19. Agrees with the Commission that the disparities in growth and inflation rates within the euro area, with differences of up to 4,5 % in growth and up to 2,7 % in inflation in 2005, is increasingly due to structural reasons; regrets that dispersion in inflation rates among Member States with higher inflation rates has a negative effect on the competitiveness and monetary stability of the euro area as a whole; notes that these differences are sometimes part of a positive process of convergence in revenues and price level, due to the " ...[+++]catch up" process; calls once more on Member States of the euro area to strengthen their efforts towards effective coordination of economic and monetary policies notably through the reinforcement of their common strategies within the Eurogroup, in order to improve the real convergence of economies and to limit the risks of asymmetric shock in the EMU;

sharing and highlighting, at European level, the common cultural heritage of European significance; disseminating know-how and promoting good practices concerning its conservation;

sharing and highlighting, at European level, the common cultural heritage of European significance; disseminating know-how and promoting good practices concerning its conservation;

Essentially, a number of vendors have gotten together to agree on how to share information among various products to get almost a near real-time situation report as to the current status from a security perspective of your networks when you bring all these products together.

In effect, each time pass holders present themselves at an access point, there is a comparison of the individual's biometric data to a template on the card, as well as an electronic transaction, essentially confirming in real time that the Restricted Area Identification Card of the pass holder is valid and that the latter has a current Transportation Security Clearance.

Following that examination the Council: - notes with satisfaction that the abovementioned programme of priority economic reforms has, in the main, been implemented on schedule and that this represents a major step towards aligning Maltese economic structures on those of the Community; - shares the Commission's view that it is important to continue to monitor Malta's implementation of the reforms needed to prepare its economy for accession to the European Union; - therefore invites the Commission to keep it regularly informed of the progress made and the impact of the reforms on the Maltese economy; - notes that the Commission intends to examine this impact in more depth ove ...[+++]r the next few months, with a view to submitting specific proposals to the Council for the establishment of a pre-accession strategy which will consolidate the Maltese government's achievements to date and help it to continue to strive for even greater harmonization of its legislation and practices with the acquis communautaire; - intends to adopt these proposals in time for the next Association Council meeting with Malta, with the inclusion of a structured dialogue, the procedures for which will be defined in accordance with the Annex hereto; - recalls the Maltese government's undertaking to assume all obligations arising out of the Maastricht Treaty, including those concerning the CFSP, and considers that Malta's situation will need to be clarified as regards the incorporation of all of those obligations into its national law; - considers that in matters of justice and home affairs Malta's situation departs from prevailing European Union practice, in particular as regards visa policy and the ratification of the relevant international conventions; - stresses in this connection that accession to the European Union implies full acceptance by the acceding State of the actual and potential rights and obligations inherent in the Community system and its institutional framework as obtaining at t ...