The possibility of cross-border commuting should be addressed by Council Directive ././EC of.on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State.

Further details on cross-border commuting are drawn up in Council Directive ././EC [on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State].

The possibility of cross-border commuting should be addressed by the Council Directive ././EC of., of ., on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State.

It has been difficult to forecast with authority the numbers of commuters or frontier workers which could result as the data available is historical in nature with any predictions only estimates.

The key elements of the transition arrangement, which also cover commuters or frontier workers, include a transition period, a review mechanism, safeguards and declarations by Member States.

Whereas Commission Directive 90/128/EEC of 23 February 1990 relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (2), as amended by Directive 92/39/EEC (3), provides the possibility of carrying out the migration tests either on foodstuffs or on food simulants, whilst Council Directive 82/711/EEC (4) requires the migration tests to be carried out only on food simulants unless the method of analysis which enables migration into foodstuffs to be established has been adopted officially; whereas this discrepancy is capable of affecting the proper application of the Directives and whereas it is therefore nec ...[+++]essary to eliminate it;