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32. Calls on Montenegro to achieve progress on aligning national legislation with the acquis as regards access to environmental information, access to justice, environmental liability and strategic environmental assessment provisions on trans-boundary aspects; urges the authorities to integrate more systematically environment-related and climate change issues into other sectoral policies; considers it particularly important to address problems of solid waste, waste water and the poorly regulated waste management system, as well as t ...[+++]o introduce more stringent penalties for all those who violate the relevant regulations and to establish an efficient inspection monitoring system; furthermore, in general, reiterates the need to resolve the unclear division of responsibilities between the authorities and the lack of coherence in their actions, as this is seriously hampering progress in the area of environmental protection;

(Return tabled) Question No. 129 Mr. Alex Atamanenko: With regard to the horse slaughter industry in Canada: (a) what is the government’s policy on requiring medical history on equine identity documents (EID) only for the last six months of a horse’s life, and not for an entire lifespan; (b) does the government have information on what happened to the meat from the racehorse Backstreet Bully, who had been administered several courses of a variety of banned medications throughout its lifetime, prior to being sold into the slaughter pipeline, and what are the details of Backstreet Bully’s EID and all other traceability documents and records; (c) does the government have information on what happened to the meat from the racehorse Silky Shark ...[+++], who had been administered the drug phenylbutazone prior to being sold into the slaughter pipeline, and what are the details of Silky Shark’s EID and all other traceability documents and records; (d) what system is in place for owners to report the history of banned drugs they have administered to a horse that they previously owned, when they discover that a subsequent owner has sold that horse into the slaughter pipeline; (e) when such instances as mentioned in (d) are reported, and it is found that the meat was sold as human food, what system is in place to recall that meat from domestic and international retailers, (i) how many such instances have been reported, (ii) what were the results of the government’s investigations into these reports; (f) how does the government keep count of the number of horses being imported from the United States (U.S) for slaughter; (g) how does the government explain the discrepancy between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)/Agriculture Canada and U.S. Department of Agriculture figures; (h) what were the findings of the government’s investigation into the large numbers of emaciated horses arriving from the U.S. in 2011 destined for Les Viandes de la Petite-Nation slaughter plant, and ...

18. Highlights that labour inspections face certain challenges as regards inspections where migrant workers and posted workers from the EU and third countries are concerned; stresses that, for labour inspections to be effective, it is important that labour inspections are sufficiently aware of situations with a high risk of non-compliance; points out that national-level electronic systems for the compulsory advance registration o ...[+++]f foreign workers by employers could substantially facilitate the task of labour inspection;

A. whereas labour inspection plays an important role in protecting employees’ rights, ensuring health and safety at the workplace and combating unsafe working environments, preventing breaches of employment protection rules and promoting fair and socially responsible economic growth, inasmuch as it helps to ensure that wages are actually paid and social security contributions are made, thus increasing tax revenue and the inflow of money to social security systems and ensuring that employees are covered for sickne ...[+++]ss, accidents at the work place and pensions;

(Return tabled) Question No. 20 Mr. Alex Atamanenko: With regard to the horse slaughter industry in Canada: (a) what was the reason for the temporary halt, initiated by European Union (EU) officials, to horse meat imports from Canada on October 12, 2012; (b) has Canada participated in talks with EU officials regarding the safety of horse meat from Canada since that time, (i) if so, what topics were discussed, (ii) what conclusions were reached; (c) what restrictions effective in 2013 will be imposed upon the Canadian horse meat industry by the EU, (i) what is the anticipated impact of these restrictions on the frequency and type of dru ...[+++]g residue testing on horse meat in Canada as well as on the data required on Equine Information Documents (EIDs), (ii) will the restrictions on prohibited/non-permitted drugs be further tightened; (d) is there any oversight by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on transport drivers and horse meat dealers listed on EIDs as current owners to check for a history of violations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Transport, or CFIA transport regulations, (i) does the CFIA enhance its scrutiny of such violators or conduct follow-up investigations on those who have been flagged for violations, (ii) is this information shared with any other inter-connected government agency either in Canada or in the United States; (e) how often do CFIA inspectors do a visual inspection of the transports that arrive at the slaughter plants to ensure that the horses have been transported safely; (f) how many transport violations concerning horse slaughter transportation have been issued to transport drivers within the last five years, (i) how many warnings of violations have been issued, (ii) if the warnings have been ignored, how does the CFIA restrict or prohibit those transport drivers from conducting business in Canada; (g) how often does the CFIA conduct inspections of feedlots and how many warnings or violations were ...

reinforce close coordination between EU-wide campaigns initiated by the Commission and campaigns or other relevant activities at the national or regional level in order to adapt to specific requirements at these levels, making full use of possible cooperation with relevant operators; increase the recognition of the EU logo without excluding the use of other logos; reinforce the means for the collection and analysis of data, while avoiding unjustified costs and administrative burdens for economic operators and public authorities; ensure that organic production is an integral part of the common agricultural policy, the rural development policy and of its instruments; give due regard to voluntary initiatives to establish rural areas for th ...[+++]e advancement of value-added production, such as that of organic, typical and traditional products; improve coordination and cooperation in research and dissemination of the results; review Community legislation relevant for organic production in the light of a definition of the basic principles therewith encouraging harmonisation of standards, and where possible reduce the level of detail; develop a legislative framework which ensures the proper functioning of the free circulation of organic products, in particular in relation to private and national standards and inspection systems; amend Annex III of Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91 by 1 July 2005, using a risk-based approach, in order to adapt it to the new inspection provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 392/2004 and develop cross-control procedures within the inspection system; ensure that the new system replacing the current national derogation for imports is known to the involved sectors well in advance of the derogation expiry.