149. Where a proceeding is settled on the basis that a party shall pay or recover costs and the amount of costs is not included in or determined by the settlement, the costs may be taxed under sections 153 to 159 on the filing of a copy of the minutes of settlement in the Registry.

I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT at the request of (identify party who obtained appointment) to tax the costs of (identify party entitled to costs and what costs are to be taxed) on (day), (date), at (time), at (address).

once the present action has been upheld and the trade mark in question has been registered, order the party opposing that claim to pay the costs of the proceedings and to reimburse the appeal fees paid to OHIM.

– (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we need to say – as Parliament, but this, of course, applies to my group in particular – a very clear ‘no’ to this USD 14 travel fee, ‘no’ to unjustified measures on the part of the Americans at the expense of Europeans and ‘no’ to this one-sided strain on European-American relations.

3. There is a need to examine thoroughly and with prudence the effect that the widespread option to tax financial services and insurance will have on the final prices to consumers, particularly bearing in mind the limited experience with the use of the option and the absence of reliable figures allowing to assess the impact in an accurate manner. The facilitation of procedures for businesses should not come at the cost of increased prices for consumers. This concern is all the more important with regard to the inclusion of the insurance sector within the scope of the special VAT exemption regime, particularly in those countries where insurance premium taxes exist ...[+++].

Small and medium-sized businesses in particular frequently fall victim to tax fraud organised nationally or internationally: reducing this scourge therefore has to be a key goal of EU enterprise policy.