The customs authorities may provide technical cooperation to each other and exchange personnel and expertise on measures to improve customs techniques and procedures and on computerised systems with a view towards achieving these objectives in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

The customs authorities may provide technical assistance to each other and exchange personnel and expertise on measures to improve customs techniques and procedures and on computerised systems with a view towards achieving these objectives in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

With this in view, a three-pronged research strategy needs to be developed: first, the multifunctional role of agricultural and forestry activity must be incorporated into the various production systems as a focus for a new CAP capable of ensuring the sustainable development of rural areas; second, with a view to securing sustainable agricultural production, greater knowledge is needed of the impact of agriculture’s negative externalities; lastly, appropriate political mechanisms must be devised to meet these challenges, making it possible to provide farmers with aid in return for the goods and services of public interest they provide (positive externalities), introduce new production methods that are more environment-friendly and help pr ...[+++]otect genetic resources, geared to individual production systems, improve farm waste recycling techniques, develop alternatives to existing inputs to guarantee production and combat pests and diseases, encourage techniques to combat erosion and the effects of fires and acid rain on forests and, finally, study animal welfare rules while determining the precise economic effects on farms.

Research for non-therapeutic purposes must help to improve techniques for the treatment of sterility, increase understanding of the causes of congenital diseases and miscarriage, improve contraceptive systems, or develop systems for identifying anomalous genes or chromosomes prior to implantation in the uterus

With this in view, a three-pronged research strategy needs to be developed: first, the multifunctional role of agricultural and forestry activity must be incorporated into the various production systems as a focus for a new CAP capable of ensuring the sustainable development of rural areas; second, with a view to securing sustainable agricultural production, greater knowledge is needed of the impact of agriculture's negative externalities; lastly, appropriate political mechanisms must be devised to meet these challenges, making it possible to provide farmers with aid in return for the goods and services of public interest they provide (positive externalities), introduce new production methods that are more environment-friendly and help pr ...[+++]otect genetic resources, geared to individual production systems, improve farm waste recycling techniques, develop alternatives to existing inputs to guarantee production and combat pests and diseases, encourage techniques to combat erosion and the effects of fires and acid rain on forests and, finally, study animal welfare rules while determining the precise economic effects on farms.

36. Calls for greater coordination between maritime communications centres and services, with the strengthening and modernising of their existing technical and human resources and between European radio-medical centres in order to facilitate the permanent exchange of information in real time regarding medical treatment, as provided for by Directive 92/29/EEC , so as to improve techniques for radio diagnosis and telemedicine as well as sea rescue. This should be carried out through specific pilot plans;