I. whereas the Sustainability Compact builds on existing commitments on respect for labour rights, occupational safety and support and promotion of responsible business conduct; whereas the Accord on Fire and Building Safety is a five-year independent, legally binding agreement between global brands and retailers and trade unions, with the objective of building a safe and healthy Bangladesh RMG industry; whereas the Rana Plaza Arrangement, chaired by the ILO, has been signed by representatives of all major stakeholders and forms the basis for establishing a credible, transparent and independent system for delivering support to the vic ...[+++]tims of Rana Plaza, their families and dependants in line with the standards enshrined in ILO Convention No 121, which is concerned with employment injury benefits; whereas compensation is meant to be paid through the Donor Trust Fund;

(1) "intergovernmental agreement" means any legally binding agreement between one or more Member States and one or more third countries having an impact on the operation or the functioning of the internal energy market or on the security of energy supply in the Union; however, where such a legally binding agreement also covers other issues, only those provisions that relate to energy, including general provisions applicable to those energy-related provisions, shall constitute an "intergovernmental agreement";

The Commission believes that it is now time to consider its options for encouraging a further breakthrough which will be the final step towards fully functioning electricity and gas markets at European level, as presented in the Sections 2.1-2.6 above.

2. Any European agreement, however, must be a genuine international agreement and not merely an "envelope" containing unilateral, non-binding undertakings, as in the case of the agreement which has just been annulled.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this letter and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the abovementioned ACP States and the Community".

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this letter and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the above-mentioned ACP States and the Community.