Traduction de «Entente canado-américaine sur le fret aérien » (Français → Anglais) :

The Commission maintains that these air cargo carriers participated in a price-fixing cartel and is adopting a new decision and re-establishing the fines.

5. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough examination of recent developments in the EU air cargo and express services market; notes that the express market in the United States is dominated by a handful of economic operators, and believes that this has resulted in the foreclosure of the market to European service providers; points out that the EU has, by contrast, steadily opened up its delivery markets to non-EU companies; believes that this has resulted in EU companies being placed at a competitive disadvantage; accordingly considers that any mergers between US and European express services operators could have the effect ...[+++]of significantly limiting the number of major express and logistics companies operating on the worldwide and EU markets; considers that this would have a detrimental impact on price competition and in particular on consumers in the internal market; calls, therefore, for any related Commission investigations to be of a comprehensive nature and to include an analysis of the effects on consumers, in line with the Commission’s prerogatives under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);

Recalls the importance of the transport sector for growth and jobs, and especially in aviation, where the EU and US markets account for 60 % of world air traffic; stresses that the negotiations should meaningfully address the current restrictions on maritime and air transport services owned by European businesses, including in relation to foreign ownership of airlines and reciprocity on cabotage, as well as maritime cargo screening;

14. Recalls the importance of the transport sector for growth and jobs, and especially in aviation, where the EU and US markets account for 60 % of world air traffic; stresses that the negotiations should meaningfully address the current restrictions on maritime and air transport services owned by European businesses, including in relation to foreign ownership of airlines and reciprocity on cabotage, as well as maritime cargo screening;

The Protocol to Amend the Air Transport Agreement provides for the market to be opened up to EU and US airlines on a non-discriminatory basis and offers passengers and freight operators improved services, in terms of both variety and cost, provides substantial economic benefits and creates jobs.

The Leader of the Government in the Senate has repeatedly said in this place that the Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement was put in place to rid us of the historic protectionist actions taken by the Americans against us.