In order not to hamper the proper functioning of the internal market, the enforcement of the new Member States' national rules during the transitional periods referred to in Annexes V to XIV to the Act of Accession of 16 April 2003 shall not lead to border controls between Member States.

(4) [Transitional Provisions Concerning Languages] Rule 6 as in force before April 1, 2004 shall continue to apply to any international application which was received, or in accordance with Rule 11(1)(a) or (c) is deemed to have been received, by the Office of origin before that date, to any international registration resulting therefrom and to any communication relating thereto.

HAVING regard to the possible unfavourable impact of the expiry of these transitional trade preferences provided for under the Cotonou Agreement on trade between the two Parties if they fail to replace it with an agreement which is compatible with the rules of the World Trade Organisation by 1 January 2008;

If transitional measures are necessary to facilitate the transition from the existing regime in the new Member States to that resulting from the application of the Union veterinary and phytosanitary rules, such measures shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the relevant procedure as determined in the applicable legislation.

(3) [Transitional Provisions Applicable to International Registrations for Which Fees Have Been Paid for 20 Years] (a) Where an international registration for which the required fees had been paid for 20 years is the subject of a subsequent designation under Rule 24 and where the current term of protection of that international registration expires more than ten years after the effective date of the subsequent designation as determined in accordance with Rule 24(6), the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) shall apply.

To assist in this review, the TMB shall, at least five months before the end of each stage, transmit to the Council for Trade in Goods a comprehensive report on the implementation of this Agreement during the stage under review, in particular in matters with regard to the integration process, the application of the transitional safeguard mechanism, and relating to the application of GATT 1994 rules and disciplines as defined in Articles 2, 3, 6 and 7 respectively.

The Government has, in order to support the companies which are about to complete the transitional restructuring and to improve the position of companies facing difficulties, prepared the Act Governing the Rescue and Restructuring Aid for Companies in Difficulty (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 110/02) which represents the legal basis for granting funds to those companies in accordance with the EU rules on granting state aid for the purposes of business, financial and human resources restructuring as the starting-point for their competitiveness in the future.

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL RULES

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL RULES

In order to provide legal cover for the operations in question, it is necessary to insert into Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 a transitional rule whereby textile products which are shipped prior to 1 May 2004 from the acceding Member States out of the Community for processing, and which are re-imported into the 10 new Member States on or after 1 May 2004, are exempt from quantitative limits or presentation of an import authorisation.

In order to enable certain operations to take place, it is necessary to insert into Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 a transitional rule whereby textile products whose importation into the Community is otherwise subject to quantitative limits or surveillance, and which are shipped into the Community prior to 1 May 2004 but which enter the ten new Member States on or after 1 May 2004, will qualify for import authorisations that are granted automatically.

Whereas it is necessary to provide for transitional rules in order to abolish crop specific payments for oilseeds from the 2002/2003 marketing year onwards;

Whereas it should be possible to adopt transitional rules to facilitate the transition from existing support schemes to the new rural development support scheme;

Detailed implementing rules to ensure the smooth operation of the above transitional regime shall be adopted in accordance with Article 31 of Directive 92/46/EEC.

That Regulation establishes that the Commission shall propose further detailed transitional rules for products for which adequate justification has been provided.

in order to facilitate the change to the new scheme, transitional provisions are needed for the notification rules and the obligation to mark and identify animals;

During the transitional period, detailed rules for the removal and the destruction of specified risk materials are laid down in Annex XI, part A, to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.

It should also be clarified that the rules in that Regulation concerning the placing on the market of live ovine and caprine animals, their semen, embryos and ova, apply during the transitional period.

Detailed implementing rules to ensure the smooth operation of the above transitional regime shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.

So as to avoid unnecessary burdens on operators, provisions should be enacted to ensure that products labelled in accordance with the existing rules may continue to be marketed, and that labels printed in accordance with those rules may be used during a transitional period.

The full Swedish basic pension awarded under the basic pension legislation which applied before 1 January 1993 and the full basic pension awarded under the transitional rules to the legislation applying from that date.

It is therefore necessary to adopt transitional measures concerning the rules of eligibility of operators of the new Member States under the import schemes provided for in Regulations (EC) No 936/97 and (EC) No 1279/98.

In the interests of consistency of Community legislation those rules should in particular clarify which genetically modified material is covered by such transitional measures and how the 0,5 % threshold is to be applied.

Detailed implementing rules to ensure the smooth operation of the above transitional regime shall be adopted in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 64/433/EEC, Article 20 of Directive 77/99/EEC and Article 15 of Directive 91/493/EEC.

In order not to hamper the proper functioning of the internal market, the enforcement of the new Member States' national rules during the transitional periods referred to in Annexes V to XIV shall not lead to border controls between Member States.

Whereas provision should be made for transitional arrangements to enable pressure equipment, manufactured in accordance with the national rules in force before this Directive is brought into effect, to be placed on the market and put into service;

Any transitional measure necessary to facilitate the transition from the existing regime in the new Member States to that resulting from the application of phytosanitary rules shall be limited to a period of three years following the date of accession.

Before the expiry of the transitional period, the Council, voting unanimously on a proposal by the Commission and after consulting the Assembly, shall issue directives for the co-ordination of the aforementioned laws, regulations or administrative rules.

So as to allow a reasonable period for those measures to be adopted and for operators to adapt to the new rules, some of the Council provisions repealed by Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 should remain in force for a further brief transitional period.

Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 provides that detailed rules are to be adopted for implementing the transitional measures for the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation.

Whereas, in order to allow the time necessary to set up a Community inspection system to ensure that third countries comply with the guarantees provided for in this Directive, national rules on checks should be maintained for a transitional period as regards these countries;

In order to facilitate the adjustment of the new Member States to the rules in force within the Communities, the application of the original Treaties and acts adopted by the institutions shall, as a transitional measure, be subject to the derogations provided for in this Act.

Save for the exceptions or derogations provided for in this Treaty, the expiry of the transitional period shall constitute the latest date by which all the rules laid down must enter into force and all the measures required for establishing the common market must be implemented.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 427/2003(1) of 3 March 2003 on a transitional product-specific safeguard mechanism for imports originating in the People's Republic of China and amending Regulation (EC) No 519/94 on common rules for imports from certain third countries,

Finnish national pensions determined according to the National Pensions Act of 8 June 1956 and awarded under the transitional rules of the National Pensions Act (547/93) and the additional amount of the child's pension in accordance with the Survivors' Pension Act of 17 January 1969.

Provisions of this Act the purpose or effect of which is to repeal or amend acts adopted by the institutions, otherwise than as a transitional measure, shall have the same status in law as the provisions which they repeal or amend and shall be subject to the same rules as those provisions.

In order to avoid confusing importers and customs authorities, and pending the deletion of those codes from the Combined Nomenclature, the said Article should be adjusted and transitional rules adopted for licences issued before the date of entry into force of the agreement with Switzerland.

In order to ensure a smooth transition to the regime provided by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 transitional measures laid down in that Regulation as regards requests and notifications of products falling within the scope of other Community legislation, should be subject to implementing rules.

For the customs duties relating to oilseeds and oleaginous fruits and products derived therefrom, falling within Regulation No 136/66/EEC, and for the agricultural products subject to transitional arrangements by stages under Articles 309 to 341, the same rule shall apply until 31 December 1995.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2004 of 28 January 2004 laying down rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 as regards the transitional rural development measures applicable to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia

Detailed implementing rules to ensure the smooth operation of the above transitional regime shall be adopted in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 64/433/EEC, Article 21 of Directive 71/118/EEC, Article 20 of Directive 77/99/EEC, Article 14 of Directive 89/437/EEC and Article 31 of Directive 92/46/EEC.

Provisions of this Act the purpose or effect of which is to repeal or amend acts adopted by the institutions of the Communities; otherwise than as a transitional measure, shall have the same status in law as the provisions which they repeal or amend and shall be subject of the same rules as those provisions.

Provisions of this Act the purpose or effect of which is to repeal or amend acts adopted by the institutions of the Communities, otherwise than as a transitional measure, shall have the same status in law as the provisions which they repeal or amend and shall be subject to the same rules as those provisions.

Provision should be made for transitional arrangements to enable the new rules and measures to be applied gradually, whilst respecting the acquired rights of the staff in the framework of the Community system before the entering into force of these amendments to the Staff Regulations and taking account of their legitimate expectations.