2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where the importer provides a declaration from the master of the vessel concerned certified by the competent port authority showing that the consignment is ready for unloading at the port concerned, the formal date of delivery shall be the date on which the consignment is ready for unloading as shown on the declaration.

"Sound financial management is one of the top priorities of the Commission, and we are ready to respond to further queries from the Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee" stated Budget Commissioner Michaele Schreyer today, in reaction to the Committee's proposal to postpone the decision on the 1998 discharge.

VDISCHARGE PROCEDURE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1998 AND STATEMENT OF ASSURANCE PAGEREF _Toc477765725 \h VIMPLEMENTATION OF THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT PAGEREF _Toc477765726 \h V?Updated Stability Programme of FRANCE (2001-2003) PAGEREF _Toc477765727 \h V?Updated Stability Programme of LUXEMBOURG (1999-2003) PAGEREF _Toc477765728 \h VII?Updated Stability Programme of PORTUGAL (2000-2004) PAGEREF _Toc477765729 \h VIIISPECIAL EUROPEAN COUNCIL - LISBON, 23/24 March 2000 PAGEREF _Toc477765730 \h IXTAXATION OF AIRCRAFT FUEL PAGEREF _Toc477765731 \h XSWEDISH RESTRICTIONS FOR INTRA-COMMUNITY TRAVELLERS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS PAGEREF _Toc477765732 \h XFINANCING OF THE STABILITY PACT PAGEREF _Toc477765733 \h XFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ...[+++]MONTENEGRO PAGEREF _Toc477765734 \h XIEURO 11 PAGEREF _Toc477765735 \h XIITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATE PAGEREF _Toc477765736 \h XIECOFIN PAGEREF _Toc477765737 \h XI--Consolidation of legislation on the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions PAGEREF _Toc477765738 \h XI--Special report N° 3/99 of the Court of Auditors on the management and control of interest-rate subsidies by the Commission PAGEREF _Toc477765739 \h XI--Commission's administrative reform PAGEREF _Toc477765740 \h XII--Follow-up to the comments accompanying the Council Recommendation on the discharge for 1997 PAGEREF _Toc477765741 \h XII--Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training PAGEREF _Toc477765742 \h XV--Administrative Board of the European Foundation of the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions PAGEREF _Toc477765743 \h XVEXTERNAL RELATIONS PAGEREF _Toc477765744 \h XV--European Economic Area - Health PAGEREF _Toc477765745 \h XVTRADE QUESTIONS PAGEREF _Toc477765746 \h XV--Switzerland- trade in soft drinks PAGEREF _Toc477765747 \h XV--Steel imports from Russia PAGEREF _Toc477765748 \h XV--Anti-dumping : Egypt, India and Pakistan cotton-type bed-linen PAGEREF _Toc477765749 \h XVDEVELOPMENT AND COOP ...

The statement and an accompanying special report are issued at the same time as, but separately from, the annual report so that all three documents can be taken into account in the discharge procedure for 1994, together with the other special reports made by the Court since the 1993 discharge procedure.

As regards waste acceptance criteria , most Member States have defined some criteria or lists for wastes acceptable in landfills, but only Sweden has already implemented Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste.

In the words of the Commissioner responsible for the Environment, Mr Carlo Ripa de Meana, "this proposal creates the conditions for eliminating current malpractice in waste disposal and will help to improve protection of the environment and the quality of life of the people of Europe".