Where the applicant is a SME, has its head office established in a developing country, or is a public research institution established in the EU whose application relates to a project financed mainly by the public sector, the financial contributions referred to in Article 3(1) to (4) shall be reduced by 50 %’.

Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April 1999 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001 of 26 November 2001, read in conjunction with Article 24 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products, must be interpreted as not precluding the grant of an export refund in specific circumstances such as those of the ca ...[+++]se in the main proceedings, in which the export took place without an export licence, whose existence was however established at the time the export declaration was made and which was presented, by the exporter, within the additional period of one week granted for that purpose by the competent customs office.

(e)the economic operator has shown significant deficiencies in complying with main obligations in the performance of a contract financed by the budget, which has led to its early termination or to the application of liquidated damages or other contractual penalties, or which has been discovered following checks, audits or investigations by an authorising officer, OLAF or the Court of Auditors.

(e)the economic operator has shown significant deficiencies in complying with main obligations in the performance of a contract financed by the budget, which has led to its early termination or to the application of liquidated damages or other contractual penalties, or which has been discovered following checks, audits or investigations by an authorising officer, OLAF or the Court of Auditors.

The main victims of maltreatment at the hands of police officers, prison staff and fellow prisoners are foreigners, applicants for asylum and persons with unclear residence status.

The second Commission Regulation adopted, referred to as "the Fees Regulation", determines in particular the amount of the fees, payable to the Harmonisation Office and the ways in which they must be paid. In addition, the Regulation empowers the President of the Office, subject to certain conditions, to lay down the charges which may be payable to the Office in respect of services it may render, like the delivery of extracts from the Office's register. Pursuant to the Fees Regulation, the amount of the main fees (which must be paid i ...[+++]n Ecus) have been set as follows: Type of fee Amount (in Ecus) Basic fee for the application for registration of a Community trade mark, covering a maximum of three classes of goods or services 975 Opposition fee 350 Basic fee for the registration of a Community Trade Mark, covering a maximum of three classes of goods and services 1,100 Basic fee for the renewal of an individual mark 2,500 Fee for the application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity 700 Appeal fee 800 Applications for Community trade mark may be filed as from 1 January 1996.