Examples of such off-balance-sheet arrangements include risk and benefit-sharing arrangements or obligations arising from a contract such as debt factoring, combined sale and repurchase agreements, consignment stock arrangements, take or pay arrangements, securitisation arranged through separate companies and unincorporated entities, pledged assets, operating leasing arrangements, outsourcing and the like.

These measure must focus, in particular, on harmonising the organisation of oil stocks and promoting their coordinated use (national storage systems, emergency stocks, intervention criteria), harmonising minimum measures for the security of gas supplies (minimum standards, crisis measures, supply contracts) and organising an energy dialogue between producer and consumer countries.

These measure must focus, in particular, on harmonising the organisation of oil stocks and promoting their coordinated use (national storage systems, emergency stocks, intervention criteria), harmonising minimum measures for the security of gas supplies (minimum standards, crisis measures, supply contracts) and organising an energy dialogue between producer and consumer countries.

Question 5: Should more reserves be stockpiled - as already done for oil - and should other energy sources be included, such as gas or coal- Should the Community take on a greater role in stock management and, if so, what should the objectives and modalities be- Does the risk of physical disruption to energy supplies justify more onerous measures for access to resources-

(15) Whereas oil stocks can, in principle, be held anywhere in the Community and, therefore, it is appropriate to facilitate the establishment of stocks outside national territory; whereas it is necessary that decisions for holding stocks outside national territory are taken by the Government of the Member State concerned according to its needs and supply security considerations; whereas in the case of stocks held at the disposal of another undertaking, or body/entity, more detailed rules are needed to guarantee their availability a ...[+++]nd accessibility in the event of oil supply difficulties;

Whereas Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3680/91 of 17 December 1991 on the sale for delivery in the Azores and Madeira of cereals held by the intervention agencies (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 308/92 (4), explicitly states that each of the islands in the archipelago in which there are either milling facilities or feedingstuffs factories should be supplied; whereas the experience acquired shows that supply of maize to these islands should equally be foreseen to the detriment of the foreseen supply in other cereals; whereas the Portuguese intervention Agency no longer withholds stocks for this supply; whereas, ...[+++]as a consequence of the procedural delay, a longer than foreseen delay should be introduced for May 1992; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3680/91 should therefore be amended;