1. Decisions regarding the appointment and renewal, working conditions including remuneration, and termination of the term of office of the persons responsible for the management and/or members of the administrative bodies of the transmission system operator shall be taken by the Supervisory Body of the transmission system operator appointed in accordance with Article 20.

The objective of this Recommendation is to encourage the Member States to ensure that the necessary steps are taken in order to effectively interconnect the officially appointed mechanisms for the central storage of regulated information, as referred to in Article 21(2) of Directive 2004/109/EC (hereinafter ‘the storage mechanisms’), in a single electronic network within the Community, as referred to in point (b) of second subparagraph of Article 22(1) of that Directive (hereinafter ‘the electronic network’).

Forthcoming actions should include an overall strengthening of the integration of biodiversity impacts into policies and programmes (including the CAP health check); continued attention to the implementation of the waste, air quality and water framework directives; completion of the NATURA 2000 network of protected areas both on land and at sea, and ensuring effective management and financing of the network; strengthening effectiveness of international governance for biodiversity.

- Data processing is permissible if it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject (a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly) is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering in to the contract (Article 7);

This annex would consist of a description of the studies pursued by the holder of the diploma, the aim being to facilitate transparency and recognition of the studies in States other than that in which they were dispensed; it would take into account the experience that other organizations such as the Council of Europe and UNESCO have had in this area, = the desirability of identifying and giving wider publicity to procedures at national or Community level which might facilitate amicable settlement of disputes concerning recognition of qualifications, in response to individual requests sent directly ...[+++] or preferably through the NARIC network or through the network of coordinators of the various Directives, = to submit a report, by the end of 1998, to the European Parliament and the Council on progress achieved in this area and on the situation regarding the various initiatives taken at Community and national level.

Moreover, this Council decision is part of the European growth initiative. The priority areas for action, which have already demonstrated their importance in underpinning the recovery in economic activity and employment and in facilitating the participation of European enterprises, in particular SMEs, in the large European market, are: - Improving the administrative and legal environment of enterprises, including in the field of indirect taxation, so as to reduce the costs imposed on SMEs by Community legislation (continuation of work on administrative simplification in conjunction with the Member States, assessment of the impact of Comm ...[+++]unity legislation on enterprises, and improvement in the regular consultations with organizations representing SMEs); - Qualitative development of the Euro-Info-Centre (EIC) network: The principal task will be to improve the quality and relevance of information provided by the centres and to expand the network by strengthening the relay points of existing EICs and opening correspondence centres outside the Community; 1 COM(92) 470 final, 13 January 1993. - Qualitative development of confidential and non-confidential partner-search networks: The main aim will be to increase the capacity of the BRE networks (Business Cooperation Centre - non- confidential) and of the BC-Net (Business Cooperation Network - confidential) inside and outside the Community, to improve the quality of services provided and to intensify cooperation between the two networks; - Stepping up activities to put businessmen in direct contact with one another: This will involve continuing, improving and expanding the Europartenariat programmes (Objective 1 - regions whose development is lagging behind; Objective 2 - regions affected by industrial decline; Objective 5(b) - rural areas) and Interprise (all regions, with possible sectoral specialization) and to stimulate trans- national subcontracting following the Pan-European Forum on Subcontracting held in Madrid ...