"Article 1 of the Convention of 28 May 1999 to waive the refund of costs of benefits in kind for sickness, maternity, accidents at work and occupational diseases and the costs incurred for administrative checks and medical examinations."

However, the administrator or persons appointed by him/her may at any time carry out an audit of the common costs of ATHENA incurred in preparation for, or further to, operations, or the operational common costs of an operation.

a table showing the revisions in the published year-on-year growth rates for total labour costs using the unadjusted series, for the last 12 quarters;

For reasons of efficiency and cost-effectiveness, such inspections may be undertaken within the framework of Directive 95/21/EC, when applicable.

The arrangement of 15 April 1997 concerning Article 36(3) and Article 63(3) of the Regulation (reimbursement or waiving of reimbursement of the cost of benefits in kind) and Article 105(2) of the implementing Regulation (waiving of refunds of the costs of administrative checks and medical examinations)`.

Where the opinion of the medical committee confirms the conclusions of the medical examination provided for in the first paragraph, the candidate shall pay 50 % of the fees and of the incidental costs.'

"(a) The Agreement of 28 April 1997 on the waiving of reimbursement of the costs of administrative checks and medical examinations pursuant to Article 105 of the implementing Regulation.

"The exchange of letters of 20 March 1997 and 3 April 1997 concerning Articles 36(3) and 63(3) of the Regulation (reimbursement or waiving of reimbursement of the costs of benefits in kind), and Article 105 of the implementing Regulation (waiving of the costs of administrative checks and medical examinations)."

Whereas it is appropriate that organisational arrangements for the maintenance of stocks are transparent, ensuring a fair and non-discriminatory sharing of the burden of the stock-holding obligation;

Apart from doctors ' fees, this appropriation is intended to cover the cost of check-ups (special examination analyses, etc.), consumables (dressings, medicines, etc.), special equipment and fittings and the administrative costs of the Invalidity Committee.

Production costs are calculated in accordance with the three-monthly outline statements of costs sent to the Commission by the coal undertakings or associations thereof.

In considering this claim, the methodology used to determine the cost of acquisition, as set out in recitals 29 to 32 of the provisional Regulation was also re-examined.

This transparency can be provided by an accounting system which ensures the fully proportionate distribution of all costs between reserved and non-reserved activities.

At present, it is not advisable to apply the principle of uniform charges for paper cheques as by nature they cannot be processed as efficiently as the other means of payment, in particular electronic payments. However, the principle of transparent charges should also apply to cheques.

ensure that the amount of the fee or charge shall be established in a transparent manner with the view to correspond to the real cost of the examination and administrative treatment of a dossier;

The Exchange of Letters of 25 March and 28 April 1997 regarding Article 105(2) of the implementing Regulation (waiving of reimbursement of the costs of administrative checks and medical examinations).

'The exchange of letters of 1 and 20 June 1995 concerning Articles 36 (3) and 63 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (reimbursement or waiving of reimbursement of the cost of benefits in kind) and Article 105 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 (waiving of reimbursement of the cost of administrative checks and medical examinations).`;

Costing and pricing rules for local loops and related facilities should be transparent, non-discriminatory and objective to ensure fairness.

'The exchange of letters of 18 August and 15 September 1994 regarding Articles 36 (3) and 63 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (reimbursement or waiving of reimbursement of the cost of benefits in kind) and Article 105 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 (waiving of reimbursement of the cost of administrative checks and medical examinations).`;

Whereas Eurostat must be able to act in accordance with the principles of impartiality, reliability, relevance, cost-effectiveness, statistical confidentiality and transparency;

As regards prices and costs, while implementing the principle of transparency and cost-orientation regarding access to the local loops of incumbent operators, they should respect the following principles:

"Agreement on the waiving of reimbursement of the costs of administrative checks and medical examinations provided for in Article 105(2) of the implementing Regulation in the form of a written record dated 29 April 1999."

These rules shall be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria taking particular account of all the costs and benefits associated with the connection of these producers to the grid.

Where, following a detailed examination of the costs of the checks referred to in point 2 (a) for a given product in its territory, a Member State considers that the actual costs cannot be covered by collecting fees in accordance with point 2 (b) in a given establishment, it shall be authorized to lay down arrangements for levying fees by the hour worked for establishments handling that product.

Member States shall be authorized to charge an amount exceeding the levels of the Community fees provided that the total fees charged by each Member State do not exceed the actual cost of inspection.

Of the reported costs of production, only the costs of manufacturing were corrected, as the reported SG& A expenses were found to be in line with the companies' audited accounts.

Member States shall collect an amount corresponding to the actual cost of checks on fishery products in establishments only chilling, freezing, packaging or storing.

Pricing questions in the telecommunications sector will be facilitated by the obligations under ONP Directives to have transparent cost-accounting systems.

the procedures for the inspection and acceptance of works and by which claims for reimbursement of expenditure are received, verified and validated, and by which payments to beneficiaries are authorized, executed and accounted for;

Eurostat shall execute its tasks in accordance with the principles of impartiality, reliability, relevance, cost-effectiveness, statistical confidentiality and transparency defined in Article 10 of the Basic Regulation.

Member States shall collect a health fee when the animals referred to in this Directive are imported to cover the costs occasioned by health inspections and checks, as provided for in Articles 4, 5, and 8.

Whereas, in order to ensure sound management of the universal service and to avoid distortions of competition, the tariffs applied to the universal service should be objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and geared to costs;

The Agreement of 28 June 2000 waiving reimbursement of the costs referred to in Article 105(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 for administrative checks and medical examinations requested under Article 51 of the abovementioned Regulation."

The exchange of letters of 13 January 1994 and 10 June 1994 regarding Article 36(3) and Article 63(3) of Regulation 1408/71 (waiving and reimbursement of costs of benefits in kind provided under the terms of Chapter 1 and 4 of Title III of Regulation 1408/71 with the exception of Article 22(1)(c) and Article 55(1)(c)), and also of the costs entailed in administrative checks and medical examinations referred to in Article 105 of Regulation 574/72.

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office ("HKETO") objected to the possible use of the cost of production submitted in the request for review to establish the normal value for Hong Kong exports.

subsidies between 50 and 80 % of the costs linked to information and communication actions, such as seminars, visits, joint reports, peer reviewing and similar dissemination and knowledge sharing actions (all action lines).

In order to ensure the best possible quality in both deontological and professional aspects, Community statistics shall be governed by the principles of impartiality, reliability, relevance, cost-effectiveness, statistical confidentiality and transparency.

Following the comments received by the Libyan exporting producer with regard to the calculation of loading and handling costs when exporting the product concerned to the Community, the Commission reviewed its calculations and found a calculation error which was corrected accordingly.

'The exchange of letters of 13 January 1994 and 10 June 1994 regarding Article 36 (3) and Article 63 (3) of Regulation 1408/71 (waiving of reimbursement of costs of benefits in kind provided under the terms of Chapter 1 and 4 of Title III of Regulation 1408/71 with the exception of Article 22 (1) (c) and Article 55 (1) (c), and also of the costs entailed in administrative checks and medical examination referred to in Article 105 of Regulation 574/72)`.

Member States shall ensure the collection of fees (Phytosanitary fee) to cover the costs occasioned by the documentary checks, identity checks and plant health checks provided for in Article 13a(1), which are carried out pursuant to Article 13.

a graph and a table showing annual unadjusted growth rates of the total labour cost index (NACE Rev. 1 sections) and of the ESA 95 compensation of employees per hours worked (A6 breakdown) with explanations for the differences in the growth rates for the last 12 quarters;

The Arrangement of 29 June 1979 and the additional Arrangement of 2 June 1993 concerning the partial waiving of reimbursement pursuant to Article 36 (3) and Article 63 (3) of the Regulation and the reciprocal waiving of reimbursement pursuant to Article 105 (2) of the implementing Regulation (partial waiving of reimbursement of the cost of benefits in kind in respect of sickness, maternity, accidents at work and occupational diseases, and waiving of reimbursement of the cost of administrative checks and medical examinations).`;

Any national scheme pursuant to Directive 2002/22/EC, serving to share the net cost of the provision of universal service obligations shall be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria and shall be consistent with the principles of proportionality and of least market distortion.

In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community statistics(5), those statistics are to be governed by the principles of impartiality, reliability, relevance, cost-effectiveness, statistical confidentiality and transparency.

The Sapard agency's accounting procedure shall ensure that the accounting system can produce, in euro and national currency, for each regional office, per project, contract or measure/sub-measure, the total cost, the committed expenditure, part payments and balance payments.

"Exceptionally, in the case of projects concerning satellite positioning and navigation systems as provided for in Article 17 of Decision No 1692/96/EC(8), the total amount of Community aid under this Regulation may reach 20 % of the total, investment cost as from 1 January 2003 following a review."

All expenditure incurred pursuant to this Article, including the costs of inspection and checks required thereby, shall be chargeable to the person responsible for the load or his representative, without indemnification by the Member State, in accordance with the principles deriving from Article 1 of Directive 85/73/EEC.

Whereas certain rules regarding the checks provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87 should be specified more clearly by defining the minimum items of information to be checked and, on account of the cost and administrative difficulties, the simplified system for declarations relating to small areas;

Any national scheme pursuant to Directive 2002/22/EC, serving to share the net cost of the provision of universal service obligations shall be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria and shall be consistent with the principle of proportionality and of least market distortion.

near the end of the second year, jointly review the joint technical activities in point I above, for example, licensing preparations, cost estimates, organisational evolution, construction preparations and domestic situations and, thereupon, prepare a joint assessment for use by each Party.