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Report whether the certifying body referred to in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 made any statements regarding the carrying out of physical and substitution checks in its latest report pursuant to Article 5(4) of that Regulation and indicate the respective place in the report (chapter, page etc.).

First, the decision was not based on “technical or scientific progress”, since the draft conclusions of the risk assessment used to justify the exemption dated from 2002 and the conclusions had not changed since then; secondly, the Commission did not assess whether or not substitutes are available and what are the impacts of the substitutes compared to Deca-BDE; thirdly, the exemption was too wide.

First, the decision was not based on “technical or scientific progress”, since the draft conclusions of the risk assessment used to justify the exemption dated from 2002 and the conclusions had not changed since then; secondly, the Commission did not assess whether or not substitutes are available and what are the impacts of the substitutes compared to Deca-BDE; thirdly, the exemption was too wide.

Whereas the European Council of 24 and 25 March 1999 invited the Commission to submit, before 1 January 2006, a report reviewing the operation of the own resources system and, in particular, the effects of enlargement on the financing of the budget; whereas the report should also review the correction of the budgetary imbalances granted to the United Kingdom as well as the granting to Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden of the reduction in the financing of the budgetary imbalances in favour of the United Kingdom; whereas the report should also address the feasibility of creating new autonomous own resources as well as arrangements for the possible introduction of a fixed uniform rate applicable to the VAT assessment bases; where ...[+++]as the Commission will submit that report before 1 January 2004; whereas, on the basis of that report, the Commission will submit, before 1 January 2005, a proposal for a Council decision which will replace this Decision on 1 January 2007; whereas that decision is to include provisions concerning the replacement of the VAT resource by new, autonomous own resources; whereas those new resources should be directly connected with ordinary citizens and not increase the tax burden they bear; whereas, furthermore, provisions should be included for the gradual phasing-out of the compensatory mechanism established in favour of the United Kingdom; whereas, it should enter into force simultaneously with the beginning of the new financial perspective from 2007 with a view to improving consistency between the revenue and expenditure sides of budgetary policy;