Where the application of Article 36(1)(b) results in an aid amount that is lower than the sum already paid, the security shall be reduced by 120 % of the amount paid in excess of the aid due.

Welcomes the progress achieved by the Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) as set out in its report (9427/05 FISC 55). Notes that the Code of Conduct Group has considered the proposed revised or replacement measures of the measures mentioned in paragraphs 22 to 24 and the Revenue from Stock Exchange operations measure referred to in paragraph 25 of 9427/05 FISC 55 against the established criteria of the Code of Conduct and has found that none of these are harmful within the meaning of the Code. Agrees that the proposed revised or replacement measures mentioned in paragraphs 12, 14, 15 and 17 of 9427/05 FISC 55 are adequate to achiev ...[+++]e rollback of all the harmful features of the measures. Asks the Group to continue monitoring standstill and the implementation of rollback and report to the Council before the end of the United Kingdom Presidency".

(a) may be decided on by the Member States where application of the flat-rate aid referred to at (i) makes it or could make it impossible to have one or more of the by-products of wine-making distilled in certain regions of the Community,

Where the application of Article 36(1)(b) results in an aid amount that is lower than the sum already paid, the security shall be reduced by 120 % of the amount paid in excess of the aid due.

recalls that the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, adopted on 1st December 1997 a Resolution on a code of conduct for business taxation O.J. No C 2, 6.1.1998, p. 2. , paragraph H of which foresees that a Group will be established by the Council to assess the tax measures that may fall within the scope of the code and to oversee the provision of information on those measures; 2. confirms the establishment of a Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) (hereinafter called the Group), set up within the framework of the Council, to assess the tax measures that may fall wit ...[+++]hin the scope of the Code of Conduct for business taxation and to oversee the provision of information on those measures, without prejudice to the respective competences of Member States and the Community in the fields covered by the work of the Group and without prejudice to Article 151 of the Treaty as regards preparing the work of the Council; 3. notes that the work of the Group is accorded political importance and agrees that this should be reflected in the appointment by each Member State and the Commission of a high level representative and a deputy member.

The EEA Council: - welcomed the progress made along the lines of the pragmatic strategy endorsed by the EEA Council at its meeting in May 1995 for introducing diagonal cumulation between the EC/EFTA countries, treated as one territory for the purposes of rules of origin, and the associated CEECs and underlined the importance of the timely implementation of the strategy defined by the European Council meeting in Essen towards a European cumulation; - stressing the importance of finalising Protocol 3 with a view to improving market access for processed agricultural products in trade between the EU and its EFTA partners, urged the EEA Joint Committee to comple ...[+++]te this part of the EEA Agreement, recognizing the need to find arrangements which comply with the Uruguay Round settlement; - noted the positive developments in discussions on closer co-operation in the veterinary field; - noted the resumption of the discussions on the incorporation of the Regulation on maritime cabotage into the EEA Agreement. 6. As regards maintenance of homogeneity in the EEA, which entails the uniform application of common legislation across the European Economic Area, the EEA Council: - noted that the Council of the European Union had recently established a Code of Conduct with regard to declarations made in the Council, emphasising a more open and transparent practice; - welcomed the decision of the Council of the European Union, on the basis of the privileged relationship between the EU and the EFTA States participating in the EEA and in the interest of maintaining homogeneity, to authorise the Commission, bearing in mind the Code of Conduct, to bring relevant declarations made by the Council and/or the Commission in the EU Council's minutes to the attention of the EFTA States participating in the EEA. 7. The EEA Council stated its commitment to policies aimed at securing equal opportunities between women and men and underlined the importance of considering the further development of ...