there is a Dutch saying that 'good budgeting makes small incomes big'.

It is appropriate to clarify the term green fodder.

First, let's clarify.

A small example will help to make this more clear

And the thought of union is not going to help you either, you see?

clarify the nature of the auditors' review

clarifying the description of the product concerned

But just to make things clear,

Taking something that may work at national

We need to clarify the liability for transactions.

I'm only trying to clarify your testimony.

This point should be clarified .

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Let me just clarify two points for him.

We need to be very clear about that here.

I shall try to clarify the position.

Those conditions need to be clarified.

In conclusion, then, we would stress that we must not be over hasty.

SUTHERLAND, Member of the Commission. Mr President, sometimes one cannot avoid coming to the conclusion that we have had in Europe a surfeit of rhetoric and perhaps a corresponding lack of prag matic decision making aimed at advancing the cause which both Parliament and Commission are united in seeking to achieve.

I think that the European Union should make its attitude clearer.

I thank the Commissioner for his clear analysis and for clarifying the intention of the Commission, in its capacity as Executive, to really assert itself here and help this principle gain acceptance.

This information might be valid today for the talks which were begun today, but by tomorrow it might have changed.

Will the Portuguese Presidency clarify its position on this matter?

We would hereby like to clarify our position.

Of course there are still grey areas that absolutely must be clarified.

Against this background , an analysis of the volatility of money market interest rates over the course of 2007 may help to shed light on the impact of the financial turmoil observed as of August 2007 .

I shall get in touch with the Commission to clarify the matter.

Leaders must explain and clarify.

Could you clarify that?

We first clarify the scope of the directive.

This is because the bilateral relations between these countries and each of the Member States are different and because the standards used for comparison are not always identical.

Some further remarks are made in order to clarify the ECB 's assessment .

I hope the discussion may make it a little clearer what the thinking here is.

In addition ,

clarify the nature of the auditors review , referred to in paragraph 5

First, use images to clarify what we're trying to communicate.

There are various cases currently before the Court which should help to clarify the situation.

It is extremely important to clarify the EU' s own policy on this question.

What is this due to, and are there any connections to be made? Yes.

Is it simply an operation designed to clarify the Treaties?

To help others is to help yourself.

If you help me, I am prepared to help you.

8 The proposal aims to clarify the applicable procedure and assessment criteria .

Those limits need to be defined in terms of the dynamic of their relationship with the available resources.