In order to facilitate data flows from the European Union, it is desirable for processors providing data-processing services to several data controllers in the European Union to be allowed to apply the same technical and organisational security measures irrespective of the Member State from which the data transfer originates, in particular in those cases where the data importer receives data for further processing from different establishments of the data exporter in the European Union, in which case the law of the designated Member State of establishment should apply.

Accordingly, in its various forms in the different Member States, the social dialogue is a component of democratic government and also of economic and social modernisation, as set out in the Lisbon strategy, the agenda that will take us to the end of the decade.

The Council would stress the importance of these regional workshops, within the wider framework of the dialogue with the sector, as a forum for all those with an interest in the common fisheries policy to exchange views informally on implementation of the common fisheries policy, in particular from the standpoint of the features peculiar to the various regions and fishing zones.

A major concern is that we do not want a patchwork of multiple regulatory systems to try to achieve something on emissions and create even more compliance costs that are not charged directly, in the form of a tax, but at tremendous cost in terms of different inspection and measurement systems, et cetera.

BDBC also maintains a lead role in the form of quasi-equity funds for small and medium businesses.

Collaboration between the Commission and the Bank takes a variety of forms, including analytical, policy and project-related cooperation.