Translation of "Guide on IGOSS product applications " (English → French) :

1. At the request of the Commission, Member States, candidate countries or the networks referred to in Article 38, the Agency shall engage in training and other appropriate activities concerning the application and explanation of railway safety and interoperability legislation and related products of the Agency such as registers, implementation guides and recommendations.

14. Notes the importance of European tourism adapting to the digital market and the need to develop new digital tools and information sources for potential tourists to Europe; recommends the creation of a user-friendly, interoperable mobile application containing interactive travel maps, guides and other relevant information about EU travel destinations, which could help to promote Europe as a tourist destination and to increase the amount and quality of information available to consumers; stresses that the costs incurred in creating and maintaining this application should ...[+++]be kept to a minimum; acknowledges the opportunities and potential offered by the digitisation of services and products in the tourism sector; stresses the importance of creating a fully functioning internal market for these services and products, which should be inclusive of all actors, not least SMEs and consumers, and afford them legal certainty;

The Commission points out as further main objectives of its proposal, the enhanced applicability and clarity of the Union legislation; a well defined quality policy based on the definitions of products; the updating of certain sales denominations in the light of the possibility to increase the level of wine instead of directly adding alcohol; increased flexibility by shifting the competence to amend the definitions and descriptions of products from the present co-decision procedure to the Commission by means of delegated acts; the adaptation of the Union rules to new technical requirements and to WTO requirements, including the TRIPs ...[+++] Agreement; and the definition of criteria guiding the recognition of new geographical indications.

In the case of generic ecodesign requirements, harmonised standards could contribute considerably to guiding manufacturers in establishing the ecological profile of their products in accordance with the requirements of the applicable implementing measure.