The number of abandoned and withdrawn claims was 1,394, which was about 5%—4.8% abandoned and withdrawn. In 1998 the number of claims was 24,000, and 6,200 were abandoned or withdrawn, which is a 26% abandoned and withdrawn rate. So it's a 500% increase in the abandoned and withdrawn rate.

5. Where the appointment of a Member is due to the withdrawal of candidates from the same list, the committee shall ensure that the withdrawals in question have taken place in accordance with the spirit and the letter of the Act of 20 September 1976 and Rule 4(3).

N. whereas, in a decision of 21 July 2006, the Lazio Regional Administrative Tribunal (the court of first instance in the matter) ruled that Mr Achille Occhetto's withdrawal, made before the proclamation of the names of those elected, could not be regarded as a withdrawal from his position on the post-electoral list, on the grounds that respect for the will of the people requires that the election results cannot be altered, and that it is without effect as regards the adoption of any possible acts of substitution in cases of incompatibility, loss of civil rights, ineligibility or resignation from an appointment or position on the part o ...[+++]f those originally entitled thereto; whereas it follows that a candidate who does not wish to take up the position to which he has been elected has the right, where the conditions for substitution apply, to cancel his own withdrawal with a view to occupying the place to be covered by means of substitution,

N. whereas, in a decision of 21 July 2006, the Lazio Regional Administrative Tribunal (the court of first instance in the matter) ruled that Mr Achille Occhetto's withdrawal, made before the proclamation of the names of those elected, could not be regarded as a withdrawal from his position on the post-electoral list, on the grounds that respect for the will of the people requires that the election results cannot be altered, and that it is without effect as regards the adoption of any possible acts of substitution in cases of incompatibility, loss of civil rights, ineligibility or resignation from an appointment or position on the part o ...[+++]f those originally entitled thereto; whereas it follows that a candidate who does not wish to take up the position to which he has been elected has the right, where the conditions for substitution apply, to cancel his own withdrawal with a view to occupying the place to be covered by means of substitution,

The withdrawal also holds valid for future rights, but naturally the withdrawal may certainly be revoked before the event ends, before the withdrawing party finds himself in the actual circumstance of being able to withdraw.

Mr. Jim Gouk (Kootenay West-Revelstoke, Ref) moved: Motion No. 8 That Bill C-14, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 9 and 10, on page 11, with the following: ``native means of transporting the goods; (f) the nature of the goods being transported; (g) the number of markets served by the applicant shipper; (h) the number of other potential carriers available to the applicant shipper; (i) the rate differential between potential carriers; (j) the competitive effects of a rate increase on the destination market, whether domestic or export; (k) whether a rate increase would impair the ability of the applicant shipper to penetrat ...[+++]e or to expand into domestic and export markets; (l) the financial and competitive impact of the rate increase upon the short-term and the long-term viability of the applicant shipper; (m) any other matters that appear to the''.