The new system offers a unique opportunity to bring teams of NHS staff closer together by harmonising conditions of service and breaking down old-style demarcations.
(c) In paragraph 3, the word "Annex" shall be replaced by "Annex I". (5) The following Article 6a ▌ shall be inserted:" d) to harmonise the conditions specified in Annex II relating to the granting to undertakings providing pan-European electronic communications networks or services of general authorisations or individual rights of use for radio frequencies or numbers.
The Decision makes it mandatory for Member States to open the relevant spectrum by 30 June 2014 at the latest, and lays down harmonised technical conditions to allow coexistence between different technologies.
Considering the high number of pigs (67 animals), it was preferable to divide the tasks and to perform the experiments at two partner laboratories in parallel, under harmonised experimental conditions.
Objectives On the basis of Article 153 TFEU, the EU encourages improvements in the working environment by harmonising working conditions in order to protect workers' health and safety.
The idea was to deliver fair pay for non-medical staff based on the principle of "equal pay for work of equal value", provide better links between pay and career progression, and harmonise terms and conditions of service such as annual leave, hours and sick pay, and work done in unsocial hours (in most cases, weekends, 8pm to 6am on weekdays, and bank holidays).
In a statement, it said: "The NHS National Staff Council has informed NHS trusts that we must harmonise terms and conditions for all on-call and out-of-hours work so that all staff on the same pay band are paid the same amount for work of equal value.
To come back to the subject being dealt with today, there is an urgent need – and on this point I agree with Mr Savary – to harmonise the working conditions for road hauliers and the rules to be applied in relation to rest periods and driving times.
The TUPE Regulations can prove a problem with harmonising terms and conditions.
Although it is generally very desirable that social standards in the European transport sector should be harmonised, the social conditions of the vehicles' drivers must also be improved.
