P. whereas the nucleus provisions in Article 3(1) of the PWD consists of international mandatory rules which the Member States have commonly agreed upon; notes that the public order provisions in Article 3(10) also consist of international mandatory rules but are frames in such a way that Member States have discretion in terms of their definition in national legislation; notes further that the use of Article 3(10) is important for Member States as it enables them to consider a variety of labour market, social policy and other concer ...[+++]ns including protection of workers, whilst respecting the principle of equal treatment,

This directive is urgently needed as an effective measure by which to achieve equal opportunities between men and women in areas other than employment.

2. The essential health and safety requirements laid down in this Directive are mandatory.

2. The essential health and safety requirements contained in the Directive are imperatives.

Whereas the statutory or regulatory provisions of the Member States which directly or indirectly determine the terms of consumer contracts are presumed not to contain unfair terms; whereas, therefore, it does not appear to be necessary to subject the terms which reflect mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions and the principles or provisions of international conventions to which the Member States or the Community are party; whereas in that respect the wording 'mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions' in Article 1 (2) also covers rules which, according to the law, shall apply between the contracting parties provided that no ot ...[+++]her arrangements have been established;

Whereas this Directive therefore contains only essential requirements; whereas, to facilitate proof of conformity with the essential requirements, it is necessary to have harmonized standards at European level in particular as to the construction, operation and installation of appliances burning gaseous fuels so that products complying with them may be assumed to conform to the essential requirements; whereas these standards, harmonized at European level, are drawn up by private bodies and must remain non-mandatory texts; whereas for that purpose the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrote ...[+++]chnical Standardization (Cenelec) are recognized as the competent bodies for the adoption of harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines for cooperation between the Commission and those two bodies signed on 13 November 1984; whereas, for the purposes of this Directive, a harmonized standard is a technical specification (European standard or harmonization document) adopted by one or both of those bodies upon a remit from the Commission in accordance with Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (4), as last amended by Directive 88/182/EEC (5), and the abovementioned general guidelines;