There are clear marketing arguments in favour of first completing the "families" of goods that are most attractive to manufacturers, retailers and consumers, and eventually any closely related services before initiating new service-based families, such as green financing or public administration.

When a declaration has been presented and were the customs administration has reason to doubt the truth or accuracy of the particulars or of documents produced in support of this declaration, the customs administration may ask the importer to provide further explanation, including documents or other evidence, that the declared value represents the total amount actually paid or payable for the imported goods, adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Article 8.

Increasing globalisation of trade, the development of new markets, and changes in the methods and speed of the movement of goods, require customs administrations to strengthen relations between themselves and with the Community's business, legal and scientific circles, and operators engaged in foreign trade.

"Customs" means the Government Service which is responsible for the administration of customs law and the collection of import and export duties and taxes and which also has responsibility for the application of other laws and regulations relating inter alia to the importation, transit and exportation of goods;

Whereas the internal market constitutes an area without borders, within which the free movement of goods, persons, capital and services has to be ensured, and where Community measures already adopted or in the process of being adopted require significant exchange of information between individuals, economic operators and administrations;

If, after receiving further information, or in the absence of a response, the customs administration still has reasonable doubts about the truth or accuracy of the declared value, it may, bearing in mind the provisions of Article 11, be deemed that the customs value of the imported goods cannot be determined under the provisions of Article 1.

if a medical device incorporates a substance with ancillary medicinal action other than one specified in the European Pharmacopoeia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration shall carry out such consultation with one of the competent authorities within the European Community responsible for authorising the placing on the market of medicinal products.

When ultrasonographic evaluation indicates the presence of at least three follicles of 16- 20 mm, and there is evidence of a good oestradiol response (plasma levels of about 300-400 picograms/ ml (1000-1300 pmol/ l) for each follicle with a diameter greater than 18 mm), the final phase of maturation of the follicles is induced by administration of hCG.

Whereas Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 of 25 July 1996 establishing the detailed rules for implementing the preferential trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, as provided for in Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (2), lays down rules for the administration of tariff quotas;

To make the Regulation easier to apply for customs administrations and right-holders alike, provision should also be made for a more flexible procedure allowing goods infringing certain intellectual property rights to be destroyed without there being any obligation to initiate proceedings to establish whether an intellectual property right has been infringed under national law.

Where existing Community rules or regulations adopted in order to facilitate the movement of goods affect the interests of one or more ACP States or where these interests are affected by the interpretation, application or administration of such rules or regulations, consultations shall be held at the request of the ACP States concerned with a view to reaching a satisfactory solution.

For the regional statistics on the carriage of goods by rail covered by Directive 80/1177/EEC, the Federal Republic of Germany shall communicate the names of the administrations managing railway lines and installations in Germany prior to the date at which the interim measures tabled pursuant to Directive 90/476/EEC are replaced by transitional measures and at any rate not later than 31 December 1990.

Formalities under the T 1 or T 2 procedure shall be simplified in accordance with Articles 45 to 60 and Article 61 (3) and (4), for the carriage of goods which the railway administrations effect by means of large containers, using transport undertakings as intermediaries and making use of Transfer Notes of a type specially devised to be used as a transit document and referred to for the purposes of this Appendix as 'TR Transfer Note'.

'When external Community transit operations comprising goods, which have been or which must be made the subject of specific information, notably by application of the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1468/81 (8)(), present exceptional risk of fraud, the customs administrations of the Member States shall, by agreement with the Commission, take specific measures with a view to temporarily forbidding the use of the comprehensive guarantee.

The restructuring of the rail industry under Directive 91/440/EEC, as well as changes in the type of information required by the Commission and by other users of Community statistics on rail transport, renders obsolete the provisions of Council Directive 80/1177/EEC of 4 December 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by rail, as part of regional statistics(5) in relation to the collection of statistics from specified administrations of main rail networks.

When external Community transit operations comprising goods imported into the customs territory of the Community from third countries having been or which must be made the subject of specific information, notably by application of the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1468/81, present increased risk of fraud, the customs administrations of the Member States shall, by agreement with the Commission, take specific measures with a view to temporarily forbidding the use of the comprehensive guarantee.

The Parties shall support cooperation on public administration to promote the adjustment of administrative systems to open trading in goods and services between them.

The creditor shall administer the immovable property with good and reasonable care in the name and on behalf of the debtor, and shall produce, at the request of the court, a statement on administration.