The reduced rate should in each stage be rounded off to the first decimal.

Reduced maternal mortality rate

Identify and provide systematic help to those who fall behind at school, and reduce high rates of school-year repetition

High rates of year repetition in some countries need to be reduced by changing incentives for schools and encouraging alternative approaches.

Good career guidance and counselling combined with a more flexible and diverse (and therefore attractive) curriculum help to reduce dropout rates.

By strict adherence to the adopted principles and through judicious selection of patients, the present recurrence rates can be reduced to the minimum.

Early and appropriate treatment of venous thrombosis with beparin and coumarins reduce the incidence of pulmonary embolism and rates of venous thrombosis recurrence.

This series showed a considerably faster recovery, decreased postoperative pain and reduced complication rate as comapred to patients undergoing conventional surgery.

New techniques which have eliminated tension on the line of repair and are associated with notably reduced recurrence rates and shorter and less painful recovery have been gaining popularity.

− employment growth, which shall in this period on average exceed the annual level of 1%, aided by accelerated economic growth which should enable the lowering of the rate of unemployment to some 5% by the international methodology, or, in terms of the registered rate, to some 8% until the end of 2006, − the extent of long-term unemployment shall be reduced so that the share of long term unemployed shall be reduced to some 40% by the end of 2006.

such rate may be reduced only to the extent by which the other means of the family of the beneficiary exceed prescribed substantial amounts or substantial amounts fixed by the competent public authority in conformity with prescribed rules;

(y) the interest which would have been so payable during that year if calculated at the Reference Rate; for which purpose the "Reference Rate" means the rate of interest (reduced by 15 (fifteen) basis points) which the Bank determines on the date falling one month prior to the Prepayment Date to be the standard rate for a loan quoted by the Bank in the relevant currency, having the same financial characteristics as the loan, in particular the same periodicity for the payment of interest, the same remaining life to maturity and the same type of repayment profile.

(y) the interest which would have been so payable during that half-year if calculated at the Reference Rate; for which purpose the ` Reference Rate` means the rate of interest (reduced by 15 (fifteen) basis points) which the Bank determines on the date falling one month prior to the Prepayment Date to be the standard rate for loan quoted by the Bank in the relevant currency, having the same financial characteristics as the loan, in particular the same periodicity for the payment of interest, the same remaining life to maturity and the same type of repayment profile.

The use of a video camera allows for an accurate interruption of venous branches and obviates the need for making long incision to the skin and subcutanous tissue, which results in reduced postoperative morbidity rates and shorter hospitalization in these patients.

(8) The European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded that Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden shall benefit from reduced VAT rates of call during the period 20072013 and that the Netherlands and Sweden shall benefit from gross reductions in their annual GNI-based contributions during the same period.

In accordance with assumed international obligations the SO2 emissions should have been reduced by 30% by the end of 1993. In very unfavourable weather conditions the concentrations of harmful substances still exceed the critical levels at a number of exposed locations within the areas of influence of thermal power plants, increasing the mortality rate of the exposed population.

3 If the contributions payable by persons in a given Contracting State shall be reduced pursuant to paragraph 2, the contributions payable by persons in all other Contracting States shall be increased pro rata so as to ensure that the total amount of contributions payable by all persons liable to contribute to the Supplementary Fund in respect of the calendar year in question will reach the total amount of contributions decided by the Assembly.

2 If the application of the provisions in article 11, paragraphs 2 and 3, would result in the aggregate amount of the contributions payable by contributors in a single Contracting State in respect of a given calendar year exceeding 20% of the total annual contributions, the contributions payable by all contributors in that State shall be reduced pro rata so that their aggregate contributions equal 20% of the total annual contributions to the Supplementary Fund in respect of that year.

When the conditions of travel allow, reduced-rate fares (APEX, PEX, Excursion, etc.) are to be applied.

Whereas products exported to the Dominican Republic under the quota are imported into that country at a reduced rate of duty;

any hours for which the employee was paid at a reduced rate, even if the difference was made up by payments from social security funds;

to open an import quota for olive oil at a reduced rate of the common customs duties and establish the detailed arrangements for managing such quota.

if calculated on the basis of profits eligible for aid, the annual amount does not exceed MTL 25 000 per employee where the applicable reduced rate of tax is 5% (under either of Regulations 4 and 6) or MTL 28 000 per employee where the reduced rate of tax is 10% or 15% (under either of Regulations 4 and 6).

whereas, furthermore, other oils and oil seeds are in direct competition with oils and oil seeds imported from third countries at a reduced rate of duty or duty-free;

Depending on the level of export commitment which the company is prepared to undertake, the company will be allowed to import capital goods at either a zero or reduced rate of duty.

The application of the reduced rate shall be limited to 50 litres of fruit spirits per producing fruit growers' household per year, destined exclusively for their personal consumption.

The application of the reduced rate shall be limited to 30 litres of fruit spirits per producing fruit growers' household per year, destined exclusively for their personal consumption.".

This rate or these rates shall be reduced beforehand:

a reduced rate of value added tax of no less than 12% on the supply of coal, coal-brick and coke, firewood and charcoal, and on the supply of district heating services until 31 December 2007, and

goods and market services which production units provide to their employees at no cost or at a reduced rate, in so far as this expenditure is clearly and primarily for the benefit of the employees.

Member States may apply reduced rates or exemptions for:

there are definite suspicions that the product, in its unaltered state or after having been processed in a third country, will be reimported into the Community duty free or at a reduced rate of import duty;

attract a reduced or zero rate of import duty rather than the non-preferential rate.

However, if the journey is separated from a weekend by no more than 24 hours, additional daily subsistence allowances may be granted in order to qualify for a reduced-rate fare, provided this results in an overall saving

The Czech Republic may apply a reduced rate of excise duty, of not less than 50% of the standard national rate of excise duty on ethyl alcohol, to ethyl alcohol produced by fruit growers' distilleries producing, on an annual basis, more than 10 hectolitres of ethyl alcohol from fruit supplied to them by fruit growers' households.

Slovakia and Hungary may apply a reduced rate of excise duty, of not less than 50% of the standard national rate of excise duty on ethyl alcohol, to ethyl alcohol produced by fruit growers' distilleries producing, on an annual basis, more than 10 hectolitres of ethyl alcohol from fruit supplied to them by fruit growers' households.

By way of derogation from Article 12(3)(a) of Directive 77/388/EEC, Poland may maintain (i) a reduced rate of value added tax of no less than 3% on foodstuffs (including beverages but excluding alcoholic beverages) for human and animal consumption;

a reduced rate of value added tax of no less than 12% on the supply of restaurant services and of foodstuffs sold on similar premises until 31 December 2007 or until the end of the transitional period referred to in Article 28 l of the Directive, whichever is the earlier,

By way of derogation from Article 12(3)(a) of Directive 77/388/EEC, Slovenia may maintain (i) a reduced rate of value added tax of not less than 8.5% on the preparation of meals until 31 December 2007 or until the end of the transitional period referred to in Article 28 l of the Directive, whichever is the earlier, and (ii) a reduced rate of value added tax of not less than 5% on the supply of construction, renovation and maintenance work for residential housing not provided as part of a social policy, and excluding building materials until 31 December 2007.

Without prejudice to a formal decision to be adopted according to the procedure set out in Article 12(3)(b) of Directive 77/388/EEC, Hungary may maintain a reduced rate of value added tax of not less than 5% on the supply of natural gas and electricity until one year after the date of accession;

Without prejudice to a formal decision to be adopted according to the procedure set out in Article 12(3)(b) of Directive 77/388/EEC, Slovakia may maintain a reduced rate of value added tax of not less than 5% on the supply of natural gas and electricity until one year after the date of accession.

Whereas Article 82 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(10), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97(11), provides for customs supervision of goods released for free circulation at a reduced rate of duty on account of their end-use;

By way of derogation from Article 12(3)(a) of Directive 77/388/EEC, Slovakia may maintain a) a reduced rate of value added tax of not less than 5% on the supply of heat energy used by private households and small entrepreneurs who are not registered for VAT for heating and the production of hot water, excluding raw materials used to generate heat energy, until 31 December 2008, and b) a reduced rate of value added tax of not less than 5% on the supply of construction work for residential housing not provided as part of a social policy, and excluding building materials until 31 December 2007.

By way of derogation from Article 12(3)(a) of Directive 77/388/EEC, Cyprus may maintain a reduced rate of value added tax of not less than 5% on the supply of restaurant services until 31 December 2007 or until the end of the transitional period referred to in Article 28 l of the Directive, whichever is the earlier.

on 1 January 1981, each charge shall be reduced to 90 % of the rate applied on 31 December 1980,

In the case of the products listed in Annex II to this Treaty, the Commission may authorize any Member State to suspend, in whole or in part, collection of the duties applicable or may grant such Member State tariff quotas at a reduced rate of duty or duty free, provided that no serious disturbance of the market of the products concerned results therefrom.

The following provisions shall apply to exports to the Dominican Republic of milk powder imported into that country at a reduced rate of duty under the quota, for 12 month periods commencing on 1 July, as referred to in the Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the European Community and the Dominican Republic and approved by Council Decision 98/486/EC(11).

by I January 1974 at the latest, each charge shall be reduced to 60% of the rate applied on I January 1972;

To reduce the thermal inertia of the exhaust pipe a thickness to diameter ratio of 0,015 or less is recommended.