(Return tabled) Question No. 40 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to caffeinated energy drinks: (a) what does the term energy drink mean, and what Canadian regulatory agencies recognize the term; (b) what are the brands sold in Canada, what is the caffeine, guarana, and taurine content and concentration (if applicable) for each, and what regulations the brands passed; (c) what is the content and warning labels for each of the brands, and how do they compare with international standards, such as the European Union and the United States ...[+++]; (d) what are the pre-mixed caffeine-alcohol drinks, the caffeine and alcohol content and concentration, and the regulations passed; (e) what is the scientific evidence for the positive benefit claims; (f) what pre-existing health conditions might make adolescents more susceptible or more at risk to caffeinated energy drinks; (g) what are the acute and long-term effects resulting from chronic and excessive consumption of energy drinks; (h) what are the acute and chronic long-term effects of consumption of caffeine in combination with other substances, such as alcohol, B vitamins, herbal derivatives, nicotinamide, pyridoxine, riboflavin, and taurine; (i) what is the safe daily amount of caffeine, and caffeine and taurine, for adolescents, aged 12-18 years; (j) were there any deaths that have been, in part, linked to consumption of energy drinks in Australia, Canada, the European Union, and the United States and, is so, in each case, what was the drink, the content and the concentration of caffeine and the number of drinks consumed; (k) what are the top-selling brands as well as pre-mixed caffeine-alcohol drinks, and what is the total retail market value for each in Canada; (l) what studies have been undertaken regarding adolescent use, adverse effects, and mixing with alcohol; (m) what are the impacts of caffeine-alcohol interactions, and what might this mean for abuse, drunk-driving, or injury; (n) has caffeine overdose been ...

26. Takes the view that in the context of international public procurement, where new technologies allow for cross-border e-commerce, new forms of, for example, combinatorial auctions for SME-consortia, online publication and advertising tenders allow for significant increases in procurement trade not only within the European Union but globally thus encouraging cross-border e-commerce;

Head of the Treasury's European Union Group 1990-1994; Assistant Director then Director of the European Investment Bank, 1990-1994; United Kingdom Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union, 1995 -1998; Head of the European Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, 1999-2000; Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics 2000-2001; Practitioner Fellow at the University of Sussex ...[+++]European Institute.

At the negotiations in Geneva, the European Union is pushing for imposing appropriate international restrictions on all forms of advertising, marketing, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products.

In accordance with the international human rights covenants signed by China, the Union urges Beijing to review harsh sentences imposed on Falun Gong practitioners and to ensure that safeguards of a fair trial, including adequate legal representation, are fully respected with respect to all individuals.

- MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF THE VALIDITY OF MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS IN THE MEMBER STATES "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas, in its Resolution of 30 November 1995 on the integration of health protection requirements in Community policies, the Council considers that the Community must pay particular attention to the impact on health of action proposed in a number of areas, including free movement of goods; Whereas action to improve understanding of and address the impact on human health of the free movement of goods, in particular the free movement of medicinal products, ...[+++] should form part of the Community's overall strategy for action in the field of public health; Whereas the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured; Whereas patients, in moving from one Member State to another, could in practice be prevented from purchasing medicinal products prescribed by an authorized medical practitioner in another Member State; Whereas, pursuant to the Treaty and to Directive 93/16/EEC, all discriminatory treatment based on nationality with regard to establishment and provision of services is prohibited in medical practice; Whereas this Resolution does not affect provisions governing the financing or reimbursement of the cost of medicinal products by national social security schemes; Whereas, moreover, this Resolution does not cover prescriptions for a non-exempt dose of a substance classified as a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance under United Nations international conventions, CALLS on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and taking account of work in this area by the relevant international organizations, to look into the present position with regard to the mutual recognition of medical prescriptions in the Member States.