Instead of striving for a complete harmonisation of standards , minimum harmonisation at European Community level became the goal .

1.3 STANDARDISATION

14. a Regulation 'Shipping' 15. a Regulation 'Energy' 16. a Directive 'Environment' 17. a Regulation 'Agriculture'

Nevertheless , the ECB notes that a harmonisation of the definitions would promote transparency . to be regarded as a single risk could impose additional burdens on the management companies .

Harmonization of conditions of service

Harmonisation of substantive securities law

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PRESIDENT mechanisms provided for in Articles 123, 152, 318 and 338 of the Act of Accession and the customs duties for wine and fruit and vegetable products originating in Spain and Portugal and released for consumption in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic (SYN 4526 90 Doc.

With the creation of the Single Market and furthermore with the introduction of the euro harmonisation becomes a necessity .

Now that the European Commission has proposed a harmonisation, certain member States including France have blocked the procedure.

On 11 October Parliament adopted a motion for a resolution condemning these events.

( b ) harmonisation for T2S related matters

Simplification and harmonization of rules and procedures

A large part of the necessary harmonisation of definitions will be accomplished in the process .

A need for a harmonised collateral framework in a wider sense Most respondents indicate their support for further harmonisation of practices in the field of collateral .

As things stand at present, full harmonisation of admission policy does not appear sensible or necessary.

We need to cope with mounting traffic problems in general and we need it also for environmental reasons.

As well as road safety, this measure will bring greater harmony to the regulations concerning intra community travel.

At all events, the ultimate objective of tax harmonisation in the EU remains a distant goal.

The most important harmonisation proposals are listed below .

The most important harmonisation proposals are listed below .

Why has the Commission chosen to introduce excise duties on kerosene as part of the measures to be taken with a view to the harmonisation of taxes in the air transport sector given

There still remains open, from our point of view also, the question of the divide between the use of the infrastructure and the use, on the other hand, of the structure, but we will talk about that anothet time.

The harmonisation of rules and the resulting passport should benefit financial integration by improving the level playing field in the EU .

The objective of further harmonisation can however only be achieved by stages and needs to be based on careful analysis .

Let us emphasize yet again, because it is, moreover, scientifically proven, that all electoral systems operate to the advantage of the larger groups, without fail.

At EU level the Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM) has set up a User Satisfaction Survey.

Measures based on this Article shall not entail harmonisation of Member States' laws or regulations in cases where the Constitution excludes such harmonisation.

Also , by providing a framework and common terminology on sampling , product replacement and quality adjustment , it may facilitate further harmonisation in these areas .

In addition , it is likely that EMU will lead to further harmonisation of the legal and operational environment in which credit institutions operate .

The proposed regulation is consistent with the principles of harmonisation and coherence .

The harmonisation of the different practices will increase the comparability of the HICP

2. Also recommends, with regard to the harmonization of practices, that

Let us take the opportunity, as a Parliament, to fix the speed limits for motor vehicles.

A Directive combined with full harmonisation will achieve the necessary level of legal certainty while leaving room to targeted national implementation .

For some time now the Council, aware of this responsibility, has been keeping a watchful and concerned eye on this subject.

This is in line with procedure.

Assistance to the European Commission in the harmonisation of operational strategies and methodologies.

Second, where they do consider harmonization, they could favor the less stringent of the original standards, unless there is credible evidence that it would not support the relevant regulatory objective.

The Commission proposes a directive rather than a regulation as this former instrument is better suited to harmonising existing legislations .

However, we need to give it some teeth. There have been plenty of studies, and perhaps we need more, but we also need action programmes that are designed to get things moving.

These instruments will thus ultimately disappear when it becomes clear to their users that other means of payment provide better service . By 1 January 2008 , it is expected that national banking communities in the euro area will have put in place a strategy for promoting the use of alternative electronic means of payment , decreasing cross subsidies and providing customers with transparent prices .

As the harmonisation of minimum rules for non linear audiovisual services mostly does not introduce new obligations for operators but only harmonises them at European level to implement the country of origin principle, it therefore seems proportionate to the objective.

This should be understood as a gradual process , rather than a single step .

As things stand at present, the EESC feels that the most appropriate legal instrument for launching an initiative of the scale set out here would be a directive for minimum harmonisation..