Comprises transactions that are closely related to insurance and pension fund operations. Included are agents’ commissions, insurance brokering and agency services, insurance and pension consultancy services, evaluation and adjustment services, actuarial services, salvage administration services, and regulatory and monitoring services on indemnities and recovery services.

Comprise transactions that are closely related to insurance and pension fund operations. Included are agents’ commissions, insurance brokering and agency services, insurance and pension consultancy services, evaluation and adjustment services, actuarial services, salvage administration services, and regulatory and monitoring services on indemnities and recovery services.

8. Each deputy head must, to ensure effective performance, establish in consultation with the bargaining agents representing employees in the portion of the federal public administration for which he or she is deputy head, a consultation committee consisting of representatives of the deputy head and the bargaining agents for the purpose of exchanging information and obtaining views and advice on issues relating to the workplace tha ...[+++]t affect those employees. In order to facilitate the process, union meetings in the workplace during normal hours shall be authorized.

Commission staff exercising this function are governed by special rules guaranteeing their independence (for example, in certain cases they may bring actions before the Court of Justice).

In particular, the Directive provides that: - Member States must take the necessary steps to ensure that staff of the relevant authorities possess adequate technical and administrative qualifications; - a system of quality standards will be introduced for the laboratories entrusted by Member States with the control in question; this system must comply with generally accepted and standardized norms; the laboratories must use validated methods of analysis wherever possible; - there will be closer co-operation between the Member States' control authorities; - national authorities and the Commission will provide mutual ...[+++]administrative assistance to ensure proper application of the legislation on foodstuffs, in particular through preventive action and the detection of infringements or behaviour suspected of infringing the rules.

Specifically, the Directive provides that: - Member States must take the necessary measures to ensure that the officials appointed by the competent authorities possess adequate technical and administrative qualifications; - a system of quality standards is to be introduced for laboratories entrusted by Member States with the task of carrying out the control in question; this system must comply with generally accepted and standardized rules, and the laboratories must, wherever possible, use validated methods of analysis; - there should be closer co-operation between the Member States' authorities responsible for such control; - the na ...[+++]tional authorities and the Commission must provide mutual administrative assistance to ensure the correct application of the legislation on foodstuffs, in particular through preventive measures and the detection of infringements or practices suspected to be in breach of the regulations.