The European Commission's amended proposal took account of the European Parliament's amendments concerning the following points:
- including the combat of fraud and a criteria for assessing repeated minor offences in the provisions of good repute;
- harmonising the concept of 'capital and reserves' for assessing financial standing in accordance with Directive 78/660/EEC;
- allowing national authorities under certain conditions to delay assessment of an undertaking's financial standing for up to one year;
- equating certain offences detected between resident and non-resident transport operators.
The Commission could not accept the amendments that:
- referred, in particular, to offences involving the transport of live animals in the provisions of good repute;
- referred to an administrative conviction in the provisions of good repute;
- changed the transitional period for Austria, Finland and Sweden to take account of the fact that they were members of the EEA;
- required candidates for professional exams to have a detailed knowledge of a particular area of customs legislation.
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