A mandatory maintenance certification system for all actors in the market, e.g. railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, keepers or any other entity which can be certified as an entity in charge of maintenance according to criteria and requirements set out in this directive, will create a level playing filed in the EU. This will ensure a uniform application of the maintenance and safety management system across Europe without discriminations while at the same time it will enhance safety on the Community’s railways.

(b)a copy of the technical file as referred to in Annex VI. This shall include, in the case of vehicles equipped with data recorders, information on the data collection procedure, permitting read out and evaluation, as long as this information is not harmonised by the corresponding TSI.

This filing system shall record and maintain for not less than 20 years each firearm's type, make, model, calibre, serial number and year of manufacture (if not part of the serial number), the name and address of the manufacturer and former and current owner of the firearm, any trade or transfer, exchange, hiring out, repair or conversion of the firearm, and such other information as is necessary to enable the tracing of the firearm.

A record of the assessments carried out shall be kept in the audit file.

When carrying out checks, the Commission should have full and immediate access to expenditure information recorded both in paper form and in electronic files.

17. Believes that a minimum common standard should impose a requirement on the Member States to furnish suspects and defendants, as soon as they come into contact with a law enforcement official, with a written, readily comprehensible 'Letter of Rights’ which sets out their fundamental rights in a language they understand, and that in any event they should be informed by an official of the existence of charges against them; points out that this letter is not intended to take the place of the obligation to advise suspects that anything they say may be used in evidence against them, but should supplement that obligation; considers that th ...[+++]is letter must be furnished in a language the defendant immediately understands as soon as he/she comes into contact with a law enforcement official, and that a receipt should be signed by the defendant and set down in record, except in cases where in front of a lawyer he/she waives this right and declines to sign; is of the opinion that this letter must not replace the obligation to caution but should supplement it and that this letter must be furnished at the time the suspect or defendant first enters police custody and a receipt signed by the defendant and set down in record;