Traduction de «first pass issue » (Anglais → Français) :

The Council and the Commission have accepted the vast majority of the amendments passed by Parliament at its first reading in March 2002: on the choice of EU regulator for bonds, on a light touch for small and medium-sized businesses, on tailoring requirements to different issues, on lightening the burden on issues.

It is particularly significant and interesting from a political point of view that, as Mr Pronk stated, we have, for the first time since the Amsterdam Treaty, a piece of legislation addressing social issues, in particular health and safety issues, which has been passed through under the codecision procedure.

In this connection, I would like to acknowledge the role played by Denmark for being the first country to allude clearly to this issue in the resolution passed at the Cologne Council meeting.

extends the scope of the Directive to road transport operators using vehicles with maximum authorised weights (MAWs) exceeding 3,5 tonnes, subject to a specific derogation for undertakings using vehicles with MAWs between 3,5 and 6 tonnes for local, short-distance haulage; lays down more stringent requirements with regard to good repute, namely that this condition is not or is no longer satisfied, in particular, where the operator has been convicted of serious offences against certain rules relating to transport, including offences relating to rules for the protection of the environment and other rules concerning professional liability ...[+++]; increases the amounts which must be available to the undertaking to fulfil the requirements relating to financial standing: the undertaking must have available capital and reserves of at least ECU 9 000 when only one vehicle is used and ECU 5 000 for each additional vehicle, existing undertakings must fulfil the requirement of financial standing two years after the deadline for the implementation of the Directive; makes provision for a more detailed examination procedure and the updating and extension of the list of examination subjects, introduces a harmonised minimum level of knowledge required in each subject and retains different examinations depending on whether the applicant wishes to carry out national or international transport operations; retains the measure laid down by Directive 96/26/EC on permanent exemption from examination for applicants who provide proof of at least five years' practical experience, but adds the condition that applicants may be subject to a test, the arrangements for which shall be determined by the Member States in accordance with the list set out in the Directive; as a transitional measure, allows a Member State to require any natural person who holds a certificate of professional competence issued by another Member State when the holder was normally resident in the first Member State to p ...

This bill would give first nations the authority first, to pass laws for the development, conservation, protection, management, use and possession of first nation land and second, to control the issue of leases, licences and other property interests.

Mr. Bear: What is most favourable to First Nations, rather than legislation — whether there is consultation or not — passed by Parliament and imposed on First Nations — which is an issue in itself — is to look to agreements.