Terrazzo tiles are a suitably compacted element of uniform shape and thickness, which meets specific geometrical requirements as defined by CEN/TC 229.

whereas, therefore, the system of derived intervention prices for oil seeds should be abolished and replaced by an intervention system with a single price level throughout the Community;

It also recommended the application of uniform tariff coefficients in order to determine the relative price level of international telecommunications leased circuits.

Whereas the intervention buying-in prices for paddy rice provided for in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 are replaced from the 1996/97 marketing year by a single intervention price;

where goods are invoiced at a uniform free domicile price which corresponds to the price at the place of introduction, transport costs within the Community shall not be deducted from that price.

whereas in the interests of clarity and presentation the minimum prices set in the Annexes to the aforementioned Annexes should be included in a single table attached to this Regulation;

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 29 June 1990 concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users

The introduction of a single intervention price for cereals has led to the accumulation of large intervention stocks of rye as a result of the lack of sufficient disposal outlets on internal and external markets.

Given the nature of data available for the export price, i.e. Eurostat, which does not distinguish between different types, a single weighted average normal value was established.

As regards medicinal products for human use, optional access to the centralised procedure should also be provided for in cases where use of a single procedure produces added value for the patient.

Council Directive 90/377/EEC of 29 June 1990 concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users(6).

Whereas, in the light of experience gained, the Interbull Centre should be designated as the reference body responsible for collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods and the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species,

Whereas, for the avoidance of confusion and in order to facilitate identification of consignments of eggs for the purposes of the enforcement of this Regulation, each packing centre should be allotted a distinguishing registration number based on a uniform coding system;

In order to achieve a measure of homogeneity, the Commission will define demand characteristics for 'marker price' consumers for each category, (i.e. 25 MW, 50 MW and 75 MW), which should be used by utilities where appropriate.

'single buyer` shall mean any legal person who, within the system where he is established, is responsible for the unified management of the transmission system and/or for centralized electricity purchasing and selling;

Where retailers selling direct to consumers belong to a single undertaking and are supplied by one or more central warehouses also belonging to that undertaking, such central warehouses shall, without prejudice to Article 11(2)(b), be obliged to keep records;

At the time of the 1996 Communication, liberalisation of the markets for several major services of general interest had been decided under the single market programme, but it was too early to judge what the effects in terms of quality, price and availability of services might be.

This Regulation lays down detailed rules for certain sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies of the Member States carried out in two successive stages, at the first stage by tender and at the second at prices fixed on a flat-rate basis in advance.

Consequently, the International Accounting Standards Committee believes that further experimentation is necessary before consideration can be given to requiring enterprises to prepare primary financial statements using a comprehensive and uniform system for reflecting changing prices.

The stronger the market position of the supplier, the higher the risk that a maximum resale price or a recommended resale price leads to a more or less uniform application of that price level by the resellers, because they may use it as a focal point.

Whereas the common marketing standards are also aimed at defining uniform trade characteristics for the products in question across the entire Community market in order to prevent distortions of competition and, secondly, to enable the market organization price arrangements to be applied uniformly;

These internal accounts shall include a balance sheet and a profit and loss account for each activity. Where Article 16 applies and access to the system is on the basis of a single charge for both transmission and distribution, the accounts for transmission and distribution activities may be combined.

ensure improved comparability, objectivity and reliability of data at European level by establishing indicators and common criteria of a non-binding nature, compliance with which may be recommended by the Centre, with a view to greater uniformity of the measurement methods used by the Member States and the Community;

With a view to recording prices, the Member States, with the exception of those in which Chapters I and II of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 do not apply pursuant to Article 21 of that Regulation, shall identify production areas made up of wine-growing regions where production is of a sufficiently uniform nature.

Whereas according to Article 109f of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 2 of the Protocol on the Statute of the European Monetary Institute (EMI), the EMI shall contribute to the realization of the conditions necessary for the transition to the third stage of economic and monetary union by strengthening the coordination of monetary policies with a view to ensuring price stability, making the preparations required for the establishment of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), for the conduct of a single monetary policy and for the creation of a single currency in the third stage, and overseeing the development of the ECU;

Equal treatment for all interested parties can be ensured only by introducing uniform and precisely defined provisions for adjusting the selling price, the denaturing premium or the export refund, as the case may be, and correcting export licences where the sugar is found to be of a quality other than that indicated in the invitation to tender.

to record, collate and assess data on the state of the environment, to draw up expert reports on the quality, sensitivity and pressures on the environment within the territory of the Community, to provide uniform assessment criteria for environmental data to be applied in all Member States, to develop further and maintain a reference centre of information on the environment.

Article 19 1. Veterinary experts from the Commission may, in conjunction with the competent national authorities and to the extent necessary for uniform application of the requirements of this Directive, verify that the border inspection posts approved in accordance with Article 6 and the quarantine centres approved in accordance with Article 10 satisfy the criteria listed respectively in Annexes A and B.

Whereas Council Directive 91/296/EEC of 31 May 1991 on the transit of natural gas through grids (4) and Council Directive 90/377/EEC of 29 June 1990 concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users (5) constitute a first phase of the completion of the internal market in natural gas;

Projects will address the main barriers hampering the development of a single market in public sector information, such as the possible need for common standards (for example in collecting methods), or the need for transparent pricing for public information access and use in the various Member States.

Whereas Council Directive 90/547/EEC of 29 October 1990 on the transit of electricity through transmission grids (4) and Council Directive 90/377/EEC of 29 June 1990 concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users (5), provide for a first phase for the completion of the internal market in electricity;

To implement that provision, Article 38 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1614/2001(4), provides that, subject to certain conditions, the aid is to be increased or reduced if the maximum buying-in price fixed by invitation to tender expressed in euro or, for the countries not participating in the single currency, in national currency is not the same on the last day of the contract period as on the first.

The Commission's Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Central Bank of 3 April 2001 on the preparations for the introduction of euro notes and coins announced that the Commission would consider using all the instruments at its disposal and would take all the steps necessary to ensure that the costs of cross-border transactions were brought more closely into line with the costs of domestic transactions, thus making the concept of the euro zone as a "domestic payment area" tangible and transparently clear to citizens.

These will generally be horizontal restrictions such as price cartels and market-sharing quotas, or other practices which jeopardize the proper functioning of the single market, such as the partitioning of national markets and clear-cut abuse of a dominant position by undertakings holding a virtual monopoly (see Decisions 91/297/EEC, 91/298/EEC, 91/299/EEC, 91/300/EEC and 91/301/EEC (1) - Soda Ash, 94/815/EC (2) - Cement, 94/601/EC (3) - Cartonboard, 92/163/EC (4) - Tetra Pak, and 94/215/ECSC (5) - Steel beams).

Where the maximum buying-in price fixed by invitation to tender in accordance with Article 13(2), expressed in euro or, for the countries not participating in the single currency, in national currency, and applying on the day of commencement of contractual storage, is higher than that applying on the last day of contractual storage, the aid determined in accordance with Article 34(2) shall be increased by an amount equal to any reduction in the maximum buying-in price in excess of 2 % of the price applying on the day of commencement of contractual storage.

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 441/69 of 4 March 1969 laying down additional general rules for granting export refunds on products subject to a single price system, exported unprocessed or in the form of certain goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 269/78 (14), provides in the second subparagraph of Article 2 (4) and in Article 3 (1) for the part of the refund calculated on the basis of the lowest rates to be paid as soon as the product has been brought under the special arrangement introduced by the said Regulation;