51. Takes a compromise position between the Committee's requests and the Council's reductions on various operational lines, including resources for IT development, child-care facilities for staff and information and communication measures;

51. Takes a compromise position between the Committee's requests and the Council's reductions on various operational lines, including resources for IT development, child-care facilities for staff and information and communication measures;

On May 7, 1996, the coast guard informed its St. Lawrence region employees of the upcoming transfer of the Wilfrid-Laurier, an icebreaker, to the west coast region, before the coast guard advisory committee has completed its study on icebreaking operations in the St. Lawrence.

- give priority to improving cooperation between the Member States, particularly since much more could be done to exploit the opportunities for practical cooperation between prosecuting authorities and to step up efforts to make the criminal justice systems within the EU mutually compatible without structural alterations, - as witness the close and in practice very effective Nordic cooperation in this field (identical computer systems for the police, courts, customs and coastguards; close cooperation between the various analysis units; close-knit network of liaison officials);

For example, cooperation in the Nordic countries is based on using the same computer systems in the police, judiciary, customs service and coastguard; there is also close cooperation between each of their investigation departments and a strong network of liaison officers.