For the purpose of carrying out the technical assessment of public oversight systems of third countries and to the international cooperation between Member States and third countries in this area, the CEAOB should establish a sub-group chaired by the member appointed by the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority — ESMA) and should request the assistance from ESMA, the European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority — EBA) or the European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority — EIOPA) insofar as its request is related to the international cooperation bet ...[+++]ween Member States and third countries in the field of statutory audit of public-interest entities supervised by these European Supervisory Authorities.

8. ESMA shall , in close cooperation with the members of the ESCB, develop draft regulatory technical standards specifying the monitoring tools for the risks of the CSDs referred to in paragraph 1, and the responsibilities of the key personnel in respect of those risks, the potential conflicts of interest referred to in paragraph 3 and the audit methods referred to in paragraph 6 at the CSD level as well as at the group level and the circu ...[+++]mstances in which it would be appropriate, taking into account potential conflicts of interest between the members of the user committee and the CSD, to share audit findings with the user committee in accordance with paragraph 6.

H. whereas duties are already at generally low levels between the two trade partners; whereas the EU and Taiwan have a regular structured dialogue addressing trade and investment matters of common interest and concern; whereas, within this framework, four technical working groups have been set up to deal with IPR-, TBT- and SPS-related issues and the pharmaceutical sector;

‘professional independence’, meaning that statistics must be developed, produced and disseminated in an independent manner, particularly as regards the selection of techniques, definitions, methodologies and sources to be used, and the timing and content of all forms of dissemination, free from any pressures from political or interest groups or from Community or national authorities, without prejudice to institutional settings, such as Community or national institutional or budgetary provisions or definitions of s ...[+++]tatistical needs.

20. Is also concerned to ensure political and democratic accountability where other regulatory bodies such as the International Accounting Standards Board, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), or the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) deal with "technical measures" that may have an impact beyond the technical level and touch on major policy principles that should be decided at the political level; proposes a continuous inter-institutional dialogue with the relevant existing bodies in the form of a working group, for establishing p ...[+++]rocedures for the decision-making process at European level in cases where the EU will be bound to such external measures; believes that, whatever the procedure selected, it must include the European Parliament and the Council, which must be allowed to reject standards contrary to the European interest;

An extensive survey using "focus group" techniques has been conducted to gather in-depth qualitative information on citizens' views about the provision of services of general economic interest.