In order to ensure a level playing field between creditors and promote financial stability, and pending further harmonisation, Member States should ensure that appropriate measures are in place for the admission and supervision of non-credit institutions providing credit agreements relating to residential immovable property.

The Commission forwarded the new proposal to the Council in July 1996; its content departs significantly from the annulled Directive, in particular inasmuch as it puts forward a new, more differentiated system of taxes, user charges and tolls, and a system for charging external costs which is based on the principles set forth in the Commission's Green Paper on pricing in transport ("realistic pricing"). The following questions were discussed in particular: - The advisability of going further than Directive 93/89/EEC and including some or all of the new points in the Commission's new proposal; - The advisability of beginning the introdu ...[+++]ction, as proposed by the Commission, of = a system of modulated vehicle taxes and a compulsory system of user charges, = an external cost element in the calculation of tolls and user charges, and = the definition of criteria concerning an additional levy for sensitive routes; - With a view to the harmonization of transport charges and to promote the internal market, the advisability of = introducing a maximum level of vehicle tax, = authorizing Member States which have introduced tolls or user charges to set taxes below the minimum rates.

5. The network shall offer users a high level of quality and safety, owing to its continuity and to gradual implementation of its interoperability, brought about in particular by technical harmonization and a harmonized command and control system.

(12) Whereas, in order to make leased lines available to a sufficient extent to users for their own use, for shared use or for the provision of services to third parties, it is necessary that Member States ensure that a harmonized set of leased lines with defined network termination points is made available in all Member States both for communications within a Member State and between Member States; whereas it is therefore necessary to determine which type of leased lines should be included in the harmonized set and within which time ...[+++] limit if they are not yet available; whereas given the dynamic technological development in this sector, it is necessary to establish a procedure for adjusting or enlarging such a set;

In harmonization issues, there is an important need for continued work toward harmonization of crop protection, chemical registration, maximum residue levels, product usage labelling and review procedure for minor-use product.

The Committee recommends that in the legislation creating the Canadian Centre on Psychoactive Substances and Dependency, the Government of Canada specifically include provision for the setting up of a Monitoring Agency on Psychoactive Substances and Dependency within the Centre; provide that the Monitoring Agency be mandated to conduct studies every two years, in co-operation with relevant bodies, on drug-use trends and dependency problems in the adult population; work with the provinces and territories towards increased ...[+++]harmonization of studies of the student population and to ensure they are carried out every two years; conduct ad hoc studies on specific issues; and table a bi-annual report on drug-use trends and emerging problems.