43. Stresses that consumer markets evolve rapidly and enforcement authorities must be able to face the new challenges that economic and technological changes bring to their ability to be effective in a cross-border environment such as the internal market, and, in order to achieve this, efforts must be combined to make enforcement effective and consistent throughout the EU; considers that a review of the regulatory framework is also necessary to fill any regulatory gaps;

1. All applications for benefit under the Federal Act of 9 September 1955 on General Social Security (ASVG), the Federal Act of 11 October 1978 on the Social Security of Self-Employed Workers in Industry and Craft Trades (GSVG) and the Federal Act of 11 October 1978 on the Social Security of Self-Employed Workers in Agriculture and Forestry (BSVG), in as much as Articles 46b and 46c of the Regulation do not apply or, pursuant to Article 45 of the Regulation, another type of pension with more favourable calculation rules can be opted for.

introduction of measures aimed at assisting Member States and carriers in carrying out the obligations imposed on them by virtue of Council Directive 2004/82/EC of 29 April 2004 on the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data (20) and of Article 26 of the Convention of 19 June 1990 implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (21) (hereinafter referred to as ‘Schengen Convention’) in order to prevent illegal arrivals at the external borde ...[+++]rs;

The adoption of common measures on the crossing of internal borders by persons and border control at external borders should reflect the Schengen acquis incorporated in the European Union framework, and in particular the relevant provisions of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (2) and the Common Manual (3).

The measures are defined in the Exclusive Television Rights Act (Fernseh-Exclusivrechtegesetz - FERG) and a list of events of major importance is set out in the Ordinance on events of substantial social interest.

- having regard to the public hearing held on 24 June 1998 by the Committee on External Economic Relations on 'extra-territorial laws as unilateral sanctions'