(Return tabled) Question No. 206 Mr. Alex Atamanenko: With respect to Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) program entitlement, the appeals process and exclusion from entitlement to other federal agricultural programs: (a) are appellants entitled to know what recommendations are made by the Western Amalgamated Appeals Sub-Committee and, if so, how is a copy of the recommendations obtained by the appellant; (b) are appellants entitled to know on what grounds the Intermediate Appeals Sub-Committee rejects recommendations of the Western Amalgamated Appeals Sub-Committee and, if so, how is a copy of the recommendations obtained by the appellant; (c) has the CAIS administration ever issued rejection letters to an appellant before ...[+++]or after soliciting the involvement of an appeals committee and, if so, how is a copy of the motion or other directive permitting this obtained by the appellant; (d) who is responsible for forwarding recommendations made by the Western Amalgamated Appeals Sub-Committee to the next level of appeal; (e) are there any legitimate grounds upon which the National CAIS Committee (NCC) administration is allowed to refuse an appellant the full extent of an appeal by neglecting to forward the recommendations of the Western Amalgamated Appeals Sub-Committee to the next level of appeal; (f) does the appeal process deal with appeals on a case by case basis or can the NCC administration short-circuit the appeals process based on a judgment that an appellant's complaint is just like the one that may have preceded it; (g) are there guidelines established that would give an appellant a reasonable expectation of the time it should take to address an appeal at all the various levels and, if so, what are the guidelines that govern a reasonable expectation; (h) is the appellant justified in expecting that the decisions made by appeals committees will be communicated to the appellant; (i) what are the circumstances under which it would be accepta ...

The preparation of the pharmaceutical form of medicinal products; the manufacture and testing of medicinal products; the testing of medicinal products in a laboratory for the testing of medicinal products, the storage, preservation and distribution of medicinal products at the wholesale stage, the preparation, testing, storage and supply of medicinal products in pharmacies open to the public, the preparation, testing, storage and dispensing of medicinal products in hospitals, the provision of information and advice on medicinal prod ...[+++]ucts.

Where the functions of the product may be affected by deterioration following the opening of the packaging, the maximum period for which the product, once opened, will maintain its properties shall be indicated.

These should be used essentially in developing countries. They should concentrate on opening new fair trade production projects, extending the technological possibilities open to producers so as to include gradually and wherever possible the processing of raw materials and the actual manufacturing of the product and also give priority to promoting improvements in product quality to ensure systematic compliance with health and safety standards in Europe.

Customs Union - Fisheries Further to the substantive agreement reached at the Fisheries Council meeting on 23 November 1994 (see Press Release 11055/94, Presse 240), the Council formally adopted Regulations: - temporarily suspending totally or partially the autonomous duties of the Common Customs Tariff for certain fishery products (1995); - amending Regulations (EC) No 3466/93 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (first series 1994), (EC) No 3672/93 ...[+++]opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products (second series 1994), (EC) No 845/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products (1994) and (EC) No 1502/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial and fisheries products (third series 1994).

Considerable added value is also seen to accrue from European cooperation in the following activities : - Creating data banks for exchange of information on Open Distance Learning, opportunities and products; - Facilitating the adaptation, transfer and coproduction of materials; - Stimulating cooperation between institutions and agencies involved in Open Distance Learning; - Producing quality standards fotitraining products and delivery systems; - Developing evaluation and accreditation mechanisms for Open Distance Learning courses; - Achieving mutual recognition for qua ...[+++]lifications gained in an Open Distance Learning mode; The Commission sees the potential of Open Distance Learning being extented and strengthened by the application of new media and communications technology and its efforts in this connection within the DELTA Programme are being continued in the context of the Third Framework Programme for RTD.