the decision to set up a unit composed of national prosecutors, magistrates or police officers of equivalent competence, detached from each Member State (Eurojust), having the task of facilitating proper coordination between national prosecuting authorities and of supporting criminal investigations in organised crime cases, was provided for in the Presidency conclusions of the European Council at Tampere on 15 and 16 October 1999;

The reason for this is that, as set out in Article 92 of the Schengen Convention, the SIS is to enable the authorities designated by the Member States, by means of an automated search procedure, to have access to alerts on persons and property for the purposes of border checks and other police and customs checks carried out within the country in accordance with national law, as well as for the purposes of issuing visas, residence permits and the administration of legislation on aliens in the context of the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the movement of persons.

Contribution from ECB for counterfeiting investigations

the `Commissariat général de la Police judiciaire` (Criminal Investigation Department),

Test system preparation, observations and examinations, before, during and at the conclusion of the study.

the ‘Commissariat général de la Police judiciaire’ (Criminal Investigation Department),

(c) Test system preparation, observations and examinations, before, during and at the conclusion of the study.

Council Directive of 21 November 1994 establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of civil aviation accidents and incidents.

Laboratory sample means a sample prepared for sending to a laboratory and intended for inspection or testing.

subject to the prior consent of the Member State where the information became available, for detecting, investigating and prosecuting other criminal offences.

subject to the prior consent of the Member State where the information became available, for detecting, investigation and prosecuting other criminal offences.

DIFT and IIFT used in combination to test organ, blood and exudates collected from animals showing clinical signs of the ASF may lead to a rapid and reliable confirmation of the disease.

(ii) the field covered by the investigation file;

The customs authorities shall take measures so that their officials responsible for the investigation or combating of breaches of customs legislation maintain personal and direct relations with each other.

This information shall be supplemented by lists, to be revised when necessary, of officials of those services responsible for preventing, investigating and combating contravention of customs legislation.

a specific software program (to be acquired) for creating and managing dossiers on specific issues and conducting searches on previous dossiers and existing document and databases;

Thus, the FTC has jurisdiction to investigate these companies for unfair and deceptive practices, while the FCC has concurrent jurisdiction to enforce its independent authority in this area as described below.

Each Contracting Party shall ensure that, on average, every 10th transmission of personal data is recorded in the national section of the Schengen Information System by the data file management authority for the purposes of checking whether the search is admissible or not.

'competent authorities' means the authorities designated by the Member States to centralise information, in particular the national central offices, and to detect, investigate or punish counterfeiting and offences related to counterfeiting of the euro;

Member States shall ensure the widest and speediest possible cooperation to facilitate an effective investigation and prosecution of offences concerning child pornography on the Internet in accordance with existing arrangements and agreements.

The Commission often contacts the main customers and competitors of the companies involved in its enquiries, to gather their views on the boundaries of the product market as well as most of the factual information it requires to reach a conclusion on the scope of the market.

Information available to the authorities of the Member States or the Commission relating to risks to consumer health and safety posed by products shall in general be available to the public, in accordance with the requirements of transparency and without prejudice to the restrictions required for monitoring and investigation activities.

(2) Consequently, the Commission does not enjoy powers of investigation and enforcement with regard to infringements of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty in respect of air transport between the Community and third countries equivalent to those enjoyed as regards air transport within the Community.

investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological process,

improving police cooperation in preventing and investigating criminal offences

Where appropriate, the Commission will contact the main customers and competitors of the parties in its enquiries, to gather their views on the boundaries of the geographic market as well as most of the factual information it requires to reach a conclusion on the scope of the market when they are sufficiently backed by factual evidence.

Whereas it is appropriate to take into account international methods for the microbiological examination of samples;

drawing up arrangements for police cooperation on crime prevention and investigation;

A Member State may delegate the task of carrying out an investigation into an accident or incident to another Member State.

The importance of the criminal hierarchy/organisation, or investigating the criminal activity of the members, their influence within the criminal milieu, degree of infiltration into public life, actual or potential damage caused, social relevance of the case and the degree to which it is rooted in the local criminal environment, the information also being used for strategic purposes.

'Code for the investigation of marine casualties' shall mean the Code for the investigation of marine casualties and incidents adopted by the IMO by means of Assembly Resolution A.849(20) of 27 November 1997;

Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like:

Such research, studies or surveys shall not be construed so as to include any investigation with regard to suspected violation of competition laws;

(i) a person or a business which is or has been the subject of an investigation file opened by a competent authority of a Member State, and which:

notifying enforcements and cooperation between the Parties in investigating harmful or unfair business practices;

The Committee shall evaluate the results of its inquiries in the areas of external border checks and arrangements for the movement of persons within airports.

(iii) data relating to investigation files which have led to a conviction or a fine shall not be retained beyond a period of 10 years.

The German Presidency is striving to improve police cooperation between the Contracting States in investigating criminal offences.

to that end, Member States will facilitate cooperation with the judicial process in the investigation and prosecution of such offences;

informing on the entry into force of legislation and promoting cooperation in investigating harmful or unfair business practices;

Officials of the requesting Party, authorised to investigate breaches of customs legislation may, in particular cases and. with the agreement of the requested Party, be present respectively in the Community or in Israel, when its officials are investigating breaches which are of concern to the requesting Party and may ask that the requested Party review relevant books, registers and other documents or data-media and supply copies thereof or provide any information relating to the breach.

The investigation of dumping in the review investigations covered the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999 (review IP).

The Contracting States agree that improved police cooperation in criminal investigation must not prejudice the powers of the judicial authorities.

Each Party shall cooperate with the other Party in the investigation and defence of any suit or proceeding where the interests of either Party are at risk.

b. ab ab interference with private causes of action, including the prevention, investigation or detection of legal claims or the right to a fair trial;

The competent authorities shall enter data from investigation files in the customs files identification database for the purposes set out in Article 12A(2).

- maximum benefit should be derived from cooperation between the Member States' competent authorities when investigating cross- border crime (point 43 of the conclusions),

a. ab ab interference with execution or enforcement of the law, including the prevention, investigation or detection of offenses or the right to a fair trial;

'Substantially interested State', 'lead investigating State' and 'marine casualty' shall have the same meaning as in the Code for the investigation of marine casualties.

Virus isolation is best suited for the investigation of samples from small numbers of animals rather than mass surveillance. The virus isolation procedure is labour-intensive and requires one to three days before results are available. Two further cell culture passages may be necessary in order to detect small amounts of the virus in the sample. This may lead to an investigation time of up to 10 days before a final result is obtained. Autolysed samples can be cytotoxic to the cell culture and consequently of limited use.