In addition, safety recommendations can also be released through letters, interim statements/reports or safety studies.

The main aspects of the current USO are (i) the delivery of postal packets (letters, packets and parcels) up to 20 kg every working day to the home or premises of every individual or other person in the United Kingdom (Mon-Sat delivery obligations for letters), (ii) at least one collection every working day from each access point, and a service of conveying, receiving, collecting, sorting and delivering postal packets at affordable prices determined in accordance with a uniform tariff, and (iii) the provision of a registered post service at prices determined in accordance with a uniform tariff.

covering letters for the transmission of safety recommendations from the safety investigation authority to the addressee, where so requested by the safety investigation authority issuing the recommendation;

The Committee's work resulted in the adoption of five sets of recommendations and an opinion, along with the publication of a bi-monthly newsletter and an annual report on the State of the Art of Rare Diseases Activities in Europe which describes activities at Member State, EU and global levels.

As is apparent from the tables in Part VIII of the Staff Working Document, the extent of the improvement varies greatly from one state to another and not all recommendations are reflected in the letter of the law.

(3) By letter dated 22 May 2000 (received on 29 May), the annexes to which were received separately on 16 June 2000, and finally by supplementary letter dated 9 August 2000 (received on 11 August), Germany provided the requested information, on the basis of which the Commission is deciding whether the beneficiaries of the measures are to be viewed as SMEs within the meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)(4) (Community guidelines) and Commission recommendation of 3 April 1996 concerning the definition ...[+++] of small and medium-sized enterprises(5) (the recommendation) and thus are entitled to receive the maximum permissible aid intensity of 50 % gross in the assisted areas where the two projects are located.