Traduction de «Concept d'utilisation d'un système d'armes » (Français → Anglais) :

Although our hands are clean of not producing nuclear weapons — and we tend to feel good about not having them on our terrain — we are fully compliant in the operational concepts of NATO to use those weapons through our weapons systems.

(Return tabled) Question No. 45 Mr. Paul Dewar: With respect to Canada's mission in Afghanistan and the use of cluster munitions by Canadian Forces: (a) does Canada use cluster munitions in its military operations; (b) do any of Canada's allies use cluster munitions in areas where the Canadian military is operating; (c) have cluster munitions been used by Canada or its allies in Afghanistan and, if so, when, and does this practice continue; (d) what assurances exist to ensure that cluster munitions are not used by Canada or its allies in Afghanistan; (e) are there any agreements between Canada and its allies explicitly prohibiting th ...[+++]e use of cluster munitions in joint operations; (f) are there any agreements between Canada and its allies explicitly prohibiting the use of cluster munitions in Afghanistan; (g) are there any agreements between Canada and its allies prohibiting the use of certain military tactics or weapons; (h) have cluster munitions ever been deployed by Canada or its allies in past joint military operations; (i) has Canada ever negotiated guidelines for the prohibition of certain weapons in joint operations; (j) what is the government's definition of what constitutes an acceptable success rate for self-destruction mechanisms and precision guidance systems for cluster munitions; (k) how was this acceptable rate of success arrived at; (l) has the Canadian Forces destroyed all existing stockpiles of cluster munitions in its arsenal and, if not, why not; and (m) does Canada intend to procure munitions in the future?

Clarification of the purposes of the directive and the attribution of responsibility as regards conformity of EuP; Member States will designate authorities responsible for market surveillance; EuP must comply with eco-design parameters which are covered by the applicable implementing measure; While maintaining the choice for a manufacturer between the internal design control and the management system, the latter has been amended with a view to ensuring that it remains possible for the manufacturer to use quality management systems for proving conformity, as long as they meet the requirements governing management systems for assessing ...[+++]conformity; Eco-labels which will be regarded as fulfilling conditions equivalent to the Community eco-label will be presumed to be in conformity with the requirements of the applicable implementing measures; While it is stated that the Commission will adopt implementing measures, the criteria and the steps to be taken when preparing implementing measures, in particular a minimum sales and trade volume threshold, have been clarified and specified; The Commission will establish a work plan setting out a list of products which could be subject to implementing measures as a priority, in particular those products which have been identified by the European Climate Change Plan as offering a high potential for the cost-effective reduction of greenhouse gases; Consultation Forum : when envisaging the preparation of an implementing measure with regard to a given product, the Commission has to ensure the balanced participation of Member States and the proper involvement of all parties concerned.

in view of aiming at promoting the trading to European ports of double hull or equivalent design oil tankers, the financial incentive system of Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 should be replaced by a system that during the period of the accelerated phasing-in scheme encourages the operation of oil tankers complying with the double hull or equivalent design requirements and discourages the operation of oil tankers not complying yet with these requirements.

This system will help police forces to combat the criminal use of guns: first, orders of prohibition for certain weapons will be enforced; second, the fight against smuggling will be stepped up by controlling the kind and the quantity of firearms entering the country; third, compliance with the rules for the safe storage of firearms will be ensured; fourth, it will be easier for police forces to track stolen weapons or those used to commit crimes.

Is the reason the report is being concealed the fact that it contains a devastating condemnation of the current handgun registration system, which not only reveals its failure to reduce the criminal use of handguns but also exposes the uselessness of the minister's plan to expand this failed registration system to rifles and shotguns?