intended to administer medicines by means of a delivery system, if this is done in a manner that is potentially hazardous taking account of the mode of application, in which case they are in Class IIb’.

Active food contact materials and articles are designed to deliberately incorporate ‘active’ components intended to be released into the food or to absorb substances from the food.

In particular, substances such as food additives deliberately incorporated into certain active food contact materials and articles for release into packaged foods or the environment surrounding such foods, should be authorised under the relevant Community provisions applicable to food and also be subject to other rules which will be established in a specific measure.

For example, active food contact materials and articles should not release or absorb substances such as aldehydes or amines in order to mask an incipient spoilage of the food.

As regards supervision and assistance measures in the context of suspended sentences accompanied by probation orders or conditional release, the Programme of Measures to implement the principle of mutual recognition of decisions in criminal matters mentioned above sets the following objective and measure in Chapter 4 (Post-sentencing follow-up decisions):

1. Where, after the release in whole or in part of the security referred to in Article 5, it is established that the products in whole or in part did not reach the prescribed use and/or destination the competent authority of the Member State where the security has been released shall require, in accordance with Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, the operator concerned to pay an amount equal to the amount of the security which would have been forfeited if the failure would have been taken into account before the release of the security. This amount shall be increased by interest calculated from the date of release to the day pre ...[+++]ceding the date of payment.