For this meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, Canada’s instructions were developed through analysis and interdepartmental consultations and were approved by senior executives in both Environment Canada and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The NWMB’s policy on commercial fish allocations states that exploratory licences are to be reviewed annually by the Nunavut Fisheries Working Group (criterion #6), an ad hoc board purporting to consist of representatives of the Department of Sustainable Development, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board.

- The Commission has set up the ‘Working group on the prudent use of antimicrobial agents in human medicine’ to keep relevant matters under review and has been consulting this working group in collating the Member States’ reports and in developing a proposal on containing healthcare-associated infections.

The method adopted by the Commission for implementing these initiatives features a broad measure of prior consultation of the Member States and of the social partners (within the context of the joint advisory committees, ad hoc groups or the social dialogue).

------ ANNEX COUNCIL DECISION of 19 April 1994 on a joint action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union, in support of the Middle East Peace Process THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Articles J.3 and J.11 thereof, Having regard to the general guidelines issued by the European Council of 29 October 1993, Having regard to the framework for joint action agreed by the European Council on 10-11 December 1993, Considering Article C of the Treaty on European Union, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 (a) The European Union, in order to wor ...[+++]k for the conclusion of a comprehensive peace in the Middle East based on the relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions, will: - participate in international arrangements agreed by the parties to guarantee peace in the context of the process begun in Madrid; - use its influence to encourage all the parties to support the peace process unconditionally on the basis of the invitations to the Madrid Conference and work for the strengthening of democracy and respect for human rights; - make its contribution to defining the future shape of relations between the regional parties in the context of the Arms Control and Regional Security Working Group (b) The European Union will: - develop its role in the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee responsible for the co-ordination of international aid to the Occupied Territories; - maintain its leading role in the Regional Economic Development Working Group (REDWG) and develop its participation in other multilateral groups; - consider additional ways in which it might contribute towards the development of the region (c) The European Union will: - pursue confidence-building measures which it has submitted to the parties; - pursue demarches to the Arab States with the aim of securing an end to the boycott of Israel; - closely follow the future of Israeli settlements throughout the Occupied Territ ...

These include: - discussions with its two consultative groups (the Payments Systems Technical Development Group and the Payment Systems Users Liaison Group) on the ways in which the payment systems can best be prepared for the introduction of the Ecu - rapid progress, in the framework of an existing Task Force of government experts, on harmonising procedures for reporting cross- border credit transfers for the purposes of compiling balance of payments statistics (the Commission wants transactions below 10,000 Ecus ...[+++] exempted) - continuing discussions with Member State legal experts, central bank representatives and the EMI on harmonising the legal framework for cross-border payments, in particular settlement finality for credit transfers (a Directive on settlement finality could be proposed in 1995) - maintaining contact with interested parties on the establishment of linkages between automatic clearing houses (ACHs, which process payments transfers at the national level) to assess how best to contribute to progress in this area - consulting with the Commission's two consultative groups on the results of an independent study to be completed in June 1995 on the information given to customers when using payment cards for cross-border payments (so-called face-to-face payments), and assessing the appropriate follow-up measures - launching a study on the regulatory implications for the EU of the use of pre-paid payment cards, particularly as regards the stability of the banking system, consumer protection and the promotion of interoperable cross-border banking services.