'group of undertakings' means two or more undertakings recognised as linked under national law in the following ways: an undertaking, in relation to another undertaking directly or indirectly, holds a majority of that undertaking's subscribed capital; controls a majority of the votes attached to that undertaking's issued share capital; is entitled to appoint more than half of the members of that undertaking's administrative, management or supervisory body; or the undertakings are managed on a unified basis by the parent undertaking ...[+++];

"Public undertakings" means any undertaking over which public authorities may exercise directly or indirectly a dominant influence by virtue of their ownership of it (for example controlling the majority of the votes attached to shares issued by undertakings or appointing half of the members of the undertaking's administrative, managerial or supervisory body), their financial participation therein (for example holding a major part of the underrtaking's subscribed capital), or the rules which govern it.

"The conditions listed in this Annex provide the maximum list of conditions which may be attached to general authorisations (Part A), rights to use radio frequencies (Part B) and rights to use numbers (Part C) as referred to in Article 6(1) and Article 11(1)(a), within the limits allowed under Articles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Directive 2002/21/EC (the Framework Directive)".

Moreover, their fixations (anchorages) have to comply with stricter requirements because, unlike safety belts in passenger cars which are fixed on the chassis of the car, safety belts in buses are fixed to the seats which in their turn have to withstand considerable kinetic forces in case of an accident and have to be reinforced accordingly.

39. Believes that a commitment to diversity of ownership and/or control of broadcasting, and of broadcasting and other media, should be incorporated in any future Directive, without prejudice to the other initiatives to be undertaken by the Commission as requested by the European Parliament in its resolution of 20 November 2002 on media concentration; hopes that the amendment of Directive 89/552/EC or the new Directives on audiovisual content will include rules on ownership of televisual media that will ensure pluralism in the field of information and culture;

In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Nancy Holmes and Margaret Young, Research Officers, and from the Committees and Private Legislation Directorate: Josée Thérien, Legislative Clerk.