21. Considers that the Commission should ensure full implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives; recommends, with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity, that taxation measures be taken to promote best practice and deter people from engaging in activities that generate pollution;

19. Considers that Sixth EAP should take due account of existing problems and the reluctance shown by many Member States to implement the Habitats and Natura 2000 Directives, and that thought should therefore be given to introducing incentives for landowners and local authorities to adopt constructive attitudes, with a view to rehabilitating the areas concerned and promoting their conservation; recommends, with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity, that taxation measures be taken to promote best practice and deter people from engaging in activities that generate pollution;

The Commission has always had an extremely ambiguous attitude to the role of local authorities in its development policy: partly in order to maintain good diplomatic relations with the central governments of third countries, and partly to speed up the payment of its funds, as consultation is time-consuming.

Some of the most critical needs, after basic physical ones such as food and housing, relate to belonging to, being accepted in and contributing to a community.

15. Welcomes the ECB's open attitude in its monetary dialogue with the Parliament, which has led to a number of improvements in the ECB's communication strategy; accepts the Governing Council decision that interest rate decisions will be taken only at its first meeting of each month in order to defuse excessive tensions on financial markets; welcomes the statement from the President of the ECB to limit repeated statements from some ECB Governing Council members which create confusion and raise false expectations in financial markets ...[+++];

Senator Dyck: The supplemental agreement uses that date and says, as I understand it, that the supplemental agreement will apply the criteria with regard to the community and group acceptance, which is those things like showing that you were part of the original pre-Confederation and that somehow you have a link with the community; so you need to provide evidence, such as pictures in local newspapers, et cetera, that you are actually part of the community and that you practise your culture.