Translation of "administration d accueil " (French → English) :

The necessary arrangements concerning the accommodation to be provided for the Agency in the host Member State and the facilities to be made available by that State, as well as the specific rules applicable in the Agency's host Member State to the Executive Director, the members of the Management Board, staff of the Agency and members of their families shall be laid down in a Headquarters Agreement between the Agency and the host Member State concluded after obtaining the approval of the Management Board.

The existing administrative procedures that must be satisfied before a fund can be marketed in another Member State – notably detailed ex-ante verification of fund documentation by the host authority and the current 2 month maximum waiting period - will be scaled back. Documentation and other exchanges shall take place on a regulator-to-regulator basis. Supervisory-cooperation mechanisms will be introduced to ensure speedy resolution of identified problems. Host supervisors should focus compliance with local marketing and advertising rules on the intermediaries directly responsible for those activities in the host jurisdiction rather tha ...[+++]n the partner country fund manager. |

In 2000, the Commission launched a major study (on the conditions for receiving which foreign research workers in Europe) in order to draw up an accurate survey of the administrative and material conditions for the reception of researchers from 32 third countries (from all continents) in each of the 15 EU Member States and the 17 States associated with the Framework Programme.

This core of rules are those laid down in the host Member State by laws, regulations and administrative provisions or "erga omnes" collective agreements or arbitration awards recognized as such by the State (either because the State subscribes to the agreements concluded between the two sides of industry - as is the case in France, Belgium and Germany (in certain sectors) - or because the constitution permits it - as in Spain) which apply to all workers carrying out the same duties in the same industrial sector in the host Member State.

The Green Paper has been widely welcomed. This positive response has allowed the rapid preparation of a first series of follow-up actions, including a strict time schedule with the following main points : - the complete opening of terminal equipment markets by 31 December 1990 : a proposal on this subject will be submitted before end- March 1988; - progressive opening of the market for telecommunications services from 1989 onwards; - full mutual recognition of type approvals : a draft directive will be submitted before the end of 1988; - full opening of the receiving antenna market (Receive Only Satellite antennas - ROS) before 31 December 1989, except where they are connected to public networks; - the setting up of a European Telecommu ...[+++]nications Standards Institute : agreement with the European Conference of Postal ad Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has been reached; CEPT has already taken the basic decision to establish such an institute by April 1988; - progressive implementation of cost-oriented telecommunication tariffs; - application of VAT to telecommunications (the 18th VAT directive is currently under discussion by the Council); - full application of EC competition rules to the sector; the Commission intends to draw up corresponding guidelines; - ensuring independence of procurement decisions of telecommunications administrations and the opening of public procurement. - 2 - On certain other issues discussions will continue over the weeks and months to come.

But such initiatives are fraught with problems. It is sometimes difficult to obtain a residence permit in the host country, there is no guarantee as regards social protection coverage, there are administrative formalities which are complex and costly for the host organisations. The absence of a European legal status for young volunteers is an additional hurdle to their freedom of movementbut there is increasing demand for a system of European voluntary service The demand has nevertheless grown in recent years for a Europe-wide initiative.