In particular, the assessment of solutions has been broken down by reference to a) barriers due to national authorisation regimes linked with inconsistency in regulatory approaches implemented by NRAs; b) lack of co-ordination in spectrum assignments and conditions as well as regulatory uncertainty as to the availability of frequencies; c) lack of wholesale products which allow the provision of services using the network of another operator with consistent service interoperability levels, in the framework of market remedies or reciprocal negotiations; d) fragmentation of consumer protection rules leading to uneven levels of consumer protection and varying commercial conditions, including high costs of roaming and international calls as w ...[+++]ell as blocking or throttling of services.

As has been pointed out by my very brilliant colleague here, likely the budget for the Chief Electoral Officer goes up and down leading into an election, and potentially leading away from an election and during an election.

(Return tabled) Question No. 294 Mr. Frank Valeriote: With respect to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and its responsibilities for the administration of the food labelling, packaging and advertising policies under the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act: (a) what is the total number, for each of the fiscal years from 2005-2006 to 2011-2012, across Canada as a whole and broken down by province, of (i) inspectors at the CFIA, (ii) newly hired inspectors at the CFIA, (iii) inspectors who retired from the CFIA, (iv) employees assigned to the CFIA Process, Formulation and Label Registration Unit; (b) what is the total number, for each of the fiscal years from 2005-2006 to 2011-2012, across Canada as a whole and broken down by provin ...[+++]ce, of inspections conducted by a CFIA inspector of a product at a dealer, broken down by (i) retailer, (ii) manufacturer, (iii) processor, (iv) producer, (v) business engaged in importing any product, (vi) business engaged in packing any product, (vii) business engaged in selling any product; (c) for the answer to each part of (b), was the inspection at (i) a site randomly selected, (ii) a site in which the inspection was pre-arranged with any of the individuals or groups identified in (b); (d) for the answer to each part of (c), was the reason for the inspection related to (i) misleading advertising or labelling of exaggerated or unproven nutrition and health claims, (ii) misleading labelling information of the country of origin claims; (e) for the answer to each part of (b), (c) and (d), how many, (i) products or any labelling, packaging or advertising materials were seized and detained by the inspectors, (ii) cases of non-compliance were identified during inspections; (f) for the answer to each part of (e), how many inspections lead to (i) the prosecution of an individual, (ii) the prosecution of a dealer, (iii) a summary conviction or a conviction on indictments of an individual with a fine, (iv) a summary conviction or a ...

This is a cyclical matter — one must consider whether consumer confidence goes down first, or whether the gloom-and-doom scenario of the politicians and the country's business people goes down first, which will then lead to a down surge in the expectations of consumers.

Directive 1999/30/EC lays down upper and lower assessment thresholds for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and lead in Section I of Annex V.

Member States must take the measures necessary to ensure that concentrations of lead in ambient air do not exceed the limit values laid down in Section I of Annex IV, with effect from the dates given.