Calls on the EU to promote existing technology that drastically reduces black carbon emissions; stresses that regulations banning slash-and-burn tactics in forests, enforcing stringent and regular vehicle emissions tests, limiting biomass burning and monitoring the annual emissions of power plants must be supported and encouraged; calls on the EU to promote the 16 different measures to reduce emissions of black carbon and methane that are set out in the UNEP report entitled ‧Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone‧, with a view to achieving both air quality improvements and near-term climate benefits in its dialogue with developing countries and working towards a broadening of different existing regional air pollution prevention agreements on the basis of the work within the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP);
Även om gemenskapsindustrin hittills har lyckats att upprätthålla en god investeringsnivå, har dess förmåga att anskaffa kapital helt klart påverkats av de ökade förlusterna, och den kan inte förväntas vara i stånd att fortsätta att hålla denna investeringsnivå, om inte dess ekonomiska situation förbättrasEurLex-2 EurLex-2