It approximates the contract laws of the Member States not by requiring amendments to the first national contract- law regime , but by creating a second contract- law regime for contracts within its scope.

Whilst fully recognising the unanimity rule in this sensitive area and the sovereign right of Member States to set their own tax rates, the current VAT and excise duty systems clearly prevent full realisation of the single market and of its benefits for consumers and businesses. We, therefore, urge the Commission to come forward with practical proposals for facilitating EU citizens’ full rights to the free movement of goods, in particular concerning the tax regimes for Internet and cross-border shopping.

Whilst fully recognising the unanimity rule in this sensitive area and the sovereign right of Member States to set their own tax rates, the current VAT and excise duty systems clearly prevent full realisation of the single market and of its benefits for consumers and businesses. We, therefore, urge the Commission to come forward with practical proposals for facilitating EU citizens’ full rights to the free movement of goods, in particular concerning the tax regimes for Internet and cross-border shopping.

66. Considers it necessary for the development of the AFSJ that the draft Constitutional Treaty be adopted , with particular reference to the following main points: (i) incorporating in the text of the draft Constitutional Treaty the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, in order to ensure respect for it in all sectors of the Union's activities; (ii) an end to the pillar structure; (iii) an increase in qualified majority voting and codecision with the European Parliament, as a vital element in strengthening the democratic legitimacy of decisions which, in the field of the AFSJ, have so many and such noticeable repercussions on the l ...[+++]ife and rights of citizens; (iv) strengthening the Commission's right of initiative, without prejudice to that of the Member States, in the fields of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters; (v) extending the Community method to judicial cooperation in penal and police matters, thereby making the decision-making process in this sector more democratic and efficient; (vi) the possible creation of the office of European Public Prosecutor, in order to combat Community fraud and other serious crossborder offences; (vii) strengthening the role and involvement of the national parliaments, particularly in monitoring respect for the subsidiarity principle, reciprocal assessment of the implementation of the Union's policies and the parliamentary scrutiny of Europol and Eurojust; (viii) extending the competences of the European Court of Justice; (ix) clarification and definition of the system of fundamental rights in the European Union, not least in relation to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms signed in Rome on 4 November 1950;

As the fiscal pressure on our colleges and universities has increased, many have responded by instituting policies of differential tuition for visa students, in some cases adopting a policy of full cost recovery.

In the province of British Columbia, where fees have been frozen for three years as opposed to Ontario, where they've gone up double digits, are we going to have an economic push whereby a provincial government might then start to bring in differential fees, so a mockery is made of this kind of mobility across the country, even though we recognize that if you have to do that, you have to do that?