O. whereas implementation reports on the NRPs show that the sectors in which policy implementation is weakest are those of improving the adaptability of workers and enterprises and stepping up investment in education and training,

‘. the Community law relating to trade marks nevertheless does not replace the laws of the Member States on trade marks; . it would not in fact appear to be justified to require undertakings to apply for registration of their trade marks as Community trade marks; . national trade marks continue to be necessary for those undertakings which do not want protection of their trade marks at Community level’.

As part of that, we insisted that the role of local authorities be acknowledged – and indeed it was acknowledged – and through the new implementation procedure which we have now agreed through the Development Committee’s four working parties, we must now ensure that local authorities are fully involved in the consultation process and in the implementation of development aid, and that the wishes of Parliament are not simply taken as wishes but that the DCI is taken as the legislative will of this House.

Awareness-raising actions should address a range of categories of illegal, unwanted and harmful content (including, for example, content considered unsuitable for children and racist and xenophobic content) and, where appropriate, take into account related issues of consumer protection, data protection and information and network security (viruses/spam).

– British Conservatives voted in favour of the resolution on Afghanistan, which contains many useful elements, but we do not accept the implied criticism of US actions in Recital I, and in the new paragraph 15a; the desire for the EU as such to create a political role for itself; the suggestion in paragraph 15 that the Council should reconsider its proposals for return of refugees; or indeed the proposal in the new paragraph 10a that ISAF military forces should be employed to investigate human rights abuses, notwithstanding our earnest desire for improvement in the human rights situation, particularly in relation to the situation of w ...[+++]omen.

The programme has done a good job in producing a number of filtering software products although take-up of rating needs to be increased and not all stakeholders agree that filtering is the best approach to child protection.