6. Urges the Commission to establish a monitoring system to check compliance with refugees’ and asylum-seekers’ rights in the performance of entry (and pre-entry) controls under the Schengen Borders Code, so that possible flaws can be promptly detected;

From the information and evidence collected for the committee, it all seems very convenient that so many people carrying out the checks and balances of the company came very late to the party: i.e., the present board of management took over in 2000 after the company had all but ceased taking on new business; the Financial Services Authority was not created until late 1999, so it is not responsible for what happened before it came into existence; the financial actuaries advising the UK Government before the FSA was formed maintain that Equitable Life was always solvent, although one actuary giving evidence to our inquiry did admit there ...[+++] are up to six ways of valuing an insurance company.

Consequently, any entry controls will restrict considerably but will not wipe out the danger of bringing in the virus.

In such cases, entry checks should as a rule take priority over exit checks;

To illustrate just how important it is to control this gateway, I would like to refer you to the example of the experience of the record industry in Quebec which clearly illustrates how important it is not to become dependent on foreigners in any sector.

checks at points of entry into the Community: he asked Member States to strengthen existing controls, especially for foodstuffs from South-east Asia;