68. Calls for the extension of current traceability regimes and for the systematic implementation of the ‘step-free’ traceability provided for in basic Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 covering food and feed, food-producing animals, and all other substances destined for this purpose or which can be expected to be used in the production of food or feed; calls for the entire food chain in Europe, including all stages of production, processing and sales and distribution to be transparent and fully open to scrutiny by inspectors in order to ensure that fraudulent food products can be quickly identified;

C. whereas an estimated 100 million rural households are involved in cotton production, and whereas the cotton sector is a major source of employment and income for more than 250 million people in the production, processing, storage and transportation stages of this agricultural value chain;

For the purpose of this analysis, each Member State should particularly take into account the following principles: the principle of data minimisation, the principle of transparency — by ensuring that the end consumer is informed in a user-friendly and intelligible form using clear and plain language, of the purposes, timing, circumstances, collection, storage and all other processing of personal data, and the principle of empowerment of the individual — by ensuring that the measures taken safeguard the individual’s rights.

Lukashenko explains this to the people of Belarus in equally simple and understandable language. Quote: 'As I promised you before, if I decide to participate in the 2006 presidential elections, I will definitely consult you and ask for your permission - this is what I am doing now,' he said on Belorussian state television.

Implementation of the CSI scheme (US Container Security Initiative) in maritime transport, although not specifically designed for operators to benefit from, is widely acknowledged to have had a number of positive commercial side-effects, notably better operational systems and better control over and predictability of transport and other processes, as well as more reliable processing times and reduced loss through theft. Trends in recently published research[9] indicate that a number of cost factors, both of the transport chain and of the businesses involved would draw positive collateral benefits in a number of areas from improved securi ...[+++]ty measures.

Key aspects include a proposal to set up a European television channel, simplification of the language used on websites and more effective cooperation between Member States.