Shoppers use a variety of research methods to inform their purchase decisions before they buy goods online. In their first three steps during their research, 31 % visit sellers’ websites, 30 % use a search engine, 27 % use a price comparison website and 24 % visit an online market place, while 24 % read customer reviews.

In other words, a small though definite step is better than an impossible leap, especially in an area such as this one, in which such a step seems perfectly attainable if the method described above is followed and in which, at the same time, it is unquestionably very important that progress be made in response to the growing internationalisation of crime and the urgent need to facilitate the achievement of more effective results through closer cooperation and the sharing of resources amongst the Member States - and also at the same ti ...[+++]me, more efficient use of overall resources with a view to securing better results.

The step-by-step method seems to be difficult to apply successfully without at least some idea of how things are meant to look in the end.

Whereas all the necessary methods of analysis should be laid down as quickly as possible; whereas three steps towards the attainment of this objective having already been taken through the definition of certain methods in Commission Directive 80/1335/EEC (3), 82/434/EEC (4) and 83/514/EEC (5), the fourth step is to consist in the definition of methods for the identification and determination of glycerol 1-(4-aminobenzoate), the determination of chlorobutanol, the identification and determination of quinine, the identification and determination of inorganic sulphites and hydrogen sulphites, the identification and determination of chlorat ...[+++]es of the alkali metals and the identification and determination of sodium iodate;

Whereas all the necessary methods of analysis should be laid down as quickly as possible ; whereas two steps towards the attainment of this objective having already been taken through the definition of certain methods in Commission Directives 80/1335/EEC (3) and 82/434/EEC (4), the third step is to consist in the definition of methods for the determination of dichloromethane and 1,1,1-trichloroethane, the identification and determination of quinolin-8-ol and bis(8-hydroxyquinolinium) sulphate, the determination of ammonia, the identification and determination of nitromethane, the identification and determination of mercaptoacetic acid i ...[+++]n hair-waving, hair-straightening and depilatory products, the identification and determination of hexachlorophene (INN), the tion of tosylchloramide sodium (INN), the determination of total fluorine in dental creams, the identification and determination of organomercury compounds, the determination of alkali and alkaline earth sulphides;

Whereas all the necessary methods of analysis should be drawn up as quickly as possible ; whereas, the first step towards the attainment of this objective having already been taken by the definition of certain methods in Commission Directive 80/1335/EEC (3), the second step is to consist in the definition of methods for identification of some oxidizing agents and determination of hydrogen peroxide in cosmetic hair-care products, identification and semi-quantitative determination of certain oxidation colorants in hair dyes, identification and determination of nitrite, identification and determination of free formaldehyde, determination o ...[+++]f resorcinol in shampoos and hair lotions, and determination of methanol in relation to ethanol or propan-2-ol;