First of all, concerning the harmonization of laws in the Member States dealing with authors' rights.

The development of knowledge-based techniques such as legal ontologies for the comparison and harmonization of law.

To meet its goals, the Institute engages in projects that command the interest of those who have a stake in the modernization and harmonization of laws.

From the above, I think the need emerges not to use the harmonization of laws to extend excise duties to new products, no matter how similar they may seem.

However, we would like to stress that the international fight against the sexual exploitation of children is best carried out through intensified intergovernmental cooperation and not through a harmonization of laws.

Mr President, the proper functioning of the internal market requires harmonization of laws on tobacco advertising, and that this harmonization results in far-reaching prohibitions is in line with Article 100a of the Treaty, whether you like it or not.

CLI drafts legislation and regulations affecting the modernization and harmonization of laws in the Caribbean, especially in the area of commercial law, and informs and educates the business community, the Bar, government leaders and consumers about CLI's law reform programs.

The harmonization of laws affecting domestic transactions in member States has an effect on international transactions in that within the field covered by the harmonizing measures these obviate the need to resort to conflict of laws rules and thus achieve one of the objectives of a Convention regulating international transactions.