Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors

This essential requirement is satisfied by the functional and technical specifications in sections 4.2.3.1 Segmentation of overhead line or conductor lines, 4.2.3.2 Overhead line or conductor rail earthing, 4.2.3.5 Reliability of electrical installations and 4.2.3.4 Requirements for electrical cables in tunnels.

The European Commission has referred the examination under the EU Merger Regulation of the proposed acquisition of the North Rhine-Westphalian network cable operator ‘Ish’ by the Hessian cable operator ‘Iesy’ to the German competition authority (the Bundeskartellamt) mainly because both undertakings are exclusively active in Germany. The Bundeskartellamt will now examine whether the merger leads to competition problems in Germany.

A lower legal maximum limit of no higher than 0.2 mg/ml should be adopted for inexperienced drivers (those who are learning to drive or have only been in possession of a full driving licence for less than two years), drivers of large goods vehicles and buses, and riders of 2 wheel motor vehicles.

The Commission examined the effect of the concentration on five different markets, namely telecommunication cables, power cables, installation power cables, and enamelled wire as well as overhead aluminium bare conductors.

RESOLUTION ON YOUNG DRIVERS "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL Having regard to the Resolution of the European Parliament of 12 March 1993 on a Community programme for action on road safety (1), which recognizes the need for a new, improved campaign of assistance for young inexperienced drivers and calls on the Commission to devote special attention to them; Whereas in its communication for an action programme on road safety the Commission states that it will examine, on the basis of experience acquired by the Member States, the specific problem ...[+++]s encountered by young drivers in traffic; Whereas in this connection the Commission particularly emphasized the part which can be played by information and awareness campaigns and publicity as means of educating road users, within the framework of national road safety policies; Whereas in the conclusions which it adopted at its meeting on 29 and 30 November 1993 on the said communication the Council drew attention to the need to focus in particular on the causes of the most serious accidents and on the categories of users most frequently involved in road accidents or victims of them; (1) OJ C 115, 26.4.1993, p. 260. Whereas young drivers of cars and two-wheel vehicles, as a result of their inexperience, constitute a particularly vulnerable group of road users, AGREE that 1995 will be considered as the Year of the Young Driver; CALL on the Commission to co-ordinate this initiative with the Member States within an appropriate framework, so that concrete and effective measures are taken to ensure that this initiative has the greatest possible impact on the public concerned".