The peer review reports should also form the basis of any summary report of the outcome of the Union-wide topical peer review exercise prepared collectively by the competent regulatory authorities of the Member States.

The summary report should not aim to rank the safety of nuclear installations but rather focus on the process and technical findings of the topical peer review so that the knowledge gained from the exercise can be shared.

4. Before issuing an EC design-examination certificate or an EC type-examination certificate, the notified bodies shall, through their competent authority, hereinafter ‘coordinating competent authority’, inform the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of their assessment carried out pursuant to paragraph 2 by means of a summary evaluation report in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

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* The feasibility of incorporating into national legislation generic classification of specific groups of synthetic drugs should be examined in order to facilitate consideration by and co-ordination between Member States in this regard.

The Commission suggests that during the year 2001 Member States and the Commission should together define what work should be undertaken in each of the areas concerned - which are suitable for peer review or the exchange of good practice, where progress should be compared against which benchmarks, which areas need indicators, where new indicators should be defined, the way in which Member States will take a view about developments likely to be positive in the future. At the same time, consideration will need to be given to the way in which education and training are represented within (say) the Luxembourg process, or the Commission's ann ...[+++]ual Synthesis Report; just as continuing activity at EU level, such as the debate on the Memorandum on Lifelong Learning, will surely provide very valuable contributions to the discussions.