Translation of "Accord de conditionnement sous marque commune " (French → English) :

1. Approves the conclusion of the agreement taking the form of a joint statement annexed to this decision;

As far as funding the effects of the BSE and foot and mouth crises is concerned, during the consultation of 20 July between the European Parliament and the Council, we concluded an agreement on a joint declaration in which the two arms of the budgetary authority were informed that, under the maximum of sub-category 1A of the financial perspectives, as laid down in the draft budget, a sufficient margin should be maintained to meet the needs in connection with the BSE and foot and mouth crises.

FSB has co-operation agreements with a number of "Independent Savings Banks" through which it provides, among other things, a common brand image, common trade name (Sparbank), certain financial products, such as mortgages and mutual funds, and certain back office operations.

the conclusion of the Pre-Accession Pact on organised crime with the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including the Baltic States, and Cyprus; political agreement of a joint action aiming at making it an offence under the laws of each Member State for a person, present in its territory, to participate in a criminal organisation, irrespective of the location in the Union where the organisation is concentrated or is carrying out its criminal activity; the signature of conventions on customs co-operation and corruption and substantive progress on the draft convention on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; th ...[+++]e establishment of a European judicial network to improve practical co-operation and agreement on a Joint Action on best practices in mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; establishment of a system of mutual evaluation, focusing initially on reasons for delays in providing mutual legal assistance and urgent requests for restraint of assets; improvements to the mechanism for collecting and analysing data on organised crime in preparing the annual situation report; adoption of the Falcone multi-annual funding programme for action against organised crime.

The American Convention on Human Rights is a regional instrument with a political history which attaches greater importance to the concept of the general welfare and social interest than the UN covenant.

This was its final approval following assent given by the European Parliament on 5 May; the Council had already recorded agreement on 21 March (see press release 5746/94 (Presse 40)); - amending Annex XI, Telecommunications services, to the EEA Agreement.