(a) "Standard" means a provision the implementation of which is recognized as necessary for the achievement of harmonization and simplification of Customs procedures and practices;

Each Contracting Party undertakes to promote the simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures and, to that end, to conform, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, to the Standards, Transitional Standards and Recommended Practices in the Annexes to this Convention.

The Organization shall contribute to efforts to standardize and harmonize international reporting on forest-related matters, avoiding overlapping and duplication in data collection from different organizations.

(6) The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to harmonise railway infrastructure and border procedures in railway traffic with the regulations and standards provided for in the European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC).

If, following such consultations, one Contracting Party finds that the other Contracting Party does not effectively maintain and administer safety standards in any such area that are at least equal to the minimum standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the first Contracting Party shall notify the other Contracting Party of those findings and the steps considered necessary to conform with those minimum standards, and that other Contracting Party shall take appropriate corrective action.

By way of derogation from Articles 21a, 21b and 21c, costs linked to investments needed to comply with a standard set by the Community before the date of accession, and binding for farmers from this date, or a later date, may be taken into consideration for determining the level of annual support.

Where a Member States grants a period for the compliance with a new standard as referred to Article 1 of this Regulation or a period for the compliance of young farmers with the minimum standards referred to in Article 4, second subparagraph, of this Regulation, the farmers remains eligible for the compensatory allowances referred to in Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and/or for agri-environment or animal welfare support referred to in Chapter VI of that Regulation during this period provided the other conditions for granting these supports are met and provided that the farmer complies with the standards concerned at the end of the period.

In order to harmonise the technical methods of certification and control used in the Member States and to enable comparisons to be made between seed certified within the Community and that coming from third countries, Community comparative tests should be established in Member States to permit annual post-control of seed of certain varieties of the category "basic seed" and of seed of the categories "certified seed" and "standard seed".

Whereas the provisions for co-ordination of national social security legislations fall within the framework of freedom of movement for workers who are nationals of Member States and should, to this end, contribute towards the improvement of their standard of living and conditions of employment, by guaranteeing within the Community firstly equality of treatment for all nationals of Member States under the various national legislations and secondly social security benefits for workers and their dependents regardless of their place of employment or of residence;

consistency with any international standards on regulated non-quarantine pests.

synchronization of the work programmes with international standardization activities;

complete alignment with the EU acquis; complete alignment of European standards; complete strengthening of existing certification, market surveillance and conformity-assessment structures.

whereas, however, an attempt is to be made before 1 July 1983 to establish these standards in order to achieve harmonization;

Continue efforts to bring the budgetary principles and rules into line with those standards generally applicable in the Community.

measures to harmonise health, plant-health and environmental standards and rules, with a view to facilitating trade, taking account of the legislation in force for both Parties and in conformity with the rules of the WTO, in addition to the terms of Article 5;

Whereas, to bring the quality standards for kiwi fruit in line with the other EEC standards for fruit and vegetables amendments concerning 'keeping quality', 'size' and 'sizing' should be made;

Applying these standards should result in products of unsatisfactory quality being removed from the market, bringing production into line with consumer requirements and facilitating trade relationships based on fair

to examine measures to harmonise standards and rules on animal and plant health, with a view to facilitating trade, taking into account the legislation in force for both Parties and in conformity with the rules of the WTO.

develop cooperation on animal health, agrifood health (including ionization) and plant health with the aim of bringing about gradual harmonization with Community standards through assistance for training and the organization of checks,

Member States, in appropriate cooperation with Europol, shall examine the possibility of organising regular meetings of competent authorities specialising in combating child pornography on the Internet with a view to promoting general information exchanges, analysis of the situation and the coordination of measures in criminal tactics.

Whereas, moreover, the common organization of the market of these products rests to a large extent on the capacity of producers' organizations to promote price regularization, by imposing on their members compliance with the rules they adopt, in order, in accordance with the objectives of the Treaty, to ensure in particular that fishermen enjoy a fair standard of living;

Member States may, provided that the products coming from fishing vessels expressly comply with the hygiene standards set by Directive 91/493/EEC, grant a further period to fishing vessels, expiring on 31 December 1995, within which to comply with the said requirements laid down in points 8 (b) and (e) of Annex II.

Cooperation in this field shall have as its aim the modernisation and restructuring of agriculture and the agro-industrial sector, water management, rural development, the gradual harmonisation of veterinary and phytosanitary legislation with Community standards and the development of fishery and forestry sectors in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Having regard to Council Directive 71/118/EEC of 15 February 1971 on health problems affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat (4), as amended by Part 1, Chapter 3 (3) (b) of Annex I (V) (E) to the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and in particular Article 5 (4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat (3), as amended by Part 1, Chapter 3 (1) (d) of Annex I (V) (E) to the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and in particular Article 5 (4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (2), as amended by Part 1, Chapter 2 (A) (4) (b) and (c) of Annex I (V) (E) to the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and in particular Articles 9a, 9b and 10b thereof,

Whereas the Stability and Growth Pact consists of this Regulation, of Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 (3) which aims to strengthen the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies and of the Resolution of the European Council of 17 June 1997 on the Stability and Growth Pact (4), in which, in accordance with Article D of the Treaty on European Union, firm political guidelines are issued in order to implement the Stability and Growth Pact in a strict and timely manner and in particular to adhere to the medium term objective for budgetary positions of close to balance or in surplus, to which all Member States are committed, and to take the corrective budgetary action they deem necessary to meet the objectives of their stability and convergence programmes, whenever they have information indicating actual or expected significant divergence from the medium-term budgetary objective;

Harmonization of standards

Harmonisation of technical standards

complete alignment of European standards;

the adoption of Directives in the field of technical harmonisation and standardisation concerning chemical agents, and/or

a reconciliation of the assets and liabilities recognised in the balance sheet, showing at least:

Quality objectives, dates set for compliance therewith and procedure for monitoring compliance with them

a reconciliation between the total of minimum lease payments at the balance sheet date, and their present value.

Whereas Directive 87/404/EEC (4) provides for the complete harmonization of the standards for simple pressure vessels manufactured in series;

a reconciliation between the total gross investment in the lease at the balance sheet date, and the present value of minimum lease payments receivable at the balance sheet date.

What time limits have been laid down in general for complying with authorizations (period of validity) and emission standards?

Whereas Article 10 of Directive 80/1263/EEC provides for more detailed harmonization of the standards for driving tests and licensing;

a reconciliation showing the movements during the period in the net liability (or asset) recognised in the balance sheet;

"standard" means a provision the implementation of which is recognised as necessary for the achievement of harmonisation and simplification of customs procedures and practices;

whereas this Directive introduces procedures to request action at IMO in order to bring in line the standards for international voyages with the standards of this Directive;

In the absence of international standards, Contracting Parties which apply national standards shall endeavour to harmonize them by way of international agreements.

that it has complied in all material respects with applicable International Accounting Standards except that it has departed from a Standard in order to achieve a fair presentation;

Whereas adaptation of the Annexes to this Directive to scientific and technical progress and the standardisation of the monitoring, sampling and analysis methods must be adopted under the same committee procedure;

Whereas, in order to harmonise the conditions for preparing samples of olive oil for analysis as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, that Regulation should require the international standard EN ISO 5555 to be used in addition to standard EN ISO 661, which already applies;

The breed of milk-producing sheep is specified (the "Lacaune" breed and "black" sheep bred from animals of the "Lacaune" breed standard), with a five-year time limit for conforming to that standard.

Whereas the coordination of work at national level calls for a broad and detailed knowledge of the situation regarding the conservation, characterization, collection and utilization of genetic resources in agriculture in each Member State;

definition of standards designed to improve the efficiency of energy using equipment, and efforts to harmonize these internationally to avoid trade distortions;

Each Contracting Party undertakes to promote the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures and, to that end, to conform, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, to the standards, transitional standards and recommended practices in the annexes to this Convention.

These tests shall, during a first stage, be used to harmonise the technical methods of certifying certified material and checking standard material so as to obtain results which are equivalent.