23.12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 321/31 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1993 establishing priority areas for the action plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market, adopted pursuant to Council Decision 92/481/EEC (Karolus programme) (93/698/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 92/481/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the adoption of an action plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market ('), and in particular the sixth indent of Article 5 thereof, Whereas the above Decision lays down that the Commis- sion shall, in consultation with the Committee referred to in Article 10 thereof, decide annually on the priority areas to be covered by the exchange programme ; Whereas those areas must be established for 1994 ; Whereas the definition of those priority areas is closely connected with the implementation of various measures for the completion of the single internal market as laid down in Article 8a of the EC Treaty; Whereas the exchanges of officials are designed to contri- bute to improving convergence in both the interpretation of Community acts and the implementation of those acts ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 10 of Council Decision 92/481/EEC concerning the action plan, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 For the 1994 financial year, the priority areas referred to in the sixth indent of Article 5 of Council Decision 92/481/EEC shall be as follows : () OJ No L 286, 1. 10. 1992, p. 65. — pharmaceutical products and veterinary medicinal products (and in particular officials with responsibility for the licensing and supervision of medicinal products, including the establishment of a network of remote links in the field of medical data-processing), — public procurement (and in particular officials working in administrative departments with responsi- bility for contract award procedures), — export controls on certain dual-use goods and tech- nologies covered by the regulation currently under discussion at the Council, without prejudice to the application of national provisions on the protection of defence secrets (and in particular officials with respon- sibility for export licensing and monitoring), — conformity testing and market supervision (and in particular officials with responsibility for the imple- mentation of the directives on toys, personal protec- tive equipment, measuring instruments, low-voltage electrical equipment, electromagnetic compatibility, medical devices, gas appliances, pressure vessels, chemicals, machinery and motor vehicles and those with responsibility for inspecting good laboratory practice, — foodstuffs (and in particular officials with responsibi- lity for the official inspection of foodstuffs in accord- ance with Articles 4 and 5 of Council Directive 89/397/EEC (2), — plant health (and in particular officials with responsi- bility for inspecting the health of plants and plant products at the place of production and those with responsibility for the acceptance and supervision of plant protection products), — banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges and institutions for collective investment in securities (and in particular officials from the supervisory authorities for those institutions), () OJ No L 186, 30. 6. 1989, p. 23.