Unauthorized use, tampering with or modification of this system or its supporting hardware or software may violate federal or other statutes and may subject the violator to criminal and civil penalties.

On the economic front, changes in the economy and labour needs since the 1970s have been among the factors encouraging modification of this rigid system.

Unauthorized use, tampering with, or modification of this system or its supporting hardware and software, may violate federal and other statutes and may subject the violator to criminal and civil penalties under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

The Dwarves of Erebor used a further modification of this system, known as the mode of Erebor, and exemplified in the Book of Mazarbul.

As regards the final report, by Mr Souchet, the Commission has to say frankly that, having examined the European Parliament's report on the modification of this fundamental system, it cannot accept Amendments Nos 1 and 2.