Traduction de «Produit inoffensif sur le plan écologique » (Français → Anglais) :

Improving environmental management on the Hill: The Administration, in partnership with the Senate, the Library of Parliament and Public Works and Government Services Canada, will update its environmental plan to reduce environmental risks on the Hill, harmonize practices for green procurement, and continue to improve managing the use of hazardous and non-hazardous products and the search for better ecological alternatives.

(Return tabled) Question No. 611 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the government’s plans for resource development, as described in the section entitled “Responsible Resource Development” in Chapter 3.2 of Budget 2012: (a) what are all examples of federal environmental laws that are stronger than provincial laws and how will the proposed legislative changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) affect the assessment of environmental impacts of industrial projects that cross provincial borders; (b) what research, action ...[+++], or investment has the government undertaken to study impacts of the proposed legislative changes to the CEAA on (i) regulatory decision-making, (ii) risk of project-specific and cumulative environmental impacts, (iii) risk mitigation by developers, (iv) Canada’s reputation; (c) what briefing notes, memos, or any other documentation, including, for each, the details of its findings and recommendations, have been provided to the Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of the Environment, their respective Parliamentary Secretaries, their respective Deputy Ministers, and their respective staff members, regarding impacts of the proposed legislative changes to the CEAA on (i) regulatory decision-making, (ii) risk of project-specific and cumulative environmental impacts, (iii) mitigation by developers, (iv) Canada’s reputation; (d) will the proposed legislative changes to the CEAA give any consideration to (i) measuring negative impacts of development, (ii) managing negative impacts of development; (e) by what date will the government bring forth new “legislation to streamline the review process for major economic projects” (Budget 2012, p. 89); (f) what are the projected costs of changes to the CEAA for each province and territory; (g) what assessments of the adequacy of the environmental assessment process in each province and territory have been conducted, (i) what were the dates of any such assessments, (ii) what wer ...

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-l ...[+++]abel 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.

The Working Plan sets out objectives for increased market penetration and promotion of the Flower, for increasing the number of product groups to be brought within the scope of the scheme and for co-ordination and co-operation between the scheme and other eco-label award schemes in the Member States.

44. The lead competent body with the assistance of the ad hoc working group shall in particular evaluate the past, current and likely future success of this product group, including the related environmental benefits, taking into account the success of related product groups, and taking into account the Community Eco-label working plan.

The working plan shall take particular account of the development of joint actions to promote products awarded the eco-label and the creation of a mechanism for the exchange of information on existing and future product groups at national and at European Union level.