Council Regulation (EC) No 789/2001 of 24 April 2001 reserving to the Council implementing powers with regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for examining visa applications (see p. 2 of this Official Journal).

When examining goods, the customs office may take samples and, according to the rules in force in the Member State concerned, hand them over or send them to the right-holder, at his express request, strictly for the purposes of analysis and to facilitate the subsequent procedure.

'Control by the customs authorities' means the performance of specific acts such as examining goods, verifying the existence and authenticity of documents, examining the acounts of undertakings and other records, inspecting means of transport, inspecting luggage and other goods carried by or on persons and carrying out official inquiries and other similar acts with a view to ensuring that customs rules and, where appropriate, other provisions applicable to goods subject to customs supervision are observed.

The Management Committee shall be closely involved in any procedures that have to be completed before the appointment of officials or other servants in grades A 1, A 2, A 3 and LA 3, especially in drafting the vacancy notice, examining applications and appointing selection boards for competitions.

The Commission, after examining the information submitted by Germany and Austria and after receiving the opinion of the Standing Committee set up by Directive 98/34/EC, decided on 20 July 1999 to exclude from the publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities Clause 4.20(d) of standard EN 71-1: 1998, in respect of which it grants no presumption of conformity with the provisions of Directive 88/378/EEC.

Commission Directive 72/168/EEC of 14 April 1972 determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for examining vegetable varieties(3), as amended by Directive 2002/8/EC(4) has established, with a view to official acceptance of the varieties in the Member States' catalogues, the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examinations of the various species, as well as the minimum requirements for carrying out the examinations.

Commission Directive 72/180/EEC of 14 April 1972 determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for examining varieties of agricultural plant species(2), as amended by Directive 2002/8/EC(3), has established, with a view to official acceptance of the varieties in the Member States' catalogues, the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examinations of the various species, as well as the minimum requirements for carrying out the examinations.

Commission Directives 72/168/EEC of 14 April 1972 on determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for inspecting vegetable varieties(4) and 72/180/EEC of 14 April 1972 determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for examining agricultural varieties(5) have established, with a view to official acceptance of the varieties in the Member States' catalogues, the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examinations of the various species, as well as the minimum requirements for carrying out the examinations.