awaits with interest the implementation of a transparent, fair, credible system of local public finances, in which there would no longer be rigid practices and clientelism supporting an unbalanced system of discretionary distribution of budget resources to local communities; it would no longer be possible to influence the structure of revenues accumulated by other administrative levels; greater independence would be given to the local budget process, guaranteeing adequate revenues and enabling the collection of own taxes, which would allow resources to be managed independently and, indirectly, would make it possible to design local economic development policies; powers would be delegated by the State to local communities, accompanied by ...[+++]the necessary financial resources; procedures for financial equalisation would become true instruments to support disadvantaged communities; resources would be allocated transparently, enabling predictable financial management by all local communities; local financial autonomy would be protected from the interference of public authorities at other levels;

The draft regulation is also based on Article 308 of the EC Treaty (implicit powers of the Community) on the grounds that, in the light of the strict interpretation given by the Council, the measures provided for in Articles 60 and 301 refer to third countries and not to natural persons.

Settlement allows the offender to acknowledge his guilt, explicitly or implicitly, without having to go through legal proceedings, and to expiate it by carrying out obligations agreed between himself and Public Prosecutor, within the limits laid down by the legislation, which will in any case be less constraining than the normal criminal procedure to which he would be subject in the absence of an agreement. In return, the state drops proceedings.

Settlement allows the offender to acknowledge his guilt, explicitly or implicitly, without having to go through legal proceedings, and to expiate it by carrying out obligations agreed between himself and Public Prosecutor, within the limits laid down by the legislation, which will in any case be less constraining than the normal criminal procedure to which he would be subject in the absence of an agreement. In return, the state drops proceedings.

(11) As a rule, authorisation should be implicit, i.e. if there has been a vote in favour by the Ethics Committee and the competent authority has not objected within a given period, it should be possible to begin the clinical trials.

The fact that the last sentence of Article 1(3) of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement, which in the opinion of the EFTA Surveillance Authority fulfils the implicit criteria in Protocol 35 to the EEA Agreement of being unconditional and sufficiently precise, has been incorporated in the national legal order of the EFTA States, gives national courts sufficient powers to ensure that the 'standstill provision' will be complied with.