Since Slovenia gained independence the quality of surface waters and air has improved, while the quality of groundwater in certain areas has been declining.

Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of diseases, mortality and premature death and of inferior quality of life of the inhabitants of the EU member states.

Strengths and weaknesses of the present state were analysed as a starting-point for the improvement of the professional work quality and for the simulataneous implementation of the working plan.

The majority of surface watercourses is excessively polluted (29% fall into the third and fourth water quality class). The pollution is spreading towards river sources. The quality of groundwater has been deteriorating recently.

Owing to the increased possibility for a disability which limits movement and access to the public transport, the elderly without their own vehicles are handicapped and have a dimininished quality of life.

(a) ` Pollution` means the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment, including estuaries, which results, or is likely to result, in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources and marine life, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities, including fishing and other legitimate uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of seawater and reduction of amenities.

F/2 Rough grazing

F/2 (rough grazing) +

in view of the poor quality of wine obtained from overpressing, this practice should be prohibited and provision should be made, in order to prevent it, for the compulsory distillation of marc and lees;

Having been restricted by low start-up funds, Kanal A was compelled to purchase programs of low quality with no potentials to attract the audience. The share of the programs made in-house was very small, the only exception having been the news program which unfortunately did not last long.

THE PERMITTED DEFECTS MUST NOT IMPAIR THE KEEPING QUALITY, APPEARANCE OR UTILITY OF THE PRODUCTS.

Finally, congestion and poor use of available air space means that the quality of service suffers and delays become more frequent.

These reports shall deal with the qualitative, quantitative, operational, administrative and organisational aspects and should pinpoint shortcomings or weaknesses, whilst proposing solutions.

However, where the representative cif price for a lower quality common wheat is higher than that for higher quality common wheat, the higher representative cif price shall be used for calculating the duty applicable to the qualities immediately above whose representative cif price is lower.

QUALITY IV: LEAF POOR, PAPERY OR CRUDE, WITH MARKED HANDLING DEFECTS AND DISEASE INJURIES, COMING FROM ALL PRIMINGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, NOT UNIFORM IN COLOUR, BUT HAVING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERVENTION.

In particular, exceptional circumstances, the representative cif prices calculated in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 result in a duty being fixed for lower quality common wheat that is less than that for higher quality common wheat.

QUALITY IV: LEAF POOR, PAPERY OR CRUDE, WITH MARKED CURING DEFECTS, COMING FROM ALL PRIMINGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, NOT UNIFORM IN COLOUR, SHOWING MARKED INTEGRITY DEFECTS AND DISEASE INJURIES, BUT HAVING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERVENTION.

QUALITY IV: POOR LEAF, PAPERY OR CRUDE, WITH MARKED CURING DEFECTS, COMING FROM ALL PRIMINGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, NOT UNIFORM IN COLOUR, SHOWING MARKED DEFECTS OF INTEGRITY AND DISEASE INJURIES, BUT HAVING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERVENTION.

QUALITY IV: LEAF POOR, PAPERY OR CRUDE, WITH MARKED HANDLING DEFECTS, FROM ALL PRIMINGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, NOT UNIFORM IN COLOUR, SHOWING MARKED INTEGRITY DEFECTS AND DISEASE INJURIES, BUT HAVING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERVENTION.

QUALITY IV: POOR LEAF, PAPERY OR CRUDE, WITH MARKED HANDLING DEFECTS, COMING FROM ALL PRIMINGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, NOT UNIFORM IN COLOUR, SHOWING MARKED DEFECTS OF INTEGRITY AND DISEASE INJURIES, BUT HAVING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERVENTION.

QUALITY IV: POOR LEAF, PAPERY OR CRUDE, WITH MARKED HANDLING DEFECTS, COMING FROM ALL PRIMINGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, NOT UNIFORM IN COLOUR, SHOWING MARKED INTEGRITY DEFECTS AND SERIOUS DISEASE INJURIES, BUT HAVING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERVENTION.

In cases where third countries grant subsidies on exports of medium or low quality common wheat to European or Mediterranean basin countries so that world market prices can be undercut, the Commission may take account of those subsidies in establishing the representative cif price for importation into the Community."

QUALITY IV: POOR LEAF, PAPERY OR CRUDE, SHOWING MARKED CURING DEFECTS, COMING FROM ALL PRIMINGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, NOT UNIFORM IN COLOUR, SHOWING MARKED INTEGRITY DEFECTS, INJURED BY DISEASES OR INSECTS, WITH MILD AROMA, BUT HAVING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERVENTION.

QUALITY IV: POOR LEAF, PAPERY OR CRUDE, SHOWING MARKED HANDLING DEFECTS, COMING FROM ALL PRIMINGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, NOT UNIFORM IN COLOUR, SHOWING MARKED INTEGRITY DEFECTS, WITH MILD AROMA, INJURED BY DISEASE OR INSECTS, BUT HAVING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERVENTION.

A decision may be made, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organization of the market in seeds, the Management Committee set up by that Regulation having competence in the matter, to submit to the STM, for the period 1 March 1986 to 31 December 1989, imports into Spain of certified seed potatoes of lesser quality falling within subheading ex 07.01 A I of the Common Customs Tariff.

F/1 Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings

F/1 (permanent pasture and meadows, not including rough grazing) +

If at the end of the first 60 days of contractual storage the deterioration in the quality of the cheese is greater than is normal in store, the contractor may be authorised, once per storage lot, to replace the defective quantity at his own expense.

A- grade, B-grade and off-grade.

Fluidised-bed combustion is a combustion technology for burning hard coal and brown coal, but it can also burn other solid fuels such as petroleum coke and low-grade fuels such as waste, peat and wood.

whether the products concerned are seconds or of substandard quality (8);

(2) This derogation has been abolished for average and poor quality wheat and for barley following the conclusion of the negotiations with the United States and Canada under Article XXVIII of the GATT, approved by Council Decisions 2003/253/EC fn and 2003/254/EC fn concerning the conclusion of Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, on the one hand, and Canada and the United States of America respectively, on the other hand.

value of quantity losses or deterioration referred to in Article 5 (1), (2) and (5),

They submitted that they had included off-grade film in their transaction listing used for undercutting calculations and that the off-grade film types should be granted an adjustment by way of an increase of their sales price by 100 %.

(15) One user claimed that Community foundry coke was not alike to the product concerned, since the latter was of a lower quality.

The permitted defects must not impair the keeping quality, appearance or utility of the products.

Alternatively, some value series may be of an inferior quality or difficulties may exist in obtaining reliable price indices.

After the disclosure of the provisional measures, MTZ provided further information on how to identify the off-grade products in the transaction listing.

promotion of a sustainable use of the soil, with particular attention to preventing erosion, deterioration, contamination and desertification.

If checks during storage or on removal from storage reveal defective quantities, no aid may be paid on these.

Having received this information, the Commission compared the prices between the alleged off grade product types with the rest of the product types and concluded that there is no price difference between the two groups of types.

The investigation also showed that, although the quality of imports of SBS from Taiwan may have been lower for one company during the years 1995 and 1996 when this company started its production of SBS, the quality quickly attained a level comparable to the quality of SBS produced in the Community.

Some of them claimed that they could not use Chinese foundry coke because of the lower quality, while others claimed that the Chinese foundry coke was superior to that produced in the Community.

They claimed further that the Indian product tends to be of higher shrinkage in terms of thermal properties, narrower width and more hazy as compared to the Community product and therefore the Indian product is of lower quality and less expensive.

Furthermore, some of the quality differences were already accounted for to some degree by the selection of a less well equipped Taiwanese bicycle for comparison as explained in Recital 29 of Regulation (EEC) No 550/93. The Commission has consequently taken account of the major criteria which determine the quality of a bicycle.

(c) possible effects on other uses of the sea (e.g. impairment of water quality for industrial use, underwater corrosion of structures, interference with ship operations from floating materials, interference with fishing or navigation and protection of areas of special importance for scientific or conservation purposes).

under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favourable than that provided for its own like services or for like services of non-affiliated service suppliers or for its subsidiaries or other affiliates;

'Pollution' means the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment resulting in such deleterious effects as harm to living recources, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities including fishing, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities.

'pollution' means introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment, including estuaries, resulting in such deleterious effects as hazard to human health, harm to living resources and marine life, hindrance to legitimate uses of the sea including fishing, impairment of the quality for use of sea water, and reduction of amenities;

In the case of checked baggage, it is liable even if not at fault, unless the baggage was defective.