13. Reminds all stakeholders that, in its resolution of 26 October 2006 on the posting of workers, Parliament called on the Commission to regulate the joint and several liability of general or principal undertakings, in order to deal with abuses in the subcontracting and outsourcing of cross-border workers, and to set up a transparent and competitive internal market for all companies;

28. Refers to the Wolff Müller case, in which the Court of Justice held that a legal system of general liability of contractors contributes to ensuring the protection of workers and is therefore an overriding reason in the general interest; calls on those Member States that do not yet possess any such national legislation to close this loophole without delay; calls on the Commission to regulate joint and several liability for general or principal undertakings, in order to deal with abuses in the subcontracting and outsourcing of cross-border workers and to set up a transparent and competitive internal market for all companies;

In this sense, the designation of a single competent authority for market abuse does not exclude collaboration links or delegation under the responsibility of the competent authority, between that authority and market undertakings with a view to guaranteeing efficient supervision of compliance with the provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive.

(c) under its responsibility by delegation to such authorities or to the market undertakings; or

1. Animal by-products, and products derived therefrom, shall be collected, transported, stored, handled, processed, disposed of, placed on the market, exported, carried in transit and used in accordance with this Regulation.

The content sector consists of fledgling companies and medium-sized companies that wish to export, and due to the turbulence on the market, there is little willingness to provide risk capital.