Protocol on Jurisdiction and the Recognition of Decisions in Respect of the Right to the Grant of a European Patent (Protocol on Recognition)

(d) Conditions for granting type approval and their reciprocal recognition including any approval markings and conditions for ensuring conformity of production;

In order to be granted recognition of familiarity with the regulations which he supervises, the public officer must pass the test of knowledge laid down in these regulations.

Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts Which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions (*/)

The term ` 1958 Agreement` means the Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions.

From the entry into force of this Agreement, the Republic of Tajikistan shall grant to Community companies and nationals, in respect of the recognition and protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property, treatment no less favourable than that granted by it to any third country under bilateral agreements.

(1) If by a final decision it is adjudged that a person referred to in Article 60, paragraph 1, other than the applicant, is entitled to the grant of a European patent, that person may, within a period of three months after the decision has become final, provided that the European patent has not yet been granted, in respect of those Contracting States designated in the European patent application in which the decision has been taken or recognised, or has to be recognised on the basis of the Protocol on Recognition annexed to this Convention:

CONDITIONS FOR, GRANT OF AND WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION OF PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS

CONDITIONS FOR GRANT AND WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION OF INTERBRANCH ORGANISATIONS

notify the Commission, within two months, of every decision to grant or withdraw recognition.

aid can be granted to producer organisations created after 1 January 2000 for three years following the date of recognition.

That the principle of mutual recognition of driving licences entails full recognition of all entitlements which have been granted to a licence holder in accordance with national provisions in force at the time.

decide whether to grant recognition within three months of the submission of an application with all relevant supporting documents;

decide whether to grant recognition to a producer organisation within three months of the lodging of an application with all supporting documents;

Member States may grant recognition to an association of producer organisations provided it complies with the conditions laid down in Article 5.

Each Member State shall inform the Commission of the cases where the recognition referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 has been granted or withdrawn.

the accounting and budgetary rules necessary for the operation of the organisation, including the keeping of separate accounts for the activities for which recognition is granted;

Member States may grant aid to recognised producer groups for three years following the date of their recognition to encourage their formation and to facilitate their operation.

Before granting recognition Member States shall notify the Commission of the interbranch organisations which have applied for recognition, providing all relevant information about their representativeness and their various activities, together with all other information needed for an assessment.

The grounds for granting the recognition referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, shall be stated in due form by the responsible authority of the Member State and shall be officially published.

The specific recognition granted to producer organisations under this Article is a condition for eligibility for the financial aid provided under Article 15(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999.

For the five years following the date of recognition, the Member States shall grant recognised producer organisations assistance to encourage their establishment and assist with their administrative operation.

"producer organisations" means producer organisations as referred to in Articles 11 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 or groups that have been granted preliminary recognition under Article 14 of that Regulation;

The new Member States have the obligation to check a certain percentage of the producer organisations and producer groups each year concerning compliance with the recognition criteria, and the conditions for the grant of aid.

Under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables(2) contracts must be concluded for tomatoes, peaches and pears between processors approved by the competent authorities and producer organisations granted recognition or preliminary recognition.

up to 100 % of the costs of market research activities, product conception and design, including aid granted for the preparation of applications for recognition of denominations of origin or certificates of specific character in accordance with the relevant Community regulations;

By way of derogation from Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 478/97, Poland shall be granted a three-year transitional period from the date of accession during which the minimum requirements for the preliminary recognition of producer organisations shall be set at five producers and EUR 100 000. The duration of the preliminary recognition may not exceed a period of five years starting from the date of acceptance by the competent national authority.

A Member State shall grant recognition to a producer organisation which has its official headquarters on its territory but some of whose members are nationals of one or more other Member States, provided the conditions laid down in Article 5 are complied with.

A recognition granted by a national supervisory authority shall be valid within the Community for a renewable period of three years. National supervisory authorities may instruct any of the recognised organisations located in the Community to undertake these inspections and surveys.

In recognition of the important environmental role played by the nut sector in protection against erosion, fire prevention and preservation of indigenous genetic material, and of its important social role in keeping people on the land and thus furthering preservation of the countryside, it is appropriate, for the year 2001, to grant to those producer organisations whose improvement plans expire in 2001, and who continue to fulfil the recognition criteria, continued financing of their plans within the 2002 budget.

since the work of such organisations may contribute in general to attaining the goals of Article 33 of the Treaty and in particular those of this Regulation, it is appropriate, once the relevant forms of action are defined, that recognition be granted to those organisations which carry out practical steps to attain the above goals;

without prejudice to the aid referred to at (a), aid may be granted to producer organisations that have been specifically recognised under Article 7a(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 during the three years following the date of the specific recognition to facilitate the implementation of their plans to improve quality.

By way of derogation from Article 10 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78, Member States shall, for a period of five years from 1 November 1978, grant aid to recognized producer groups to encourage their formation and facilitate their administration, subject to the following conditions: (a) aid shall be granted for five years from the date of their recognition, and

Member States may grant specific recognition to producer organisations as referred to in Article 5(1) which market the products covered by common marketing standards as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2406/96(13) or products from aquaculture when they have submitted a plan to improve the quality of such products that has been approved by the competent national authorities.

The measures must not be based around commercial brands nor make reference to particular countries or a geographic zone, except in specific cases where official recognition of origin with reference to a specified geographical zone for a product or process is granted pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs(17).

By Council Decision 97/836/EC(5), the Community acceded to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions, done at Geneva on 20 March 1958, as revised on 16 October 1995.

With a view to ensuring the respect of the objectives of this Regulation whilst taking into consideration specific problems which may arise in certain Member States in the application of these provisions, the Member States concerned may, after consulting the Commission, whilst taking into consideration any additional criteria, grant for a transitional period of three marketing years, from the marketing year 1984/85, provisional recognition to such producers' organizations and their associations which make a request.

Having regard to Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions ("Revised 1958 Agreement")(1), and in particular Article 3(3) and the second indent of Article 4(2) thereof,

By way of derogation from Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003 and Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the new Member States may decide to consider producer organisations or groups which have been recognised before 1 May 2004 in accordance with national legislation, either as recognised producer organisations or producer groups granted preliminary recognition under Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (hereinafter referred to as "recognised producer organisations" and "recognised producer groups").

The principles of mutual recognition and of home Member State supervision require that the Member States' competent authorities should not grant or should withdraw authorisation where factors such as the content of programmes of operations, the geographical distribution or the activities actually carried on indicate clearly that an investment firm has opted for the legal system of one Member State for the purpose of evading the stricter standards in force in another Member State within the territory of which it intends to carry on or does carry on the greater part of its activities.

Operators in the new Member States are free to choose not to make use of these transitional provisions and apply the normal rules contained in Regulations (EC) No 1432/2003 and (EC) No 1433/2003 in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003 of 3 November 2003 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards aid to producer groups granted preliminary recognition(4) and in Commission Regulation (EC) No 103/2004 of 21 January 2004 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards intervention arrangements and market withdrawals in the fruit and vegetable sector(5).

Where rules for one or more products are extended and one or more of the activities referred to in Article 15(3)(a) are pursued by a recognised interbranch organisation and are in the general economic interest of those operators whose activities relate to one or more of the products concerned, the Member State which has granted recognition may decide that individuals or groups which are not members of the organisation but which benefit from those activities shall pay the organisation the equivalent of all or part of the financial contributions paid by its members, to the extent that such contributions are intended to cover costs directly incurred as a result of pursuing the activities in question.

Granting of recognition

For the sake of consistency, the grant of such recognition to a producer organisation must signify the termination of its recognition plan.

Specific recognition shall be granted within three months of lodging the application.

whereas, for the sake of consistency, the grant of such recognition to a producer organization must signify the termination of its recognition plan;