2. Stresses that the high technical level attained by high-speed traffic should ensure effective interoperability for any new investment;

They also mention particular difficulties due to the high technical level of the new pirating methods which require an excellent command of the new technologies.

In particular, implementation at national level suffers, depending on the circumstances, either from sanctions which are too light or from a lack of command of the technical nature of the field on the part of the national authorities.

- Reasons connected with the common features of services A horizontal directive (which does not rule out special provisions being applied at Community for one of the specific sectors) is effective and suitable because all the services have common aspects which can be covered by a text limited to laying down the basic elements of consumer protection (few written contracts, technical nature of the services, disappearance of the cause of damage during the provision of the service). III. - CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL This draft establishes the liability of the supplier of services for direct damage caused (by his fault in the provision of the s ...[+++]ervice) to the health and physical integrity of persons or their property.

As many of our ships were built before any significant electronic instrumentation was used, and even though our ships may be at the forefront of technological innovations worldwide, the members have different levels of electronic competence on board ships.