According to the Permanent International Commission for Portable Firearms Testing[2] (CIP), all portable guns not designed to shoot solid projectiles are considered to be alarm guns.

Takes the view that, as regards technical follow-up, election assistance constitutes the necessary long-term strategic commitment throughout the electoral cycle that best interacts with EU EOMs, and considers that special attention should be given to reinforcing the independence and legitimacy of electoral management bodies, as well as to supporting the establishment of a permanent rather than an ad hoc election commission;

Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a standing invitation to tender procedure.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for a permanent tender.

15. Considers that the Assembly's decision to set up three standing parliamentary committees to monitor key issues in all areas relating to cooperation (political affairs, economic development, finance and trade, social affairs and environment) and to submit their conclusions for consideration by the Assembly is an essential step in the JPA's development into a fully parliamentary assembly; stresses that membership of the standing parliamentary committees should be in keeping with the rule of parity and guarantee a geographical balance between full members and between substitutes; also urges proportional and politically balanced repres ...[+++]entation among both members and substitutes;

15. Considers that the Assembly's decision to set up three standing parliamentary committees to monitor key issues in all areas relating to cooperation (political affairs, economic development, finance and trade, social affairs and environment) and to submit their conclusions for consideration by the Assembly is an essential step in the JPA's development into a fully parliamentary assembly; stresses that membership of the standing parliamentary committees should be in keeping with the rule of parity and guarantee a geographical balance between full members and between substitutes; also urges proportional and politically balanced repres ...[+++]entation among both members and substitutes;