The Commission was asked to provide its opinion on this particular question.

I invite the European Parliament also to give its opinion on the communication.

make comments and reservations or express an unfavourable opinion only an opinion expressly stated to be an unfavourable opinion shall be considered to be such

3.4.3 Own initiative opinions too?

You can be sure that we will not be slow in giving our opinions on them.

Austria, the country I come from, was one of the first three Member States, to make a positive statement.

(g) issue opinions and recommendations addressed to the Commission

A354 89) by Mr De Clercq, drawn up on behalf of the Committee on External Economic Relations, on the proposal from the Commission to the Council (COM(89) 435 final Doc.

But how can a relevant opinion be formulated on the proposed guidelines without using this essential information as soon as possible?

Today is not the right time to reach a final verdict this is something that Parliament will be doing at the beginning of next year.

The Commission is hence unable to pass an opinion on the first part of the honourable Member's question.

Settlement of disputes

I am advised that we still have time to formulate our opinion and still meet the deadline of the beginning of the sugar marketing year.

However, Article 110 provides you with the possibility of drafting recommendations and submitting opinions.

If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.

These are thus extremely important questions, which we hope that the Council will see fit to take up when formulating a new opinion.

Employees' representatives must be given time to submit an opinion before decisions are taken.

Such consultations shall take place through an Experts Group consisting of representatives authorised by the Coordinators.

Once selected, an arbitrator shall continue to make all reasonable efforts to become aware of any interests, relationships or matters referred to in rule 3 of this Code of Conduct and shall disclose them.

In the interim the Committee on Contributions should continue to provide its expert opinions and recommendations.

2.3.4 Summary of the main points of the communication relevant to the subject matter of this opinion (to be drafted).

Article 13

The Administrative and Financial Affairs Committee shall meet at least twice a year, prior to each session of the Council of Members.

The honourable Member of Parliament will understand that the Commission is therefore, for the moment, not in a position to give any opinion on the plan. (Second question).

ARNDT (S). (DE) Mr President, we are confusing various issues at the moment.

Article 30

The Bureau may, from time to time, draw up a list of matters which it considers should be declared in the register.

I would like to issue a note of warning here the Cotonou Agreement, in our view, offers the last chance to bring peace to Liberia.

to give an opinion on whether there is an unfavourable benefit risk ratio for vigabatrin, especially in relation to its potential to induce serious visual field defects .

(j) to provide advice on any question related to advanced therapy medicinal products, at the request of the Executive Director of the Agency or the Commission

A major goal will be to maintain the record so far of completing opinions for all applications within the 210 day timeframe laid down in the Regulation.

(9) Do you have views on, or suggestions for new priority projects which the EU should give backing to?

Mr Poettering (PPE). (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to make five remarks.

Each Party shall provide that its judicial authorities, where appropriate, have the authority to order, at the conclusion of civil judicial proceedings concerning the enforcement of intellectual property rights, that the prevailing party be awarded payment by the losing party of legal costs and other expenses, as provided for under that Party's law.

If the court cannot formulate its opinion immediately, it must do so within 30 to 90 days.

MORRIS (S). Mr President, I am looking at this fishing agreement primarily from a development point of view.

Mrs Diamantopoulou, do you wish to make any comment?

ACER currently acts primarily through recommendations and opinions and has very limited decision making rights.

With it rests the responsibility to formu late proposals and submit them for opinion to the European Parliament and to the Economic and Social Committee.

(11) The CSCE rapporteur(s) will establish the facts, report on them and may give advice on possible solutions to the question raised.

But in that case an administrative and customs frontier would have to be erected within a unified Germany.

any other practice liable to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of a like product.

Certification of wines and spirits

Nor had I expected to be asked about this.

These emphases of policy appear to me to correlate rather well with those which have been identified by Mrs Martin in her motion and in her statement.