1. Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of identifying the types of conflict of interest that arise in the course of providing services and activities and whose existence may damage the interests of a UCITS, management companies take into account, by way of minimum criteria, the question of whether the management company or a relevant person, or a person directly or indirectly linked by way of control to the management company, is in any of the following situations, whether as a result of providing collective portfolio management activities or otherwise:

Within the context of an existing customer relationship, it is reasonable to allow the use of electronic contact details for the offering of similar products or services, but only by the same company that has obtained the electronic contact details in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC.

(41) Within the context of an existing customer relationship, it is reasonable to allow the use of electronic contact details for the offering of similar products or services, but only by the same company that has obtained the electronic contact details in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC.

The question is whether there will be sufficient affordable solutions for SMEs that meet common business needs, such as customer/supplier relationships management, accounting, reporting and logistics, that are interoperable with the e-business solutions of suppliers and clients.

Clients are provided through separate agencies with services such as advertising, perception management and public relation, brand identity and design consultancy, database marketing and customer relationship management as well as healthcare communication services.

8. NOTES that taking account of quality in the area of vocational training has led those involved, depending on the way in which vocational training systems are organized in the various Member States, to take various initiatives, such as the following: (a) undertakings seek to organize the relationship with providers of vocational training according to the pattern of the customer/supplier relationship; (b) vocational training bodies have begun to define quality criteria and/or charters on the basis of commitments entered into vis-à- vis their customers; some are tending towards certification by a third party; (c) the public authoritie ...[+++]s and/or the two sides of industry and/or other partners, depending on national practice, have introduced quality criteria when laying down rules and objectives, defining strategies and setting action and management frameworks for vocational training.