whereas the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights called on the Hungarian authorities, when reviewing the media law, to take account of Council of Europe standards on freedom of expression and media pluralism, the relevant recommendations of the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and, in particular, the binding standards set out in the ECHR and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights; whereas he referred to the use of unclear definitions which are open to misinterpretation, the establishment of politically unbalanced regulatory machinery with disproportionate powers which is not subject to full judicial supervision, threats to the independence of public-service broadcast med ...[+++]ia, and erosion of the protection of journalists’ sources; whereas he also stressed the need for all relevant stakeholders, including opposition parties and civil society, to be able to participate in a meaningful manner in the review of this legislation, which regulates such a fundamental aspect of the functioning of a democratic society (6),

– Sewing machines (lock stitch only) with heads of a weight not exceeding 16 kg without motor or 17 kg with motor | Manufacture in which: the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product,the value of all the non-originating materials used in assembling the head (without motor) does not exceed the value of all the originating materials used, andthe thread-tension, crochet and zigzag mechanisms used are originating | |

We have the choice of either indulging in sterile argument, accusing each other of being irresponsible – which reminds me of the old medieval arguments about how many angels fit on the point of a needle – or of the international community, in general, and the European Union, in particular, mobilising the best of its efforts in order to restore security, stability and democracy in Iraq.

The committee is counting the angels dancing on the end of a pin while the industry gradually collapses.

Various Members have referred to angels this morning – either to the sex of angels or to how many could dance on the head of a pin.

Whereas such spray heads contain no mechanical device and are sealed by a simple capsule which falls away when the fusible metal strut which holds it in place melts ; whereas therefore such spray heads do not in themselves constitute mechanical appliances for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders falling within heading No 84.21 and cannot be considered as parts or spare parts of such appliances ; whereas they do not fall within heading No 84.61 either, which covers taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats and the like ; whereas, as appears from the relevant Explanatory Note to t ...[+++]he Brussels Nomenclature, only mechanically operated appliances fall within that heading ; whereas they do not constitute machinery and mechanical appliances within heading No 84.59, in accordance with the scope of that heading as specified in the Explanatory Notes to the Brussels Nomenclature;