(a) The supervised contributor shall ensure that the provision of input data is not affected by any existing or potential conflict of interest and that, where any discretion is required, it is independently and honestly exercised based on relevant information in accordance with the code of conduct (‘Conflicts of interest’).

((a) require supervised entities in accordance with paragraph 4, including entities that are not already contributors to the relevant critical benchmark, to contribute input data to the administrator in accordance with the methodology, code of conduct or other rules.

Therefore, where appropriate and possible, and in collaboration with its contributors, the benchmark administrator should produce a code of conduct to specify these requirements and the contributors' responsibilities concerning the provision of input data.

As a consequence of that review, changes should be made in the areas of financial sector reform, fiscal policy and structural reforms, reflecting the steps taken by the Cypriot authorities by the first quarter of 2015, in particular with regard to: (i) continuing to closely monitor the liquidity situation of the banking sector; (ii) streamlining the regulation and supervision of insurance companies and pension funds; (iii) further measures to strengthen the banks' management of non-performing loans and ensure long-term sustainable restructuring solutions, including targets for the work-out of non-performing loans and a strategic default study; (iv) the submission of a legal proposal enabling the sale of loans; (v) the presentation of a ...[+++]legal proposal ensuring the transfer of issued title deeds without delay while safeguarding against abuse; (vi) the monitoring on a continuous basis of the implementation and performance of the insolvency and foreclosure frameworks, ensuring that they support their objectives and principles; (vii) to reflect the fiscal performance in the first quarter of 2015, a revision of the 2015 primary balance target to a surplus of at least EUR 264 000 000 (1,5 % of GDP) and further adjustments to the primary surplus target for 2016-2018, also to remain in line with the adjustment path prescribed by the Stability and Growth Pact; (viii) the full implementation of a National Health System (NHS) by 2017; (ix) the operationalisation of the new integrated tax agency by setting up a single registration process and approving a new tax procedure code; (x) the adoption of a plan for the public administration reform leading to the improvement of the wage-setting mechanism, the introduction of a new staff-appraisal and promotion system and an increase in staff mobility; (xi) the consolidation of disability and student benefits; (xii) the inclusion in housing-market regulations of further requirements to accelerate the issuance of title deeds; ...

The concern is that there may be an infringement of people's rights to practise certain types of immigration consultancy that don't require any provincial input, such as the refugee stream, which wouldn't need to conform to the Quebec code.

CAAR's concern is not the merit of the codes or the competition from global suppliers, but the fact that regardless of where growers choose to buy, retailers will be required to perform extremely expensive site upgrades, which will only add additional cost to the input value chain and drive our customers further away from us and into the hands of foreign suppliers.