We have also devised a preferential arrangement for the retail trade.

The complaint said the firm had set up preferential arrangements with 16 mutual fund companies.

In many cases another representation called a preferential arrangement based on a utility function is also possible.

Changes to preferential arrangements take place from time to time, sometimes at very short notice.

In this context, weak orderings are also known as preferential arrangements.

Lastly, given the aim of the preferential arrangements, I think it is important that they should also benefit the least developed countries.

At the beginning of his report, he rightly points to the importance of the preferential arrangements in Europe's trade policy.

Further information of these preferential arrangements can be found in Notice 826 Tariff preferences: imports.

It concerns importers who, in applying the preferential arrangements, are disadvantaged by irregularities in the decisions of beneficiary countries.

When discussing preferential arrangements, account must be taken of all the aspects involved: trade policy, development aid, public funds, customs rules, industrial interests, importers' liabilities, etc.

Mr President, the communication of 16 March 2005 defines general orientations for the future of the rules of origin in preferential arrangements.

Michael S. Swavely, president of Compaq North America, said he was confident that Businessland no longer had preferential arrangements with other manufacturers.

EUR 1 Certificate or EUR-MED - must be held or issued for imports and exports under all other preferential arrangements.

It is essential because there can be developing countries in the same region which benefit from different preferential arrangements on the GSP, and diversion of those preferences should be avoided.

There is a passage in the explanatory statement of this regulation which states that the Community preferential arrangements must not be undermined, nor must there be disturbances to the European market.

The Commission should also investigate certain instances of fraud taking place at the moment, for example, in respect of imports of tuna steaks under the GSP-Drugs preferential arrangements.

Last November, Morgan Stanley settled a suit brought by the S.E.C. and NASD that said the firm had set up preferential arrangements with 16 mutual fund companies.

Producers of other traditional Caribbean exports, like sugar and bauxite, are also concerned that the new rules will put an end to the preferential arrangements that they rely on to compete with rivals in Latin America.

Concern was expressed about the possible impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA - see pp. 39045-46; 39234) in reducing preferential arrangements for US imports from central America.

Most agricultural products are covered by the traditional preferential arrangements described in notices 826, 827 and 828 and qualify for preference only if they originate in the Community or Turkey in accordance with specific rules of origin.

Today Toshiba is a member of the Mitsui keiretsu (a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings), and still has preferential arrangements with Mitsui Bank and the other members of the keiretsu.

I am thinking, in particular, of the introduction of effective penalty clauses into preferential arrangements, supported by a mechanism for providing regular information to importers, like the one put forward by the Commission in its recent proposal on the new generalised system of preferences.

The possibility of a return to a racially discriminatory constitution led to fears that Fiji might forfeit its preferential arrangements with the European Union for its sugar exports, and with Australia for its clothing industry, but those fears have largely (but not entirely) subsided.

However, it remains a feature of the longstanding bilateral preferential arrangements between the EC and Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, EEA agreement (which consists of the EC, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein), and ACP/OCT.

What we are calling for is the suspension of that agreement, not a suspension of all contact with Israel, but a suspension of the preferential arrangements that Europe has with Israel so that at least it will begin to recognise that we are prepared to take action.