Coordinate and harmonize these activities for cooperation in the field of reforestation and forest management with the relevant activities pursued elsewhere, such as those under FAO, UNEP, the World Bank, regional banks and other competent organizations.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2646/98 of 9 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of tariffs in the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (Text with EEA relevance)

Whereas, following the experience gained and pending the adoption of harmonized public health rules for the production of gelatins, the list of third countries from which Member States authorize the importation of gelatins intended for human consumption should be extended;

with the aim of harmonizing these regulations at a high level of protection as well as for the harmonized implementation of corresponding measures the Contracting Parties shall take into account results and proposals put forward by the International Commission;

whereas, in order to facilitate such recognition, it is necessary, in particular, to lay down harmonized Community procedures and to harmonize the criteria to be taken into account in selecting the bodies responsible for examination, monitoring and verification;

Whereas, in the course of implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91, certain minor discrepancies have come to light in the identification of the products for which data are required and it is desirable in introduce a harmonized format for the submission of data on magnetic media,

Whereas Article 5 (3) of that Directive states that PPE for which harmonized standards are not available may continue on a transitional basis, until 31 December 1992, to be subject to national arrangements already in force on the date of adoption of the Directive;

Whereas the general rules of hygiene for foodstuffs to be observed at the time of preparation, processing, manufacturing, packaging, storing, transportation, distribution, handling and offering for sale or supply to the consumer must be harmonized in order to protect human health;

Whereas it is necessary to provide for the orderly introduction of Community procedures for the authorization of medicinal products alongside the national procedures of the Member States which have already been extensively harmonized by Directives 65/65/EEC, 75/319/EEC and 81/851/EEC;

Whereas, pending the adoption of harmonized standards, which will be very numerous because of the broad scope of application and the preparation of which within the deadline set for the creation of the internal market will involve a great deal of work, it would be advisable to maintain, on a transitional basis and subject to the requirements of the Treaty, the status quo as regards conformity with existing national standards for personal protective equipment not covered by a harmonized standard at the date of adoption of this Directive;

Whereas it is necessary to draw up harmonized requirements concerning the braking of two or three-wheel motor vehicles in order to enable the type-approval and component type-approval procedures laid down in Directive 92/61/EEC to be applied for each type of such vehicle;

Whereas this Directive is intended to harmonize national provisions for the design and installation of passenger seats on agricultural tractors but not to standardize the requirements as to whether or not agricultural tractors are to be fitted compulsorily with such seats;

Whereas the national provisions for the safety and health protection of patients, users and, where appropriate, other persons, with regard to the use of medical devices should be harmonized in order to guarantee the free movement of such devices within the internal market;

Whereas it is necessary to harmonize these different national provisions in order to ensure the free movement of these products, without in any way reducing the valid levels of protection already required in the Member States, and to provide for any necessary increase therein;

Whereas it is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report after three years of experience with this Regulation, together with, if necessary, proposals for improving statistical surveys and whereas the Commission should consider the feasibility of a harmonized Community survey after 1992;

whereas, in this connection, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has been recognized as one of the two bodies competent to adopt harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines for cooperation between the Commission and CEN and Cenelec, ratified on 13 November 1984;

Whereas, as a basis for the harmonized standards or other technical specifications at European level and for the drawing up or granting of European technical approval, interpretative documents will be established in order to give concrete form to the essential requirements at a technical level;

Whereas the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden obliges Austria to establish a vineyard register by 31 December 1996 at the latest; whereas all the time limits for the establishment of vineyard registers should be harmonized on that laid down in the Act of Accession;

The Commission will give specific details of the work conducted in the field of harmonized standards in the framework of the report submitted to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Directive 83/189/EEC and provided for in Article 11 (2) of that Directive.

A delegation of the Hong Kong Government and a delegation of the European Community met in Brussels on 13 April 1988 for consultations on problems arising from the transfer of rubberized knitted gloves from category 67 to category 10 on the implementation of the Harmonized System.

whereas, however, in the event of a serious presumption of irregularity, the veterinary check could be carried out while the animals and products are in transit and whereas it is possible to continue to provide for the placing into quarantine in areas which have not been harmonized;

Whereas in the field of vehicles, their components and separate technical units, it is necessary to envisage a specific directive within the framework of the system for European type-approval which provides for approvals granted by designated national authorities to harmonized technical requirements;

Whereas, in Decision 90/683/EEC of 13 December 1990 concerning the modules for the various phases of the conformity assessment procedures which are intended to be used in the technical harmonization directives (1), the Council has laid down harmonized conformity assessment procedures;

The identification or recognition marks directly or indirectly relating to health and safety affixed to these types or classes of PPE must preferably take the form of harmonized pictograms or ideograms and must remain perfectly legible throughout the foreseeable useful life of the PPE.

Whereas, as a first step towards harmonized conditions, Member States should be prohibited in the case of the genera and species referred to in Annex II, for which fact-sheets will be drawn up, from imposing new conditions or restrictions on the marketing, other than those provided for in this Directive;

whereas for that purpose the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) are recognized as the competent bodies for the adoption of harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines for cooperation between the Commission and those two bodies signed on 13 November 1984;

Whereas the Council, in its Decision 90/683/EEC of 13 December 1990 concerning the modules for the various phases of the conformity assessment procedures which are intended to be used in the technical harmonization directives (5), introduced harmonized means of applying procedures for conformity assessment;

whereas, for that purpose, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) are recognized as the competent bodies for the adoption of harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines for cooperation between the Commission and those two bodies signed on 13 November 1984;

whereas, for this purpose, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) are recognized as the bodies competent to adopt harmonized standards which follow the general guidelines for cooperation between the Commission and those two bodies, signed on 13 November 1984;

Joint bodies according to this Convention shall invite joint bodies, established by coastal States for the protection of the marine environment directly affected by transboundary impact, to cooperate in order to harmonize their work and to prevent, control and reduce the trans-boundary impact.

Whereas in the context of the Community policy of harmonizing national animal health provisions governing intra-Community trade in animals and animal products, it is now necessary to create a harmonized system for intra-Community trade and imports into the Community of embryos of bovine animals;

Whereas the need for harmonized statistics requires that the data submitted by the Community Member States under the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 fn should be extended to include submissions of data on landings by EFTA vessels and, on an optional basis, by vessels of third countries;

whereas these preparations should be brought under Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 in order to be able to lay down common marketing standards for these products necessary for ensuring harmonized information of consumers and fair competition; whereas the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 should be adapted accordingly,

The competent authorities shall coordinate their alarm, intervention and notification plans for averting dangers from high water and ice, for measures following accidents with harmful substances and in the event of critical conditions of the aquatic environment and shall, where necessary, draw up harmonized guidelines.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 - as regards minimum standards for the treatment of insurance in the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices and modifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (Text with EEA relevance)

harmonize or make comparable their monitoring and assessment methods as applied on their domestic levels, in particular in the field of river quality, emission control, flood forecast and water balance, with a view to achieving comparable results to be introduced into the joint monitoring and assessment activities,

whereas, to this end, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) are recognized as the competent bodies for the adoption of harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines on cooperation between the Commission and these two bodies signed on 13 November 1984;

Whereas, pending the abolition of tax frontiers required to achieve a true internal market, it is necessary to harmonize and relax certain formalities necessary for the grant of the import exemption provided for in Directive 83/183/EEC, particularly as regards the drawing-up of an inventory of the property and proof of the existence of the normal residence;

The PPE referred to in Article 8(2) for which harmonized standards are not available may continue on a transitional basis, until 31 December 1992 at the latest, to be subject to national arrangements already in force on the date of adoption of this Directive, provided that such arrangements are compatible with the provisions of the Treaty.

whereas, to this end, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) are the competent bodies which have been authorized to adopt harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines governing cooperation between the Commission and those two institutions ratified on 13 November 1984;

Whereas the aim of the Directive is to ensure that where animals are used for experimental or other scientific purposes the laws, regulations and administrative provisions in the Member States for their protection are harmonized so as to avoid affecting the establishment and functioning of the common market, in particular by distortions of competition or barriers to trade;

Whereas performance levels and requirements to be fulfilled by products in future in the Member States shall be laid down in classes in the interpretative documents and in the harmonized technical specifications in order to take account of different levels of essential requirements for certain works and of different conditions prevailing in the Member States;

For the purposes of this Directive, reference to harmonized standards also includes the monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia notably on surgical sutures and on interaction between medicinal products and materials used in devices containing such medicinal products, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Products covered by headings No 24.02 and 24.03 of the Harmonized System which are manufactured in the Community from raw tobacco and which meet the conditions of Article 3 (1) shall be eligible, when imported into the Principality of Andorra, for a preferential rate corresponding to 60 % of the rate applied in the Principality of Andorra for the same products vis-a-vis third countries.

Products covered by headings No 24.02 and 24.03 of the Harmonized System which are manufactured in the Community from raw tobacco and which meet the conditions of Article 3 (1) shall be eligible, when imported into the Principality of Andorra, for a preferential rate corresponding to 60 % of the rate applied in the Principality of Andorra for the same products vis-á-vis third countries.

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will endeavour to harmonize its existing regulations and standards for road construction with the legislation prevailing in the Community by the end of 1997 and will make major efforts for improvement of the existing routes mentioned in Article 5 to those new regulations and standards within the proposed time, in accordance with its financial possibilities.

The goal of maintaining price stability (Article 105 of the Treaty) and providing information for the euro-zone monetary policy of the ECB requires that, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices (1), the quality of the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICPs) should be maintained and further improved.

Whereas numerous Regulations in the poultrymeat sector must be adapted technically and as regards certain points of substance to take account of the use of the new combined nomenclature based on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System which is intended to replace the Convention of 15 December 1950 on Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs;

Whereas, notwithstanding that the collection and treatment of data and the organization of surveys at national level ought to remain the responsibility of the statistical services of the Member States, the Commission must ensure the collection, coordination and harmonization of statistical information at European level and provide for the harmonized methodologies for the management of Community policies;

whereas, for the purposes of this Directive, 'harmonized standard' means a text setting out technical specifications adopted by CEN under a mandate conferred by the Commission, in accordance with Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (4) and in keeping with the abovementioned general guidelines;