Traduction de «ASEM Procedures Working Group » (Anglais → Français) :

Also in the statement, the Commission considered, on the one hand, that representatives of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority, the European Space Agency as well as the SG/HR should be involved as observers in the work of the expert group under the conditions laid down in its rules of procedure and, on the other hand, that agreements concluded by the European Community may provide for the participation of representatives of third countries in the work of the expert group ...[+++] under conditions laid down in its rules of procedure.

(Return tabled) Question No. 164 Mr. Peter Julian: With regard to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) working groups: (a) what are the regulatory changes, regulatory harmonization, procedural changes, and new programming initiatives proposed by each SPP working group; (b) what are the proposal and the proposals that have led, or are leading to regulatory changes, regulatory harmonization, procedural changes, ...[+++]and new programming initiatives, in every area covered by each working group; (c) what are the names of any and all sub-working groups along with a description of their tasks and issues to cover; (d) what is the lead country, the agency and the department responsible for each sub-working group; (e) who are the lead officials and the members for each sub-working group; (f) how many person-hours each division with responsibility for a part of the SPP has dedicated to SPP-related tasks, by year for 2005, 2006 and 2007; (g) what share, by division, do SPP-related tasks account by year for 2005, 2006 and 2007; (h) in which working group and sub-working group are copyright-related issues covered; (i) what role have the ongoing SPP negotiations in this area played in the formulation of the government’s copyright-reform legislation; (j) at which SPP meetings was Canadian copyright reform discussed, and who were the participants; (k) how much coordination is there among SPP working groups and their sub-working groups; (l) what is the nature of this coordination, for which the government has indicated it has hired several individuals in the Public Safety and Industry Departments; (m) what are the duties and responsibilities of these individuals; (n) at what level are tradeoffs among the various working groups discussed; (o) how does the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC) interact with the sub-working groups; (p) how often do NACC members interact with officials working on SPP-related projects; (q) who are the lead NACC contacts for eac ...

Supported by specific working procedures, ASEM has created a new dynamic between the two regions.

31. When satisfied with the above preparatory work for a candidate product group and with the positive recommendation of the ad hoc working group, the EUEB shall forward the final report together with the proposals concerning the drafting of the mandate to the Commission, and shall request the Commission to initiate the procedure for setting the ecological criteria for the product group in question and to give a mandate to the EUEB ...[+++] that takes into account the abovementioned proposals.

9. agrees that the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen, together with one representative from the Commission and assisted by the General Secretariat of the Council, will form a preparatory group which will help facilitate the work of the Group; notes the important role of the Commission in supporting the work of the Group, as set out in the Code of Conduct, notably in paragraph I, and in participating in the follow-up work of the Group; notes that, since the Group operates within the framework of the Council, the Secretariat function will be assumed by the General Secretariat of the Council; and is confident that the General Secretariat of the ...[+++] Council and Commission will liaise closely with each other to develop a collaborative approach to ensure an efficient and effective working relationship; 0. agrees that the Group shall meet not less than twice a year at a high level to facilitate a political orientation to the work of the group and that meetings of the group shall be convened by the Chairman on his own initiative or at the request of at least one third of the members of the Group; 1. agrees that, subject to the formal agreement of the Council, and in order to assist the work of the Group one or more sub-groups may be established to consider particular issues ; 2. agrees that the work of the Group shall be confidential; 3. agrees that the reports of the Group forwarded to Council will reflect either the unanimous opinion of its members or the various opinions expressed in the course of the discussion; 4. agrees that, subject to the formal agreement of the Council, any further rules of procedure of the Group may be established ".

Finally, Canada has been an advocator of a strong and effective non-compliance procedure and was the chief proponent of a newly created working group, ad hoc working group of legal and technical experts on non-compliance to the Montreal protocol, which is mandated to review the non-compliance procedure with a view to developing appropriate recommendations on the need and conditions for the further elaboration and strenghtening of this procedure.