Where a class of shares has been admitted to dealing on a stock exchange market, the Member States or bodies designated by them may allow a partial or complete exemption from the obligation to publish a prospectus if the number or estimated market value or the nominal value or, in the absence of a nominal value, the accounting par value of the shares offered amounts to less than 10 % of the number or of the corresponding value of shares of the same class already admitted to dealing, provided that investors already possess up-to-date information about the issuer equivalent to that required by Section III as a result of stock exchange disclosure requirements.

Whereas following the enlargement of the Community the number of national bureaux taken into account in Council Directive 72/166 2 of 24 April 1972 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability is increased from six to nine, necessitating an adjustment to that Directive;

In order to take account both of the emergence of new therapies and of the growing number of so-called "borderline" products between the medicinal product sector and other sectors, the definition of "medicinal product" should be modified so as to avoid any doubt as to the applicable legislation when a product, whilst fully falling within the definition of a medicinal product, may also fall within the definition of other regulated products.

The number of olive trees in question, the yield fixed for the homogeneous zone concerned and a coefficient taking account of the difference, at national level, between the production resulting from the estimate of yields and the effective production fixed by the Commission in accordance with Article 17a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 constitute such criteria and must therefore be incorporated into the calculation of the eligible quantity.

The objective is to contribute, on a case-by-case basis, to feasibility studies and technical preparatory work undertaken in one or a number of Member States or Associated countries for those new infrastructures which have a clear European dimension and interest, taking into account the needs of all potential users and systematically exploring the possibilities of contributions from other sources, including the EIB or the Structural Funds for the funding of these infrastructures.

Whereas, given the very high number of active substances on the market on that date, a selection has already been made, taking into account in a balanced manner such aspects as health and/or environmental concern, the possibility of residues in treated products, the importance of the preparations containing these substances for agriculture, any manifest data gaps (or, conversely, the presence of a complete, updated data package), and any similarity of chemical or biological properties;

In order to simplify determination of the period to be taken into account for the application of compensatory interest, particularly in the case of operations in which the number of import goods and/or compensating products makes it economically impracticable to apply the normal provisions, the customs authorities, at the request of the person concerned, may allow the period for application of interest to be based on turnover periods of stocks of goods used to obtain the compensating products.

For that purpose, the number of doses and the diversity of strains and subtypes of antigen of foot-and-mouth disease virus and, if necessary, of authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC vaccines stored in the Community antigen and vaccine bank shall be decided in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 89(2), taking into account the needs as estimated in the context of the contingency plans provided for in Article 72 and the epidemiological situation, where appropriate after consultation with the Community Reference Laboratory.

Voluntary measures taken by rightholders, including agreements between rightholders and other parties concerned, as well as measures taken by Member States, do not prevent rightholders from using technological measures which are consistent with the exceptions or limitations on private copying in national law in accordance with Article 5(2)(b), taking account of the condition of fair compensation under that provision and the possible differentiation between various conditions of use in accordance with Article 5(5), such as controlling the number of reproductions.

Outsourcing should, moreover, be subject to a cost-benefit analysis taking account of a number of factors such as identification of the tasks justifying outsourcing, a cost-benefit analysis which includes the costs of coordination and checks, the impact on human resources, efficiency and flexibility in the implementation of outsourced tasks, simplification of the procedures used, proximity of outsourced activities to final beneficiaries, visibility of the Community as promoter of the Community programme concerned and the need to maintain an adequate level of know-how inside the Commission.

Following the notification by the French Government to the President of the Council of a declaration making Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 applicable to the two French supplementary pension schemes ARRCO and AGIRC, it seems appropriate to facilitate the application of that Regulation to the schemes by adding new points to Annex IV Part C and Annex VI thereto, chiefly to take account of the supplementary nature of these schemes by comparison with the basic regimes, and of the fact that the benefits they grant are calculated on the basis of the number of pension points acquired, independently of the periods completed.

the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:"In such case the institution in which the official serves shall, taking into account the official's basic salary, age and exchange rate at the date of application for a transfer, determine by means of general implementing provisions the number of years of pensionable service with which he shall be credited under the Community pension scheme in respect of the former period of service, on the basis of the capital transferred, after deducting an amount representing capital appreciation between the date of the application for a transfer and the actual date of the transfer.";

The cost-benefit analysis shall take into account a number of factors such as identification of the tasks justifying outsourcing, a cost-benefit analysis which includes the costs of coordination and checks, the impact on human resources, possible savings within the general budgetary framework of the European Union, efficiency and flexibility in the implementation of outsourced tasks, simplification of the procedures used, proximity of outsourced activities to final beneficiaries, visibility of the Community as promoter of the Community programme concerned and the need to maintain an adequate level of know-how inside the Commission.

In an application for execution the creditor shall state the name of the bank or savings bank with which the debtor has an account opened, the number of the account, and the number of his own giro account if the payment is to be executed through a giro account.

In an application for execution the creditor shall state the name of the branch office of the agency for money transfers at which his and the debtor's assets are deposited, and the numbers of his own and the debtor's giro account.

When products are selected, consideration shall be given to how to maximize the quantity of food with a view to reaching the maximum number of people, taking into account the quality of products in order to ensure adequate levels of nutrition.

Notwithstanding the provisions on the protection of personal and other data, the data administrator shall furnish the creditor with data on the debtor's birth and place of residence, and on the existence and number of the account on which the debtor keeps his assets, provided the creditor proves a legitimate interest therefore.

As from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, every endeavour shall be made by the Contracting Parties to agree, by 31 December 1997 at the latest, on transitional periods for the names referred to in Articles 8 and 11. The length of the transitional periods may differ to take account of the commercial significance to both Contracting Parties and the number of names used by Australia.

Taking into account work done in this area in relevant international fora, recognizing the bilateral investment treaties concluded between Sri Lanka and a number of Member States of the Community, that Sri Lanka is a contracting party to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Convention, and a signatory to the International Convention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Contracting Parties will support further agreements on the promotion and protection of investments between the Member States of the Community and Sri Lanka on the basis of the principles of non-discrimination and reciprocity.