liquid is added, the containers are preheated and sealed, sterilised, refrigerated, etc. The entire process is under the control of the regulatory body.

The term "transparent procedures" means procedures designed to promote the public awareness of and participation in the regulatory development process under this Agreement.

The regulatory framework put in place for the 1998 liberalisation has been reviewed in the light of market and technological developments and the experience of the implementation process.

The Framework Directive on Water will oblige coordination and harmonisation of monitoring and reporting processes of all Community regulatory existing instruments during the next six years.

"fishing activities" means fishing, fish-processing operations, the transhipment of fish and fishery products and any other activity in preparation for or related to fishing in the Regulatory Area;

In view of developments in the regulatory framework and in oenological processes, technical aspects of the Annex should be updated to make it consistent with the current rules in force in this area,

It is agreed by both Parties that the relevant Council Directives and Australian legislative and regulatory requirements allow mutual recognition of separate elements of the conformity assessment process.

"fishing activities" shall mean fishing, fish processing operations, the transhipment of fish or fish products and any other activity in preparation for, or related to, fishing in the NAFO regulatory area;

there are indications that the use of the plant protection product could have an influence on the processes involved (for example in the case of use of plant growth regulators or fungicides close to harvest),

The fact that, because of the ongoing process of separation of the regulatory functions from the business activity, some national authorities participate in the CCITT is not in contradiction with the nature of undertakings of other members.

Gene expression and proteomics: The objectives are to enable researchers to better decipher the functions of genes and gene products as well as to define the complex regulatory networks (biocomplexity) that control fundamental biological processes.

In the process of creating the single European sky, the Community should, where appropriate, develop the highest level of cooperation with Eurocontrol in order to ensure regulatory synergies and consistent approaches, and to avoid any duplication between the two sides.

Whereas, to ensure recognition of equivalency, it is desirable to establish an agreed process for the application of the regulatory requirements of both the Community and the United States of America in order to safeguard and facilitate future trade in fresh bovine and porcine meat;

The exporter shall respect any decision on the import of GMOs intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing, taken by a Party in accordance with Article 11(4) of the Protocol, or by a non-Party of import under its domestic regulatory framework that is consistent with the objective of the Protocol.

Pre-accession activities in view of the next wave of EU enlargement, in 2007, will include operation of the pre-accession linguistic review process (PALC II) and CADREAC procedures, as well as participation in the PHARE multi-beneficiary programme, to facilitate the integration of Bulgarian and Romanian regulatory authorities in the work of the Agency.

In the case of public communications networks, specific legal, regulatory and technical provisions should be made in order to protect fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and legitimate interests of legal persons, in particular with regard to the increasing capacity for automated storage and processing of data relating to subscribers and users.

To ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market, provision should be made for procedures which allow the adoption of decisions and guidelines with regard to amongst other things tarification and capacity allocation by the Commission whilst ensuring the involvement of Member States' regulatory authorities in this process where appropriate through their European association.

Whereas to enable controls to be carried out on catches from the Regulatory Area while supplementing the monitoring measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93(3) certain specific control measures are to be defined, inter alia, for the declaration of catches, the communication of information, the holding of non-authorized nets and information and assistance relating to the storage and processing of catches,

The new electronic communications regulatory framework consists of one general Directive, Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive)(3) and four specific Directives: Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive)(4), Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive)(5), Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive)(6), and Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) sector(7).

The term `transparent procedures` means procedures designed to promote the public awareness of and participation in the regulatory development process under this Agreement.

REGOGNISING that the use of transparent procedures is of particular importance in developing global technical regulations under this Agreement and that this development process must be compatible with the regulatory development processes of the Contracting Parties to this Agreement;