– I am very happy with the adoption of this report, which specifically calls for: the Member States to respect the fundamental rights of ethnic minorities and immigrant women, whether or not their status is regular (P. 11); the Member States to ensure access to support services aimed at preventing gender-based violence and protecting women from such violence, regardless of their legal status (P. 17); the Fundamental Rights Agency to include a transversal gender equality and women’s rights perspective in all aspects, including those on ethnic discrimination and on the fundamental rights of Roma (P. 22); the European Institute for Gender Equality to collect data disaggregated by gender and ethnicity; national equality bodies to develop to ...[+++]ols and training in relation to multiple discrimination; and, finally, a targeted approach to avoid multiple discrimination, stereotyping, stigmatisation and ethnic segregation.

The positive points of the proposal include: (a) the introduction of a new definition for marketing which covers all entrepreneurial activities involving the marketing of propagating material and fruit plants, (b) the extension of the definition of 'supplier' to include the importer, (c) the implementation of certification in accordance with international systems of certification and identification of varieties based on the protocols of the Community Plant Variety Office and the guidelines for the protection of New Varieties of Plant and (d) an examination of plant health issues in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2000/29.

The newspaper ‘Oberösterreichische Nachrichten’ reported on 2 November 2006 that, at the Temelin nuclear power station in the Czech Republic, there were ever increasing problems in the active zone because of excessively deformed fuel rods.

The newspaper ‘Oberösterreichische Nachrichten’ reported on 2 November 2006 that, at the Temelin nuclear power station in the Czech Republic, there were ever increasing problems in the active zone because of excessively deformed fuel rods.

Whilst the means of distribution (and notably whether point to multipoint or point to point) clearly remains crucial, some new types of service may also require other factors to be taken into consideration when assessing the necessity and proportionality of any regulatory approach (e.g. encryption or "in the clear").

Member States may stipulate that the unit price shall refer to a decimal multiple or submultiple of the quantities referred to in Article 2(b) or to a single unit of quantity which is different from those referred to in Article 2(b), taking into account the nature of the product and the quantities in which it is customarily sold in the Member States concerned.