The objective of the derogating measure is to simplify the procedure for charging and collecting VAT also preventing tax evasion and avoidance.

Uganda produces sugar and is a potential exporter to the European Union.

Myanmar/Burma produces sugar and is a potential exporter to the Union.

Burkina Faso produces sugar and is a potential exporter to the European Union.

This balance, and these quantities, shall be reviewed at regular intervals in order to take account of developments in economic and regulatory factors.

also applied to the former State Housing Agency and the three other bodies performing house financing activities before the entry into force of the Housing Act.

WestLB fully taxed on its income (and also on the commercial activities underpinned by Wfa's capital) and does not receive any financial advantage from Wfa's exemptions because the amount accepted as original own funds is not increased as a result.

they represented a major proportion of the total Community production of the product concerned during the RIP.

Still, it appeared to the Commission that the purpose of the rescue aid seemed to be solely to reschedule debt repayments and to save the company from insolvency.

Respect for the public service requirements is a fundamental requirement of this Directive, and is important that common minimum standards, respected by all Member States, are specified in this Directive, which take into account the objectives of common protection, security of supply, environmental protection and equivalent levels of competition in all Member States.

‘To be able to apply the prudent investor test, the Commission must have at disposal all the necessary information concerning the specific modalities of the measure that being scrutinised’.

So as to afford national authorities sufficient latitude when to choosing eligible regions without jeopardizing the effectiveness of the system of checks and balances operated by the Authority in respect of this type of aid and the equal treatment of all EFTA States, the selection of the regions eligible under the derogation in question should be undertaken by a two-step process which consists, first, of the determination by the Authority of the maximum population coverage for each EFTA State for such aid, and, secondly, of the selection of eligible regions.

, by requiring that access conditions should be approved or set by the NRA under the applicable EEA rules, EFTA States will ensure that, if not uniform, at least very similar access conditions will apply throughout all broadband markets identified by the NRA concerned.

A completely direct implementation of the internalisation of costs principle, which is the translation of the polluter-pays principle, require that all the plant's decommissioning costs be factored in the price of the first units of energy sold by the plant.

, in order to ensure the five-year transitional regime the membership of the SPK for the employees was maintained.

The Norwegian authorities have proposed on the basis of the flexibility rules to exclude from the five low population density counties certain parts that are not to be in need of regional aid and to include ‘NUTS III parts’ meeting the low population density test in contiguous NUTS III regions with higher population density.

Respect for the public service requirements is a fundamental requirement of this Directive, and is important that common minimum standards, respected by all Member States, are specified in this Directive, which take into account the objectives of consumer protection, security of supply, environmental protection and equivalent levels of competition in all Member States.

is important that the implementation of the TSI being the subject of this Decision is carried out in conjunction with the requirements of the Noise TSI, to the extent that the Noise TSI applies to freight wagons.

, in order for a measure to be considered State aid, it must constitute a selective advantage in favour of certain undertakings, be granted through state resources, distort competition and affect trade between the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement.

It is justified that, on account of the payment of this exceptional contribution in 1997, France Télécom is not required to pay an annual contribution supplement for the period between 1 January 1997 and a date after 31 December 2010 which still has to be determined precisely.