it-temma tat-titjib f'dan it-tul ta' żmien jista' jkun disproporzjonalment għoli;

completing the improvements within the timescale would be disproportionately expensive;

(ii) it-temma tat-titjib f'dan it-tul ta'żmien jista'jkun disproporzjonalment għoli;

(ii) completing the improvements within the timescale would be disproportionately expensive;

(ii) miżuri disproporzjonalment għaljin biex ineħħu kwantitajiet ta'pollutanti minn art kontaminata jew ħamrija ta'taħt, jew inkella biex jikkontrollaw it-tnixxija tagħhom f'dawn; jew

(ii) disproportionately costly measures to remove quantities of pollutants from, or otherwise control their percolation in, contaminated ground or subsoil; or

Billi, fejn l-estimi kollha għal programm li għandu jkun evalwat ikunu relattivament baxxi u n-nefqa għal evalwazzjoni tista'tkun disproporzjonalment għolja meta mqabbla ma'l-estimi, għandu jkun hemm dispożizzjoni biex, b’eċċezzjoni, titneħħa l-ħtieġa ta'dik l-evalwazzjoni esterna;

Whereas, where the overall budget for a programme to be evaluated is relatively low and the cost of evaluation may turn out to be disproportionately high compared with the budget, provision should be made, by way of an exception, to waive the requirement for such external evaluation;

Billi, fejn l-estimi kollha għal programm li għandu jkun evalwat ikunu relattivament baxxi u n-nefqa għal evalwazzjoni tista' tkun disproporzjonalment għolja meta mqabbla ma' l-estimi, għandu jkun hemm dispożizzjoni biex, b'eċċezzjoni, titneħħa l-ħtieġa ta' dik l-evalwazzjoni esterna;

Whereas, where the overall budget for a programme to be evaluated is relatively low and the cost of evaluation may turn out to be disproportionately high compared with the budget, provision should be made, by way of an exception, to waive the requirement for such external evaluation;

Il-Parlament Ewropew fir-Resoluzzjoni tiegħu tat-28 ta' Frar 2002 dwar l-implimentazzjoni tal-programm "Socrates" wera tħassib dwar il-proċeduri amministrattivi disproporzjonalment onerużi għall-benefiċjarji ta' konċessjonijiet żgħar, speċjalment skond l-azzjoni Comenius, u talab lill-Kummissjoni biex tipproponi kull tibdil leġislattiv neċessarju biex titneħħa l-ħtieġa ta' kofinanzjament għal dawk il-konċessjonijiet.

The European Parliament in its Resolution of 28 February 2002 on the implementation of the Socrates programme has expressed concern about the disproportionately onerous administrative procedures for beneficiaries of small grants, especially under the Comenius action, and has called on the Commission to propose any legislative changes necessary to abolish the cofinancing requirement for such grants.

(7) Il-Parlament Ewropew fir-Resoluzzjoni tiegħu tat-28 ta'Frar 2002 dwar l-implimentazzjoni tal-programm "Socrates" wera tħassib dwar il-proċeduri amministrattivi disproporzjonalment onerużi għall-benefiċjarji ta'konċessjonijiet żgħar, speċjalment skond l-azzjoni Comenius, u talab lill-Kummissjoni biex tipproponi kull tibdil leġislattiv neċessarju biex titneħħa l-ħtieġa ta'kofinanzjament għal dawk il-konċessjonijiet.

(7) The European Parliament in its Resolution of 28 February 2002 on the implementation of the Socrates programme has expressed concern about the disproportionately onerous administrative procedures for beneficiaries of small grants, especially under the Comenius action, and has called on the Commission to propose any legislative changes necessary to abolish the cofinancing requirement for such grants.

5. L-Istati Membri jistgħu jimmiraw biex jiksbu għanijiet ambjentali anqas stretti minn dawk meħtieġa taħt paragrafu 1 għal korpi speċifiċi ta'l-ilma meta jkunu tant affetwati minn attività umana, kif stabbiliti skond l-Artikolu 5(1), jew il-kundizzjoni naturali tagħhom hija tant li l-kisba ta'dawn l-għanijiet jistgħu ikunu għolja disproporzjonalment jew mhux fattibli, u l-kondizzjonijiet li ġejjin kollha jkunu milħuqa:

5. Member States may aim to achieve less stringent environmental objectives than those required under paragraph 1 for specific bodies of water when they are so affected by human activity, as determined in accordance with Article 5(1), or their natural condition is such that the achievement of these objectives would be infeasible or disproportionately expensive, and all the following conditions are met:

L-Istati Membri jridu jidentifikaw dawk il-korpi ta' l-ilma ta' taħt l-art li għal għanijiet baxxi jridu jkunu speċifikati taħt l-Artikolu 4(5) fejn, bħala riżultat ta' l-impatt ta' attività umana, kif determinat skond l-Artikolu 5(1), il-korp ta' l-ilma ta' taħt l-art huwa tant imniġġeż li l-kisba ta' stat tajjeb kimiku ta' l-ilma ta' taħt l-art ma' jistax jitwettaq jew hu disproporzjonalment għoli.

Member States shall identify those bodies of groundwater for which lower objectives are to be specified under Article 4(5) where, as a result of the impact of human activity, as determined in accordance with Article 5(1), the body of groundwater is so polluted that achieving good groundwater chemical status is infeasible or disproportionately expensive.

Din l-inizjattiva hija ta'importanza partikolari għan-negozji Ewropej żgħar u ta'daqs medju (SMEs) li jirrappreżentaw 99% ta'l-intrapriżi kollha u żewġ terzi ta'l-impjiegi. Minħabba ċ-ċokon tagħhom, l-SMEs isofru disproporzjonalment minħabba piżijiet leġiżlattivi u amministrattivi peress li huma aktar limitati fir-riżorsi u fl-għarfien espert biex jaffrontaw regoli u regolamenti ta'sikwit kumplessi. Għaldaqstant huwa neċessarju li wieħed jevalwa kif il-bżonnijiet speċjali tagħhom jistgħu jiġu kkunsidrati fil-kuntest tas-simplifikazzjoni. F’dan ir-rigward it-tnaqqis tal-piż tal-ġbir ta'l-istatistika u tad-data għall-SMEs ikun jixraqlu attenzjoni speċjali.

This initiative is of particular importance for Europe’s small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) which constitute 99% of all enterprises and two thirds of employment. Due to their smaller size, SMEs suffer disproportionately from legislative and administrative burdens as they have more limited resources and expertise to tackle often complex rules and regulations. It is therefore necessary to assess how their special needs can be taken into consideration in the context of simplification. In this respect reducing the burden of statistics and data collections for SMEs will deserve special attention.