a competent authority has established that the data importer or a sub-processor has not respected the standard contractual clauses in the Annex; or

recommends an enhanced role for the heads of the Commission's external delegations in third countries; calls for "country-by-country multiannual strategy documents" to be drawn up under the responsibility of delegation heads, and for the Country Strategy Papers to pay greater attention to the human rights situation, identify the priorities and spell out the means and instruments deployed by the EU to ensure respect for the human rights and democracy clause and raise the level of respect for basic rights; also calls for the wording of such strategies to be reviewed on a regu ...[+++]lar basis, particularly with the European Parliament, and to be the subject of debates in the latter's relevant delegations and in plenary, particularly with regard to their implementation; recommends that the Commission's Country Strategy Papers and Action Plans should contain clear benchmarks for progress on human rights and a timeframe within which changes should be accomplished;

(b) recommends an enhanced role for the heads of the Commission’s external delegations in third countries; calls for ‘country-by-country multiannual strategy documents’ to be drawn up under the responsibility of delegation heads, and for the Country Strategy Papers to pay greater attention to the human rights situation, identify the priorities and spell out the means and instruments deployed by the EU to ensure respect for the democracy clause and raise the level of respect for basic rights; also calls for the wording of such strategies to be reviewed on a regular basis, particularly with the European Parliament, and to be the subject ...[+++]of debates in the latter’s relevant delegations and in plenary, particularly with regard to their implementation; recommends that the Commission's Country Strategy Papers and Action Plans should contain clear benchmarks for progress on human rights and a timeframe within which changes should be accomplished;

The GSP is an exception to the most-favoured nation principle under the GATT and it must, therefore, comply with the Enabling Clause as interpreted by the WTO Appellate Body in the recent case taken by India against the Community's existing GSP scheme (and in particular the special "drugs regime").

(b) a competent authority has established that the data importer has not respected the contractual clauses; or

In 1999, it was possible to pay the balance of the assistance granted to the Vasco da Gama bridge (over EUR29.3 million out of total assistance of EUR311.2 million), following a number of discussions with the Portuguese authorities to ensure full compliance with the environmental clauses attached to the Community part-financing.