(b) operating each type of floor-level exit and window emergency exit;

This would have the advantage over legislation of allowing airlines to find the best solutions and to compete in the service offered to delayed passengers.

22 (1) All highway crossing protective devices, other than flashing light type (with or without gates), shall be maintained by the company to operate as intended and shall be tested as follows: for all crossings protected by bell and danger signs, or by mechanical gates, or by wigwag signals, the tests shall be made at least once a day, except during weekends and legal holidays when not more than two days may elapse on which no test is made.

If the highway crossing protective devices operate improperly or fail to operate, notice shall be given as soon as possible by the railway employee discovering such improper operation or failure so that advice promptly reaches the department having charge of the operation and repair of such highway crossing protective devices.

The needs for the food and feed industry to cope with social, environmental, climate and economic change from local to global will be addressed at all stages of the food and feed production chain, including food design, processing, packaging, process control, waste reduction, by-product valorisation and the safe use or disposal of animal by-products.

In exercising its implementing powers, the Commission should respect the following principles: the need to ensure confidence in financial markets among investors by promoting high standards of transparency in those markets; the need to provide investors with a wide range of competing investments and a level of disclosure and protection tailored to their circumstances; the need to ensure that independent regulatory authorities enforce the rules consistently, especially as regards the fight against economic crime; the need for high levels of transparency and consultation with all market participants and with the European Parliament and ...[+++]the Council; the need to encourage innovation in financial markets if they are to be dynamic and efficient; the need to ensure market integrity by close and reactive monitoring of financial innovation; the importance of reducing the cost of, and increasing access to, capital; the balance of costs and benefits to market participants on a long-term basis (including small and medium-sized businesses and small investors) in any implementing measures; the need to foster the international competitiveness of EU financial markets without prejudice to a much-needed extension of international cooperation; the need to achieve a level playing field for all market participants by establishing EU-wide regulations every time it is appropriate; the need to respect differences in national markets where these do not unduly impinge on the cohesion of the single market; and the need to ensure coherence with other Community legislation in this area, as imbalances in information and a lack of transparency may jeopardise the operation of the markets and above all harm consumers and small investors.