whereas certain types of technology cannot yet be verified and are not yet comparable with those used hitherto in the type-approval procedures for motor vehicles;

Hitherto, no concerted effort has been undertaken to identify the rapidly evolving and changing requirements of the major actors for the security of information systems.

The information society gradually reorganises the nature of economic and social activity and has important cross-sectorial effects in hitherto independent areas of activity.

Whereas an increase of 20 % of the maximum design speed, which has hitherto been prescribed, is reasonable considering road safety and safety of working conditions on the land;

Whereas most Member States have hitherto endeavoured, as part of their national breeding policies, to promote the production of livestock meeting specific zootechnical standards;

The plant health of agricultural crops in Madeira is subject to particular problems associated with the climate and the inadequacy of the control measures hitherto applied there.

Whereas special consideration must be given to certain colouring matters hitherto permitted by certain Member States, in particular for colouring medicinal products for external use,

The definition of "new risks" clarifies that only risks which did not exist before are included in the definition, thus excluding for example risks which hitherto existed but were not insured.

To attain this objective, however, it is necessary to remove infrastructures the existence of which was hitherto justified by the need to conduct checks and which restrict freedom of movement.

Whereas, in order to minimize the risk of disease, it is necessary to permit these islands to maintain their veterinary rules in relation to foot-and-mouth disease which have been in force hitherto,

Whereas practical experience and technological development show that it is possible to improve road safety by applying similar requirements to those existing already to vehicle categories M2 with a permissible maximum mass exceeding 3 500 kilograms and M3 (buses) which were not covered hitherto and to generally extend the requirements to seating positions, not covered hitherto, of other vehicle categories;

In addition, the new scheme for flax concerns flax intended for the production of fibre, which is a broader concept than the expression "flax for textile use" used hitherto in Regulation (EC) No 2461/1999.

Whereas most Member States have hitherto endeavoured, as part of their national breeding policies, to promote the production of livestock of a limited number of breeds meeting specific zootechnic standards;

Furthermore, it would enable small and medium-sized enterprises, which have hitherto been unable to use suspensive customs regimes, to become more competitive with regard to the bigger operators in this area.

Whereas on 26 November 1976 the 19th General Conference of Unesco adopted a Protocol to the Florence Agreement in order to extend relief from customs duties to a number of articles hitherto excluded from such relief;

Whereas hitherto this coordination has been effected in respect of disclosure by the adoption of the First Directive 68/151/EEC (4) covering companies with share capital, as last amended by the 1985 Act of Accession;

In return, for the same period and on the same terms as those applicable hitherto, Switzerland shall maintain its existing concessions (480 t net weight Parma and San Daniele ham, 50 t net weight Serrano ham and 170 t net weight Bresaola).

Measures should be taken to protect the Community against Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) and Naupactus leucoloma Boheman, harmful organisms which have not hitherto been known to occur in the Community.

This Regulation shall apply to the placing on the market within the Community of foods and food ingredients which have not hitherto been used for human consumption to a significant degree within the Community and which fall under the following categories:

whereas that specimen form corresponds to the draft submitted by the Community and is designed to update the content of the customs declaration for registered baggage and to facilitate the introduction of that document by countries which hitherto were unable to use it;

Whereas the present situation on the tobacco market, on which supply does not correspond to demand, calls for a substantial overhaul of the Community arrangements which have governed the market hitherto, while ensuring the continuation of tobacco growing by the traditional producers;

Limited changes to the geographical area involving the deletion of two communes in Saint-Jean de Maurienne, the inclusion of the whole of a commune hitherto included in part only, the inclusion of parts of two communes, and a formal change where communes formerly amalgamated have separated.

Whereas it is necessary for the Community to approve that Agreement in order to take part in the information exchange and common research and thus achieve the above objectives, alongside Member States and without prejudice to the role hitherto played by them within the framework of the Agreement of 9 June 1969;

WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACCEDE TO THE SAID PROTOCOL, IN ORDER TO TAKE PART IN THE INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND COMMON RESEARCH AND THUS ACHIEVE THE ABOVE OBJECTIVE, ALONGSIDE MEMBER STATES AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ROLE HITHERTO PLAYED BY THEM WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BARCELONA CONVENTION;

to ensure effective control, monitoring and enforcement of these rules for the use of mesh size combinations and of fishing voyages that cover more than one region or geographical area, mandatory use of the logbook should be extended to include fishing vessels that have hitherto been exempt from this obligation;

Hitherto, Directive 79/373/EEC provided for a flexible declaration confined to the indication of the feed materials without stating their quantity in feedingstuffs for production animals, while retaining the possibility of declaring categories of feed materials instead of declaring the feed materials themselves.

For purposes of financing this Regulation shall, as regards the additional expenditure occasioned by the increase in the annual quantities of butter sold under it in relation to those sold hitherto under Regulation (EEC) No 649/78, constitute a measure as referred to in the first indent of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77.

In the case of new medicinal products containing known constituents not hitherto used in combination for therapeutic purposes, the results of toxicological and pharmacological tests and of clinical trials relating to that combination must be provided, but it shall not be necessary to provide references relating to each individual constituent.

In the case of medicinal products containing active substances used in the composition of authorised medicinal products but not hitherto used in combination for therapeutic purposes, the results of new pre-clinical tests or new clinical trials relating to that combination shall be provided in accordance with Article 8(3)(i), but it shall not be necessary to provide scientific references relating to each individual active substance.

In order to maintain the same level of information and transparency as hitherto in the booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), the financial information communicated by the Member States every month in accordance with Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1997/2002(4), should be broken down by budget article or item.

In the case of veterinary medicinal products containing active substances used in the composition of authorised veterinary medicinal products but not hitherto used in combination for therapeutic purposes, the results of safety and residue tests, if necessary, and new pre-clinical tests or new clinical trials relating to that combination shall be provided in accordance with point (j) of the first subparagraph of Article 12(3), but it shall not be necessary to provide scientific references relating to each individual active substance.

The Committee has exercised all the functions hitherto assigned to the Short-term Economic Policy Committee set up by Council Decision of 9 March 1960 on coordination of the conjunctural policies of the Member States(2), the Budgetary Policy Committee set up by Council Decision of 8 May 1964 on cooperation between the competent government departments of Member States in the field of budgetary policy(3), and the Medium-term Economic Policy Committee set up by Council Decision of 15 April 1964 setting up a Medium-term Economic Policy Committee(4).

Whereas in the interest of clarity, in parallel with the entry into force from 1 December 1994 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 of 16 November 1994, laying down common detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the Canary Islands (3), which constitutes a revision of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1695/92 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93 (5), a forecast supply balance for the products concerned should be established covering the entire 12-month period from 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995, incorporating where necessary the partial forecast supply balances hitherto adopted;

I refer to the Interim Agreement signed today and confirm that if any amendment to this Agreement might become necessary as a result of the enlargement of the Community, this would become the subject of consultations between the Parties pursuant to Article 21 and in this context account would be taken, to the extent possible, of the character of hitherto existing bilateral trade and economic relations between Russia and new Member States.

'I refer to the Interim Agreement signed today and confirm that if any amendment to this Agreement might become necessary as a result of the enlargement of the Community, this would become the subject of consultations between the Parties pursuant to Article 21 and in this context account would be taken, to the extent possible, of the character of hitherto existing bilateral trade and economic relations between Russia and new Member States.