Whereas, in view of the conclusions of the Commission report on the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2137/92 (3), the goal set itself by the Council of making the use of the Community scale compulsory for all Community slaughterhouses approved for intra-Community trade, if possible during the 1999 marketing year and in any event before 1 January 2000, should not for the moment be pursued;

Whereas quotations for pig carcases are to be determined henceforth throughout the Community using the Community scale for grading pig carcases as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/86 (5), and the detailed rules for application as laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 (6);

Whereas Directive 94/45/EC provides for special treatment to be accorded to Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings in which there is, at 22 September 1996, an agreement covering the entire workforce providing for the transnational information and consultation of employees;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2), and in particular the last subparagraph of Article 2 (2), Article 3 (1) and the second subparagraph of Article 4 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 establishing the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2), and in particular the last subparagraph of Article 2 (2), Article 3 (1) and the second subparagraph of Article 4 (3) thereof,

Where an SE and its subsidiaries and establishments are subject to Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees(5), the provisions of that Directive and the provision transposing it into national legislation should not apply to it nor to its subsidiaries and establishments, unless the special negotiating body decides not to open negotiations or to terminate negotiations already opened.

Where an SCE and its subsidiaries and establishments are subject to Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees(5), the provisions of that Directive and the provisions transposing it into national legislation should not apply to it nor to its subsidiaries and establishments, unless the special negotiating body decides not to open negotiations or to terminate negotiations already opened.

interoperability within the trans-European high-speed train system is Community wide in scale;

whereas furthermore it is advisable that such products should satisfy certain technical requirements and, so far as pig carcases are concerned, that they should be classified according to Council Regulation No 211/67/EEC of 27 June 1967 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases;

it shall be classified in accordance with the Community scale for the classification of carcases laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81(12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91(13), and identified in accordance with Article 4(3)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000(14);

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2090/93 of 27 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 for establishing the market prices of adult bovine animals on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases

Whereas special treatment should be accorded to Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings in which there exists, at the time when this Directive is brought into effect, an agreement, covering the entire workforce, providing for the transnational information and consultation of employees;

It shall have the right to meet, at its request, the central management, or any other more appropriate level of management within the Community-scale undertaking or group of undertakings having its own powers of decision, so as to be informed and consulted on measures significantly affecting employees' interests.

COMMISSCOMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3402/85 of 2 December 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 as regards the recording of market prices of adult bovine animals on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases

Whereas interoperability within the trans-European high-speed train system is Community wide in scale;

The market price to be established on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals, referred to in the third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81, shall be the price delivered to the slaughterhouse, net of all taxes, paid to the supplier for the animal.

The market price to be established on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals, referred to in the third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 shall be the price paid to the supplier for the animal upon delivery to the slaughterhouse, net of value-added tax.

Whereas the Council, despite the existence of a broad consensus among the majority of Member States, was unable to act on the proposal for a Council Directive on the establishment of a European Works Council in Community-scale undertakings or groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (4), as amended on 3 December 1991 (5);

the extent of operations, in particular the frequency of intra- and extra-Community trade, and their financial scale;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 344/91 of 13 February 1991 laying down detailed rules for appliying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1186/90 of 7 May 1990 extending the scope of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3087/91 (3), lays down rules for the identification of carcases and half-carcases;

The identification referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1186/90 of carcases or half-carcases classified according to the Community scale for the classification of the carcases of adult bovine animals established by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 in approved establishments shall be carried out by means of a mark indicating the category and the class of conformation and fatness.

Whereas Article 3 (1) and (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 344/91 of 13 February 1991 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1186/90 to extend the scope of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2191/93 (3), lays down detailed rules for carrying out and controlling classification;

Establishments using automated grading techniques for the determination of the class of conformation and fat cover should ensure that the category of the carcass is identified in accordance with Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Community scale for the classification of carcasses of adult bovine animals(4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91(5).

When the yield of preferential sugar differs from the yield of standard quality, the scale of increases applied is that practised in international trade, which differs from the scale provided for the same purpose under Community rules for raw sugar produced in the Community.

Member States whose sheepmeat production exceeds 200 tonnes per year shall communicate to the Commission prior to the 15 March 1993 a confidential list of the slaughterhouses and/or other establishments participating for the establishment of prices according to the Community scale (hereinafter referred to as 'participating establishments`) together with an indication of the approximate annual throughput of these participating establishments.

As a result the Community industry has not been able to recover entirely, despite its efforts to reduce costs and to benefit from economies of scale.

The disclosure of information to and the consultation of representatives of the employees of the offeror and the offeree company should be governed by the relevant national provisions, in particular those adopted pursuant to Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees(4), Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies(5), Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees(6) and Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community - Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on employee representation(7).

In order to facilitate the levying of the excise duty, Member States may, for each group of manufactured tobacco, fix a scale of retail selling prices on condition that each scale has sufficient scope and variety to correspond in fact with the variety of Community products.

whereas the Community shipping industry needs to attain the necessary economies of scale in order to compete successfully on the world liner shipping market;

The alleged economies of scales therefore do not alter the causal link between dumped imported Taiwanese CD-R's and the injury suffered by the Community industry.

The economies of scale realised by Taiwanese exporting producers were thus relevant to explain the price differential between Taiwanese and Community produced CD-Rs.

COMMISSION DECISION of 7 September 1983 relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals

From 1 January 1991, slaughterhouses approved under Article 8 of Directive 64/433/EEC shall be obliged to take measures to ensure that by 1 January 1992 at the latest all carcases or half-carcases from animals slaughtered in slaughterhouses approved under Article 8 of Directive 64/433/EEC and bearing a health mark as provided for in Article 3 of that Directive are classified and identified in accordance with the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81.

Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 563/82 of 10 March 1982 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 for establishing the market prices of adult bovine animals on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcasses(5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2090/93(6), bases a criterion for distinguishing between the carcasses of young uncastrated male animals of less than two years and the carcasses of other older animals on the degree of ossification of certain vertebrae.

COMMISSION DECISION of 24 June 1992 amending Decision 83/471/EEC on the Community Inspection Committee on application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals

the potential of interventions and programmes to act as a catalyst and a multiplier in order to support the strategy of gender mainstreaming on a large scale in Community interventions;

COMMISSION DECISION of 5 July 1984 amending Decision 83/471/EEC relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals

COMMISSION DECISION of 11 March 1986 amending Decision 83/471/EEC relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals

COMMISSION DECISION of 23 April 1998 amending Decision 83/471/EEC relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult bovine animals

Whereas, given the scale and impact of the action proposed in the sector in question, the Community measures covered by this Directive are necessary, indeed essential, to achieve the aim in view, which is to establish Community vehicle type-approval;

Had the export sales not increased, the loss of economies of scale and the impact on the unit cost of the Community industry's production would have been even higher, leading to even greater financial losses.

Whereas, given the scale and impact of the action proposed in the sector in question, the Community measures which are the subject of this Directive are necessary, or even indispensable, to attain the objectives set, namely Community vehicle type approval;

Accordingly, oversupply and loss of export sales could in fact only have had an effect on the Community industry (in terms of a limited loss of economies of scale) because the dumped imports prevented it from taking full advantage of an expanding Community market.

The actions will therefore mobilise the community of researchers around medium to long term objectives, facilitating the integration of public and private effort on a European scale, to build essential competencies and strengthen innovation.

By Regulation (EEC) No 1103/93(2) the Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports into the Community of certain electronic weighing scales originating in Singapore and the Republic of Korea and falling within CN code ex 8423 81 50.

Whereas, in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, action at Community level is desirable in order to achieve harmonization in the field of air carrier liability and could serve as a guideline for improved passenger protection on a global scale;

The Commission shall fix an export levy for olive oil falling within subheading 15.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff where the difference between the cif price and the price recorded on the Community market is such as to encourage exportation on a scale likely to disturb the Community or the world market.

Whereas current cordless telephone systems in use in the Community, and the frequency bands they operate in, vary widely and may not allow the benefits of Europe-wide services or benefit from the economies of scale associated with a truly European market;

The overall objective of this activity is to promote the development of a fabric of research infrastructures of the highest quality and performance in Europe, and their optimum use on a European scale based on the needs expressed by the research community.

In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality set out in Article 5 of the Treaty, Community action on matters which do not fall within the exclusive competence of the Community, such as public health, should be undertaken only if and in so far as, by reason of its scale or effects, its objective can be better achieved by the Community.