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9. Welcomes the provisions aimed at preventing the diversion of arms; notes, however, that extensive leeway is left to States Parties in determining the level of risk of arms diversion; regrets the fact that munitions and parts and components are not explicitly covered by the provisions concerned, and calls on the States Parties to remedy this in their national laws, and particularly those that are EU Member States, in accordance with the Council Common Position of 2008;

They wanted, one, to include details on service agreement components; two, a deletion of the term “operational” as it would limit the ability to negotiate and arbitrate service agreements; three, to include a dispute resolution mechanism in service agreements for breach of contract; four, to limit the ability of railway companies to levy penalties and charges that are not in the service agreement; five, to limit arbitration for failed service agreement negotiations to matters raised by the shipper; six, to limit railway companies' ability to raise network issues in arbitration, for example, finding convenient excuses for not agreein ...[+++]g to shippers' demands in contract negotiations and arbitrations.

However, the rapporteur is concerned on the possible effect of the proposal to Member States’ discretion to select their energy mix pursuant to the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty.

Recalling the importance it attaches to people to people contacts to the benefit of Belarusian population at large, the Council takes positive note of the ongoing work to fully use the existing flexibilities offered by the Visa Code, in particular the possibility for Member States to waive and reduce visa fees for certain categories of citizens.