Traduction de «Fabrication de petites pièces métalliques » (Français → Anglais) :

The small parts warning is presently being misused and toys which are in fact intended for small children carry the warning in order to legalise the presence of small parts that small children may choke on. In particular, soft-filled toys such as teddy bears and soft dolls should never have small, loose parts, since they are likely to be played with by children regardless of the intention of the manufacturer.

In terms of advances, I would mention in particular the demand for a guarantee from manufacturers that their toys are not harmful to a child’s health or safety, the increase of the limit values for toxic metals, the increased prevention of the risks of suffocation and strangulation caused by small detachable parts, and the clarification of warnings on packaging or on toys themselves.

the implementation of the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects;

[Text] Question No. 144 Mr. Garry Breitkreuz: How many person-years have been allocated and what has been the total cost spent by both Foreign Affairs Canada and International Trade Canada, for each year since 1994, for the following activities: (a) organizing, operating and participating in the National Committee on Firearms; (b) formulating, implementing and administering the Canadian Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (c) developing and implementing the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; (d) developing and implementing the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammuniti ...[+++]on, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; (e) developing and implementing the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (f) developing and implementing the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (Inter-American Convention), signed by Canada in November 1997; (g) developing and implementing the European Union (EU) Joint Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons adopted by the EU States on December 17, 1998; (h) developing and implementing the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports adopted by the EU States; (i) planning and participating in the Small Arms Survey 2001 and 2002; (j) participating in the planning, implementing and administering the Canadian Firearms Program, the Firearms Act and regulations and Part III of the Criminal Code; and (k) processing and issuing import and export permits for firearms and related products?

In the advanced manufacturing sector, a small Spanish enteprise is leading a highly innovative project with five Belgian and French partners to develop a computer system which allows the integration of information about the manufacturing process into the design of metal components (e.g. taking account of how to fix the components to a machine tool).

Industrial retructuring measures in Niedersachsen (Salzgitter) 1 599 291 ECU 596 persons Training measures for unemployed persons in this reconversion area are being offered in view of providing the necessary professional skills required for newly created small and medium sized enterprises and, in particular, for companies in the metalwork industries.