the unrelated EC customer condition should be treated with caution because it may be blurred under the forces of MNCs, which may split its production between several countries and thus technically create unrelated EC customers via affiliated EC companies or via inter-group transfer pricing;

This unrelated EC customer condition may be side-stepped by the forces of globalisation because a multinational company may split its production between several countries and thus technically create unrelated EC customers via an affiliated company in the EC.

19. Points out that the right of codecision and political scrutiny by the European Parliament and the Council would become more difficult if EU administrative powers were increasingly delegated to European agencies with decision-making powers; moreover, increasing fragmentation of the 'EU executive' would make the Union less transparent for its citizens; administrative powers must therefore be 'delegated' to agencies only in the case of decisions of a purely technical nature which have no political dimension, scientific support or subject matter that is highly specialised and subject to very detailed regulation;

Apart from implementing technical measures, which is what this report is about, it is vital that an end is also put to the fragmentation of rail traffic.

Interventions financed under this Regulation may comprise any non-combat activities aimed at counteracting or resolving emerging crises and serious threats or outbreaks of conflict, all logistical measures necessary for the planning, implementation, monitoring and auditing of such interventions, including information and communication management, technical assistance and training, the purchase and/or delivery of essential products and equipment, safe transport and all administrative expenditure related to such measures as well as the measures necessary to strengthen the Community's coordination with Member States and other donor countrie ...[+++]s, international organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and their representatives.

The text of the recommendation is set out below (The annex, which contains a form for use by the Member States' competent authorities on the occasion of European sporting fixtures for information on the travelling and accommodation arrangements of hooligans, is not reproduced.) "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAVING REGARD to the Recommendation of the Council of the European Union for the exchange of information on the occasion of major events of meetings, adopted on 30 November 1994; HAVING REGARD to the initiative submitted by the United Kingdom on 21 June 1995; HAVING REGARD to the conclusion of the Council of the European Union on 21 June 1995; WHEREAS there have been instances of serious disorder at football matches in a number ...[+++]of Member States including matches in international competitions, and there is a need to ensure a consistent, coordinated, and effective response on the part of the police and the football authorities; WHEREAS the Council believes that techniques and procedures which have contributed to the successful containment of disorder should be more widely and consistently applied in relation to international high-risk matches; WHEREAS the Council considers that adoption of a more consistent approach to these problems would be likely to lead to a reduction in the number and seriousness of incidents of disorder; WHEREAS some of the recent outbreaks of disorder can be linked to lax controls on ticket sales at the grounds on the day of the match; WHEREAS recommendations have been adopted under the 1985 European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches for actions to be followed whenever the threat of violent disorder is foreseen by the country in which a football match is to be played, RECOMMENDS to Member States: I) To draw on the recommendations of the Standing Committee of the aforementioned Convention, contained in the check list of measures to be taken by organizers and p ...