The failure to carry out a full impact assessment at this early initial stage contravenes Canada's responsibilities for due diligence under international law and, importantly, denies Canadian corporations working in Colombia the information they need to avoid implicating themselves in the possibility of grave human rights violations.

Instead. the Commission is currently assessing the impact of the entry into force of the ban in 2013 without alternatives and will decide on next steps on the basis of the full impact assessment.

Question No. 154 Ms. Libby Davies: With regard to the letters that Health Canada mailed to over 40 000 participants in the current medical marihuana access program (MMAP), which disclosed their personal address information on an envelope marked as being from the MMAP: (a) what are the standard protocols governing the communication of changes to medical programs from Health Canada, and what laws or regulations govern these protocols; (b) which branch and department is responsible for mailing out correspondence about the MMAP; (c) how many full-time employees and managers were involved in communicating the MMAP changes in this mail-out; (d) what protocols are followed once a breach of privacy has occurred; (e) what were all of the steps t ...[+++]aken when this MMAP privacy breach occurred in November 2013; (f) were the changes that were made to the MMAP subject to a privacy impact assessment; and (g) was that assessment reviewed with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner?

Such a proposal should be preceded by a full impact assessment analysing its possible effects on competition and consumers and should be made only if it forms part of a proposal for a general revision of Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports in order to resolve current slot allocation inefficiencies and to ensure the optimal use of scarce capacity at congested airports.

EMPHASISE the need for consistency across financial services sectors in the prudential rules that apply to mergers and acquisitions. REQUEST that, in line with better regulation principles, the Commission undertakes a comprehensive consultation exercise with market participants and a full impact assessment of this review in advance of any formal proposals to the Council and the European Parliament".

29. WELCOMES the Commission's Communication on Impact Assessment as a part of the package on Better Regulation; UNDERLINES the principles underpinning that Communication, regarding in particular qualitative aspects, long-term impacts, the degree of irreversibility and the precautionary principle; ENCOURAGES the Commission to conduct sustainability impact assessments for different policy options both inside and outside the EU covering in particular economic, social and environmental impacts as stated by the Gothenburg European Counci ...[+++]l, and URGES the Commission to ensure full transparency of the results. Furthermore INVITES the EU Institutions to use the results of these assessments as a tool to improve the Community's decision making and to implement Article 6 of the Amsterdam Treaty and the Sustainable Development Strategy;