If the value of an ICER is below the ceiling ratio, an intervention is deemed acceptable on grounds of cost-effectiveness.
Low levels of missing or "not applicable" responses were found for 18 of the 21 items (<20 %), and 20 of 21 items were below the ceiling-effect criterion.
The Commission gives countries some flexibility if their deficit is below the EU ceiling of 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) and their debt levels are falling.
Always check to ensure your ceiling is level if you are hanging below the ceiling.
For if, like Mr Prodi, you harbour a not-so-secret ambition that the commission should one day turn into a genuine European government, the ceiling on its budget of 1.27% of the EU's GDP is pathetically inadequate (and, at present, the budget is well below the ceiling).
But French milk production is well below the ceiling set by the quotas, thanks to national rules that hobble production in dairy-friendly spots like Normandy, while helping pretty but unproductive regions such as the Alps.
Furthermore, 20 of the 21 items were below the 50%% criterion for the ceiling effect, with the exception being the question regarding malpractice (53.6 %).> -wrap-foot> aAll items were scored on a 5-point response scale ranging from 1 ("not at all") to 5 ("to a very large degree").
Nor is the ECB obsessed with defeating inflation: in only nine months during the past five years has inflation been below the bank's 2% ceiling.
The percentage of ceiling and floor effects were below 10%%, except the ceiling effect in the Impact domain (26.25 %).
The flags of Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools hang on the walls, the television shows Brazilian soccer games, bottles of 100-proof sugar cane liquor are stored just below the ceiling and the audience sings along or gets up to dance every time the band breaks into a familiar song.
