This amendment corrects the error in the assessment of the maximum weight of carcasses which was made at the time the initial application was drawn up and was the result of an incorrect assessment at the time of the yield at slaughter.

Final Time is the period of time from the last job being initiated to the start of the lowest power mode (Auto-off for copiers, digital duplicators and MFDs without print-capability; and Sleep for printers, digital duplicators and MFDs with print-capability, and fax machines) minus the 15-minute job interval time.

Final Time is the period of time from the last job being initiated to the start of the lowest power mode (Auto-off for copiers, digital duplicators and MFDs without print-capability; and Sleep for printers, digital duplicators and MFDs with print-capability, and fax machines) minus the 15-minute job interval time.

The rapporteur proposes, however, that this time, note should be taken of the objections that led to the report’s initial rejection, and suggests increasing the weight limit from 2 kg to 10 kg for the reduced rate applicable to normal post and that the entry into force of the directive should be postponed until 2007.

III. “League table”: introduce a suitable management information system to allow a qualitative and quantitative assessment to be established and thereby share best-practice across the Commission; notes that a statistical breakdown, by Directorate-General, was not available for the 2 805 commitment proposals, payments and recovery orders, rejected in 1999 by the Financial Controller and Accounting Officer, on a number of grounds including errors due to incorrect draft contracts, ineligible expenditure, ineligible beneficiaries, insufficient consideration of economy and value for money as well as duplicate payments; calls for a comparis ...[+++]on of Directorates-General on a number of management criteria including: payment delays, 'reste à liquider', recoveries initiated and completed, actual to planned execution, hours of training, average time of vacancy of posts and action following financial audits, performance evaluations, allegations of malpractice by whistleblowers and reports by the Anti-Fraud Office;

I will not go into detail about the initiatives we discussed in the House at that time, initiatives that clearly demonstrate the ongoing efforts of the federal government to reduce both overlap and duplication among the various governments.