2.27. ‘Special Needs Restraint’ is a child restraint system designed for children who have special needs as a result of either a physical or mental handicap; this device may in particular permit additional restraining devices for any part of the child, but it must contain as a minimum a primary means of restraint which complies with the requirements of this Regulation.

The sizeable younger generation wants an end to the exclusion of politicians whose views differ from those of the conservative clergy, to restrictive rules for women, to the expulsion of students, and to the frequent hanging, stoning or amputation of body parts of those who do not fit into the world view of the authorities.

The exclusion of certain body parts is still under discussion, and the Commission will follow these up very carefully in the on-going discussion.

We are calling on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal before July 2003, for the situation on organ donations in particular is making it increasingly clear that the human body or parts thereof are indeed becoming commodities.

As far as possible, PPE 'enclosing' the parts of the body to be protected must be sufficiently ventilated to limit perspiration resulting from use; if this is not the case, it must if possible be equipped with devices which absorb perspiration.

Whereas activities in respect of the examination of the organs of sight or hearing, or of other organs or parts of the body, carried out with a view to the adjustment or sale of appliances for the correction of sight or hearing defects, or of orthopaedic appliances are excluded from the scope of the Council Directive of 15 October 1968 (7) concerning attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self-employed persons in retail trade (ISIC ex Group 612) and of the Directive (8) laying down detailed provisions concerning transitional measures in respect of such activities ; whereas prov ...[+++]isions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in force in certain Member States present special problems in this connection as regards the protection of public health;