In order to be awarded the Community eco-label for products falling within the product group hard coverings under Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 (hereinafter the eco-label), a hard covering shall comply with the criteria set out in the Annex to this Decision.

This includes, inter alia, floor coatings and floor paints; products which are tinted by distributors at the request of amateur or professional decorators; tinting systems; decorative paints in liquid or paste formulas which may have been pre-conditioned, tinted or prepared by the manufacturer to meet consumers needs, including wood paints, wood and decking stains, masonry coatings and metal finishes (excluding anti-corrosion finishes and primers) as well as primers (and undercoats) of such product systems.

In this light I particularly welcome today’s debate, which strikes the right balance between the strategic importance of enlargement and our own capacity to integrate new members.

Does the Commission accept that these realities highlight the need to expand the concept of energy security in two critical areas: recognition of the globalization of the energy security system and the importance of markets to absorb shocks and allow supply and demand to respond with greater ingenuity than controlled systems; and acknowledgement that interdependence and the growth of energy trade require collaboration among consumers and producers to ensure the security of the entire energy supply chain?

40. Recalls the Presidency conclusions of the Copenhagen European Council of June 1993 relating to enlargement of the European Union for the countries of central and eastern Europe; notes in particular that, in this context, "the Union's capacity to absorb new members, while maintaining the momentum of European integration, is also an important consideration in the general interest of both the Union and the candidate countries", insists that this criterion be fully taken into account before a final proposal is put forward by the Commission, in October 2004, concerning the possible opening of negotiations with Turkey in December 2004;

21. Underlines the importance of encouraging the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, in order to absorb the large number of workers made redundant in the restructuring of large enterprises and the agricultural sector; calls on the Romanian Government to focus on improving the business environment by simplification and transparent implementation of economic regulations, as well as better access to financing;