(28)‘extraordinary public financial support’ means State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU, or any other public financial support at supra-national level, which, if provided for at national level, would constitute State aid, that is provided in order to preserve or restore the viability, liquidity or solvency of an institution or entity referred to in point (b), (c) or (d) of Article 1(1) or of a group of which such an institution or entity forms part.

45. Notes the creation of an information exchange mechanism for intergovernmental agreements between the Member States and third countries on energy policy, given that this mechanism is oriented at enhancing policy transparency, coordination and efficiency in the EU as a whole; calls on the Member States to show further ambition in ensuring that agreements contrary to internal energy market legislation are not put in place; considers that the Commission should be able to examine draft agreements for their compatibility with such legislation, and to participate in negotiations where relevant; considers that the information-exchange mec ...[+++]hanism is a step towards further coordinating energy purchasing outside of the EU, which is of crucial importance for realising the goals of the Energy Roadmap 2050;

56. calls on the Level 2 and Level 3 committees to contain national discretion and gold-plating in line with the basic Level 1 legislation, but to take into account national peculiarities and, in particular, the structural features of individual markets; suggests, in the context of the work of the IIMG, a review of whether it may be helpful if Level 3 committees could operate increasingly on the basis of decision-making by some form of qualified majority voting where its principles still have to be defined; suggests that Level 3 committees be given an annual ...[+++] mandate by Parliament and the Council to come up with concrete plans for cooperation and implementation of agreed measures, possibly drawing on EU budgetary resources; recommends that Lamfalussy Level 2 and Level 3 committees' respective powers and mandates be defined more precisely in order to reflect the need to progress towards a greater convergence of their practices and to let them take, within the remit of their activities, binding decisions vis à vis their members, and that the consultation process with industry gets more input from small and medium-sized enterprises and investors;

56. calls on the Level 2 and Level 3 committees to contain national discretion and gold-plating in line with the basic Level 1 legislation, but to take into account national peculiarities and, in particular, the structural features of individual markets; suggests, in the context of the work of the IIMG, a review of whether it may be helpful if Level 3 committees could operate increasingly on the basis of decision-making by some form of qualified majority voting where its principles still have to be defined; suggests that Level 3 committees be given an annual ...[+++] mandate by Parliament and the Council to come up with concrete plans for cooperation and implementation of agreed measures, possibly drawing on EU budgetary resources; recommends that Lamfalussy Level 2 and Level 3 committees' respective powers and mandates be defined more precisely in order to reflect the need to progress towards a greater convergence of their practices and to let them take, within the remit of their activities, binding decisions vis à vis their members, and that the consultation process with industry gets more input from small and medium-sized enterprises and investors;

55. calls on the Level 2 and Level 3 committees to contain national discretion and gold-plating in line with the basic Level 1 legislation, but take into account national peculiarities and in particular the structural features of individual markets; suggests in the context of the work of the IIMG, a review of whether it may be helpful if Level 3 committees could operate increasingly on the basis of decision-making by some form of qualified majority voting where its principles still have to be defined; suggests that Level 3 committees be given an annual mandate b ...[+++]y Parliament and the Council to come up with concrete plans for cooperation and implementation of agreed measures, possibly drawing on EU budgetary resources; recommends that Lamfalussy Level-2 and Level-3 committees' respective powers and mandates be defined more precisely in order to reflect the need to progress towards a greater convergence of their practices and to let them take, within the remit of their activities, binding decisions vis à vis their members, and that the consultation process with industry gets more input form small and medium-sized enterprises and investors;

F. extremely concerned at the direction being taken by the debate in the Council, with Member States appearing to be moving towards a data protection agreement based on the lowest common denominator; fearing, moreover, that the level of data protection will be lower than that provided by Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by Council of Europe Convention No 108 and that implementation of such an agreement might have a negative impact on the general principle of data pr ...[+++]otection in each Member State without establishing a satisfactory level of protection at European level,