it is also necessary to ensure, before those concerned are appointed as probationer officials, that they provide all supporting or other documents, diplomas, qualifications or certificates, which prove that they have the level of qualification or experience required to perform the duties involved in the category or service into which they are to be integrated;

HAVING REGARD to the Convention which includes general provisions designed to safeguard animals intended to be used for scientific purposes from suffering pain and distress, and to their resolve to limit the use of animals for experimental and other scientific purposes, with the aim of replacing such use whenever possible, in particular by seeking alternative measures and encouraging the use of these alternative measures,

it is necessary, by way of derogation from the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities, hereafter referred to as "the Staff Regulations", to adopt the arrangements necessary to enable the Appointing Authority (IAA) to appoint those concerned as probationer officials of the European Communities at the General Secretariat of the Council, with the appointments taking effect from the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam;

it is also necessary to specify that those recruited will, in accordance with Article 34 of the Staff Regulations, be obliged to serve a probationary period designed to check their ability to perform their duties satisfactorily, and that any decisions taken by the AA by the end of the probationary period will be taken after consulting an ad hoc Committee appointed by the AA on which the Staff Committee of the General Secretariat of the Council may be represented,

By way of derogation from the Staff Regulations and subject to a check on compliance with the conditions specified in Article 3 of this Decision, the Appointing Authority (AA) within the meaning of Article 2 of the Staff Regulations may appoint to the General Secretariat of the Council the persons referred to in Article 1 of this Decision as probationer officials of the European Communities within the meaning of the Staff Regulations and allocate them to one of the posts included to that end in the staff complement of the General Secretariat of the Council for the 1999 financial year in the category, service, grade and step determined in accordance with the correlation table annexed hereto.

to continue the Trial Period, with any necessary enhancements/modifications, or

should the Trial Period not be extended, the Participants shall follow the Arrangement rules for the validity of export credits, and

Whereas the trial period for the cumulative recovery system (CRS) for determining the full import duties on husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 703/97 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1470/98 (4), expires on 31 December 1998;

the level of the surcharge shall be reviewed at the end of the Trial Period.

the flexibility for project finance transactions to operate during a Trial Period of three years,

Tested doses up to 1,800 mg/ day, three times greater than the recommended daily dose, have been well tolerated.

The flexible arrangements shall be discontinued at the end of the Trial Period unless the Participants agree upon one of the following:

"Experiment" means an operation or operations carried out in the context of a well-defined research project with a single experimental protocol.

the first subparagraph of Article 34(1) is replaced by the following:"Officials shall serve a nine-month probationary period before they can be established.";

A dismissed probationer shall receive compensation equal to one third of his basic salary for each full month of the probationary period served.'

all experimental animals shall be provided with housing, an environment, at least some freedom of movement, food, water and care which are appropriate to their health and well-being;

the well-being and state of health of experimental animals shall be observed by a competent person to prevent pain or avoidable suffering, distress or lasting harm;

Where the goods are installed or assembled, with or without a trial run, by or on behalf of the supplier, the place of supply shall be deemed to be the place where the goods are installed or assembled.

Without prejudice to further revisions and a more comprehensive reform of the system of quotas, the measures referred to in the above three recitals should be introduced for a trial period expiring one year from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

the supply is of goods other than new means of transport and other than goods supplied after assembly or installation, with or without a trial run, by or on behalf of the supplier.

This appropriation covers: — allowances in the event of dismissal of a probationary official for obvious inadequacy, — allowances in the event of cancellation by the Agency of the contract of a relevant staff member.

"Where during his probationary period a staff member is prevented, by sickness or accident, from performing his duties for one month or more, the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment may extend his probationary period by the corresponding length of time".

Precision under repeatability conditions, i.e. conditions where independent test results are obtained with the same method on identical test material in the same laboratory by the same operator using the same equipment within short intervals of time.

Member States may allow vehicles or vehicle combinations incorporating new technologies or new concepts which cannot comply with one or more requirements of this Directive to carry out certain local transport operations for a trial period.

Sub-acute/Sub-chronic toxicity comprises the adverse effects occurring in experimental animals as a result of repeated daily dosing with, or exposure to, a chemical for a short part of their expected lifespan

Whereas experiments by an experimental station have shown that under present production techniques good quality anemone coronaria can be obtained from tubers of a size smaller than that provided for by the common quality standards;

In the opinion of the Contracting Parties, internal border checks may, where appropriate, be discontinued by bilateral agreement in some cases, as a symbolic gesture and for a trial period, provided that security is not seriously undermined (pilot projects).

Whereas vehicles or vehicle combinations constructed applying new technologies or new concepts, according to standards which deviate from those laid down by this Directive, should be allowed to carry out local transport operations for a trial period to enable profit to be drawn from technical progress;

Before 31 December 2002, the Commission shall, after consulting the Committee for Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics and in accordance with the procedure of Article 7, adopt the method to be used for the allocation of FISIM in case the findings of the final evaluation report on the reliability of the results obtained during the trial period are positive.

Whereas it is also desirable that certain provisions of the conditions of employment be amended, in particular those concerning remuneration, disciplinary action, length of the probationary period, maternity leave, travelling time and travel expenses, in order to align them on those applicable to officials of the European Communities,

Seed shall not be certified as certified seed unless due account has been taken of the results of official post-control plot tests on samples of basic seed taken officially and carried out during the growing season of the seed entered for certification as certified seed to ascertain whether the basic seed has met the requirements for basic seed laid down in respect of identity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility, and the standards for basic seed laid down in respect of the minimum varietal purity laid down in point (b).