Traduction de «Leave and Extra Duty Reporting Code » (Anglais → Français) :

82. Expects Commission decision-making procedures for financial corrections to be open and transparent; recalls Article 213 of the Treaty, which states that Members of the Commission "shall be completely independent in the performance of their duties" and "shall refrain from any action incompatible with their duties"; recalls the Code of Conduct for Commissioners, which states that "ruling out all risks of a conflict of interests" helps Members "to guarantee their independence"; notes that according to the Code of Conduct, the role of Members' private offices is "to act where necessary as the interface between Commissioners and the de ...[+++]partments they are responsible for, but without interfering in departmental management"; expects the Members of the Commission and their private offices to continue to observe this set of rules; reminds the Commission of its undertaking to report in detail on any specific financial correction, and on the procedures followed, at the request of Parliament;

The amendments introduced by our rapporteur, leaving it to Member States to choose between excise duty at EUR 60 per thousand cigarettes and excise duty plus VAT of 71% of the price, represent the lesser evil, and, politics being the art of the possible, I will, of course, follow the rest of my group in voting for Mr Katiforis' report with full conviction.

FIFTH REPORT Your committee, to which was referred the Bill C-11, An Act respecting the imposition of duties of customs and other charges, to give effect to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, to provide relief against the imposition of certain duties of customs or other charges, to provide for other related matters and to amend or repeal certain Acts in consequence thereof, has examined the said bill in obedience to its Order of Reference dated Wednesday, November 26, 1997, and now ...[+++]reports the same without amendment.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-11, An Act respecting the imposition of duties of customs and other charges, to give effect to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, to provide relief against the imposition of certain duties of customs or other charges, to provide for other related matters and to amend or repeal certain Acts in consequence thereof, as reported by the Standing Committee on Industry with amendments.

Implementation of the Report will also allow the Senate to confer on those Senators' researchers it hires as employees and who otherwise qualify the benefits and entitlements extended to Senate employees under certain Treasury Board plans, such as the Public Health Care Plan, the Public Service Management Insurance Plan, and the Public Service Dental Plan and under certain Senate policies, such as the policies on vacation leave, sick leave and injury-o ...[+++]n-duty leave.

The corresponding provisions of the Judges Act include section 54, restricting judges' leaves of absence from the bench; section 55, regarding exclusivity of judicial duty as an occupation; section 56, limiting judges' employment solely to activities within the " legislative authority of Parliament" - which Madam Justice Arbour's activities are not - and section 57, forbidding extra remunerat ...[+++]ion.