"normas de gestión" in English

It also put in place new standards for management and control in these two areas.

The second group of amendments concern financial management rules.

The Commission followed up these comments and reviewed procedures for awarding contracts and use of the TAOs in 1999.

One relates to the general amounts and the other to the deficiencies in the rules on budgetary management.

All of this would have been avoidable had there been the necessary international crisis management rules in the banking sector.

I do, however, wish to publicly acknowledge the progress that has been made in improving the financial management standards by this past Commission.

We must not just hold the Commission to account for the progress of these reforms, but also look at our own management policies within this institution.

Secondly, it is necessary to add certain management rules to ensure compliance with commitments made on export refunds within GATT.

But we must also favour cheaper and more competitive management rules for social bodies, while remaining within the framework of rules of public solidarity.

Secondly, moving on to military matters, the Commission proposals allow for the possibility of subjecting military activities to rules for airspace management and use.

Finally, the Union for a Europe of Nations Group wonders if the idea of foisting unified management rules on the postal services of the fifteen Member States might not be, essentially, flawed.

Therefore, allow to me to suggest, Commissioners, the use of these three management standards with the aim of having businesses throughout our Europe genuinely assume their social responsibilities.