an instrument against the barriers that prevent, at European level, the establishment and functioning of the single market in the areas they address,

Whereas the smooth operation of the arrangements in the single market calls for uniform procedures for issuing and checking such prior authorizations;

The inability of insurance intermediaries to operate freely throughout the Community hinders the proper functioning of the single market in insurance.

whereas the Single Market makes it incrasingly necessary to ensure that an equality of opportunity exists between both public and private undertakings;

In the light of this, the central role of competition for the Community appears clear, especially in view of the completion of the single market for 1992.

Whereas Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the European Single Market (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

whereas such differences thus constitute a barrier to trade in these products, thereby directly affecting the establishment and functioning of the single market;

The Commission action plan for financial services(1) identifies a series of actions that are required in order to complete the single market for financial services.

For the proper functioning of the system of veterinary checks in the single market all the information pertaining to a product should be brought together in a single document with a uniform design to reduce problems of differences of language in different Member States.

Since the introduction of the single administrative document on 1 January 1988, customs legislation has undergone fundamental changes, in particular as a result of the introduction of the single market on 1 January 1993 and of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 on 1 January 1994.

Having regard to the resolution of the European Parliament of 22 January 1993 concerning the green paper on the development of the single market for postal services (4),

By the same token, it is likely that, for certain uses, mobile systems will be comprised in a single market with certain services offered on the public switched network.

IT MUST WHEREVER POSSIBLE BE MARKED ON A SINGLE LINE.

It must wherever possible be marked on a single line.

whereas this will lead to greater competitive pressures and to a need for the Commission to be vigilant in ensuring that the full benefits of the Single Market are achieved;

Section 4 presents some preliminary results from experience with the application of the universal service principle in sectors liberalised under the single market programme.

whereas it is also appropriate to use as a basis the traditions and customs of the various Community regions, at least insofar as these are compatible with the single market;

to provide political advice and oversight on both internal issues (e.g. single market, including implementation of the Financial Services action plan) and external issues (e.g. WTO);

The definitions of terms(2), the views and the objectives laid down in the 1996 communication on the future role of these services in the context of the single market remain valid today.

In order to function, the internal market requires statistical standards applicable to the collection, transmission and publication of national and Community statistics so that all operators in the single market can be provided with comparable statistical data.

proportionality requiring that restrictions of competition and limitations of the freedoms of the single market do not exceed what is necessary to guarantee effective fulfilment of the mission.

Whereas, for consumers, cross-border distance selling could be one of the main tangible results of the completion of the internal market, as noted, inter alia, in the communication from the Commission to the Council entitled 'Towards a single market in distribution`;

Whereas the establishment of a single market for all the products in question involves the removal at the internal frontiers of the Community of all obstacles to the free movement of these goods;

Cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities are essential in order to protect customers and ensure the soundness of insurance and reinsurance business in the single market.

In the application of competition rules the Commission endeavours to avoid the adopting of State measures or undertakings erecting or maintaining artificial barriers incompatible with the single market.

Whereas trade in goods between Member States should be carried on under conditions which are similar to those of a single market, and this necessitates approximation of the legal systems of the Member States to the extent required for the proper functioning of the common market;

This will contribute to the integration and cost-efficiency of the financial market as well as to the stability of the financial system in the Community, thereby supporting the freedom to provide services and the free movement of capital in the single market in financial services.

It is important, in the context of achieving the aims of the single market, to adopt measures designed to consolidate progressively this market and those measures must contribute to attaining a high level of consumer protection, in accordance with Articles 95 and 153 of the Treaty.

Deregulation, the objective of a single market for 1992 and the fundamental changes in the telecommunications technology have caused wide strategic restructuring in Europe and throughout the world as well.

In a Single Market having the characteristics of a domestic market, transactions between companies of different Member States should not be subject to less favourable tax conditions than those applicable to the same transactions carried out between companies of the same Member State.

whereas appropriate provisions must also be adopted, within the framework of a common organisation of markets, so as to permit the establishment of a single market for all the other products listed in that Annex;

Both this political statement and the changes currently under way point to the need for a proactive stance on general interest services, which incorporates and goes beyond the approach based on the single market.

In order to ensure the uniform application of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 in the light of changing market practice and to facilitate the effective operation of the single market, the Commission may adopt, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2), implementing measures which define:

whereas, therefore, the provisions of the Treaty which allow the assessment of aids granted by Member States and the prohibition of those which are incompatible with the single market should be made to apply to rice;

Whereas the creation of a single market in raw tobacco necessitates the application of Community intervention measures so that Community producers may dispose of their produce under conditions equivalent to those existing for most of the produce within the framework of national market organisations;

"- 10 % of the money market instruments of any single issuing body,";

Whereas lack of Community action against money laundering could lead Member States, for the purpose of protecting their financial systems, to adopt measures which could be inconsistent with completion of the single market;

Whereas the introduction of a standard application and prior authorization form will facilitate the application of the arrangements in the single market, and in particular administrative cooperation between the Member States;

Whereas on 11 June 1992 the Commission presented a Green Paper on the development of the single market for postal services and, on 2 June 1993, a Communication on the guidelines for the development of Community postal services;

On the basis of currently available information, liberalisation of services under the single market programme appears to have had a positive impact on the availability, quality and affordability of services of general interest.

The United States undertake to continue the recognition of freedom of individual Member States from specified animal diseases, without the application of additional safeguards, after implementation of the single market strategy.

The Community involvement with services of general interest goes beyond developing the single market, including providing for instruments to ensure standards of quality, the coordination of regulators and the evaluation of operations.

Following the completion of the single market and the liberalisation of capital movements, it has also become apparent that there is a need to examine the particular effects of aid granted in the form of tax measures and to spell out the consequences as regards assessment of the aid's compatibility with the common market (2).

Whereas, in anticipation of the total eliminations of internal frontiers linked to the establishment of the single market, these additional facilities should be extended from 1 January 1992 to operations under cover of NATO form 302 as well;

Whereas in order to achieve the objectives set for the European Communities, in particular the establishement of the single market provided for in the Single European Act, leading representatives from the scientific, economic and social fields must be consulted regularly with a view to determining the objectives, priorities and nature of the information required to support Community policies;

In order not to risk creating or aggravating problems related to any dominant position of market participant(s), capping of the amount of capacity that can be bought/possessed/used by any single market participant in an auction shall be seriously considered by the competent regulatory authorities in the design of any auction mechanisms.

The Commission's undertaking regarding State aid in the form of tax measures forms part of the wider objective of clarifying and reinforcing the application of the State aid rules in order to reduce distortions of competition in the single market.

Whereas, in order to function, the internal market requires statistical standards applicable to the collection, transmission and publication of national and Community statistics so that undertakings, financial institutions, governments and all other operators in the single market can be provided with reliable and comparable statistical data;

Whereas, in order to function, the internal market requires statistical standards applicable to the collection, transmission and publication of national and Community statistics so that undertakings, financial institutions, governments and all other operators in the Single Market can be provided with reliable and comparable statistical data;

whereas successive European Councils have recognized the need for a single internal market and, particularly in Rhodes, the need for a single energy market;