The Regulation states that, to fulfil its purpose, the European Asylum Support Office, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Support Office’, should be open to participation by countries which have concluded agreements with the EU by virtue of which they have adopted and apply EU law in the field covered by the Regulation, in particular, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, hereinafter referred to as the ‘associate countries’,

4. With effect from the entry into force of this Decision, representatives of Norway and Switzerland may be temporarily involved as observers in the work of the Security Board under the conditions laid down in its rules of procedure. This is conditional upon Norway and Switzerland each providing prior confirmation of their intention to apply, on their territory, all the necessary security measures to ensure an appropriate degree of protection of the infrastructure, services and technologies of the European GNSS programmes and systems, particularly as regards export controls.

4. With effect from the entry into force of this Decision, representatives of Norway and Switzerland may be temporarily involved as observers in the work of the Security Board under the conditions laid down in its rules of procedure. This is conditional upon Norway and Switzerland each providing prior confirmation of their intention to apply, on their territory, all the necessary security measures to ensure an appropriate degree of protection of the infrastructure, services and technologies of the European GNSS programmes and systems, particularly as regards export controls.

The interim review was initiated as a result of a request lodged in April 2003 by the Association of Plastic Manufacturers in Europe (‘the applicant’) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion, in this case more than 80 %, of the total Community production of PET.

The Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME) and the Member States with the lowest recovery/recycling rates argue that the optimum recovery rate has now been achieved for plastic packaging and that increased recovery will not yield either commercial or environmental benefits.

The Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME) and the Member States with the lowest recovery/recycling rates argue that the optimum recovery rate has now been achieved for plastic packaging and that increased recovery will not yield either commercial or environmental benefits.