Translation of "niveau sur l'étalonnage " (French → English) :

(29) In order to achieve a high quality of testing throughout the Union, test equipment to be used during testing, its maintenance and its calibration should be verified with reference to specifications provided by the Member States or by manufacturers .

(67b) Although internationally certified reference materials and materials used for external quality assessment schemes are not covered by this Directive, calibrators and control materials needed by the user to establish or verify performances of devices are in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

(12) To achieve a high quality of testing throughout the Union test equipment to be used during testing, its maintenance and calibration should be specified on Union level.

91. Considers that job quality has to be promoted as a multidimensional concept, covering both employment relations and work itself; calls on the Commission to step up efforts to review the EU definition and common indicators of job quality, to make them more operational for the evaluation and benchmarking of Member States' policies; considers that social dialogue plays an important role in promoting decent work, quality employment and adequate social protection and thus calls on the key stakeholders in the field of industrial relations at EU level to work towards developing a common European approach in this area and to take an active ...[+++] part in the review of the definition and indicators of job quality;

· EU level - providing financial resources, data (benchmarking, global trends), methodology based on shared best practice, guidance for multi-level governance, setting minimum standards for programmes to comply with EU priorities;

The implementation of the present benchmarking initiative will take fully into account the work carried out by the High Level Group on Benchmarking, which was set up by the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000.