If the supervisory body concludes that the trust service provider and the trust services provided by it comply with the requirements referred to in the first subparagraph, the supervisory body shall grant qualified status to the trust service provider and the trust services it provides and inform the body referred to in Article 22(3) for the purposes of updating the trusted lists referred to in Article 22(1), not later than three months after notification in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.

The agreement states that 20 days after publication in the EU Official Journal of the Regulation (expected for the beginning of April 2006, thus the new rules should enter into force from early May 2006) all new vehicles, i.e. vehicles put into service for the first time, should be fitted with digital tachographs and drivers carry a smart card.

1. For a payment transaction initiated by or through the payee, Member States shall require the payer's payment service provider to ensure that, after the point of time of acceptance, the amount ordered is credited to the payee’s payment service provider payment account at the latest at the end of the first working day following the day on which the point in time of acceptance by the payer's payment service provider falls, unless otherwise explicitly agreed between the payee and his payment service provider.

1. For a payment transaction initiated by or through the payee, Member States shall require the payment service provider to ensure that, after the point of time of acceptance, the amount ordered is credited to the payee’s payment account at the latest at the end of the first working day following the day on which the point in time of acceptance falls, unless otherwise explicitly agreed between the payee and his payment service provider.

Member States shall ensure that where investment firms provide portfolio management transactions for retail clients or operate retail client accounts that include an uncovered open position in a contingent liability transaction, they also report to the retail client any losses exceeding any predetermined threshold, agreed between the firm and the client, no later than the end of the business day in which the threshold is exceeded or, in a case where the threshold is exceeded on a non-business day, the close of the next business day.

Since our first vote on this matter, almost three years ago to the day, the French Socialists have fought to safeguard the public-service character of port services.