1. Where no harmonised standards exist or where there is a need to address public health concerns , the Commission, after having consulted the MDCG and the MDAC , shall be empowered to adopt common technical specifications (CTS) in respect of the general safety and performance requirements set out in Annex I, the technical documentation set out in Annex II or the clinical evaluation and post-market clinical follow-up set out in Annex XIII. The CTS shall be adopted by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 88(3).

26. Calls on the Council and Commission, in coordination with the Member States and the Committee of the Regions, to encourage the introduction of a single standard designed to ensure that local residents are subjected to as low a degree of exposure as possible when high-voltage grids are extended;

Mr. Peter MacKay: Further, Mr. Steinberg, you have essentially said in no uncertain terms that the perception that somehow what was going on being characterized as administrative in nature is patently false, and that the lapses that occurred are not only significant and unacceptable, but I would suggest to you that given the standard that was expected of your department, there was a complete disconnect with the responsibility to deliver these services in an accountable, transparent, and responsible fashion to taxpayers in this country (1150) Mr. Norman Steinberg: What I said, to quote from the briefings I delivered at the time to both the audit a ...[+++]nd review committee and Mr. Gagliano, and at subsequent meetings, was that the management of CCSB's sponsorship process was inadequate and did not ensure that decisions were transparent, were compliant with requirements, or achieved value for money.

The purpose of us being here this morning is to provide you with some information on Health Canada's activities addressing transplantation, both our role in this national coordinating committee and in developing standards for the safety of organs and tissues and a standards-based risk management framework.

In this connection, the Commission is undertaking to: - recommend to its members that, in coordination with the Commission member responsible for relations with the Committe, they establish regular contacts with the Committee, taking part in the work of its sections and attending its plenary meetings; - call on its members to participate in some meetings of the working parties, so as to open, thanks to direct and informal contacts ...[+++], a frank and constructive dialogue of reciprocal understanding; - to request that its representatives explain to the various Council bodies the essential points of a Committee opinion which the Commission has taken int oaccount in amending a proposal; - promote those Committee initiatives which the Commission coul use for regulative proposals in the social and economic fields.

From an enforcement perspective, a few suggestions are presented to the committee with the view of strengthening this coordination: more police education on the seriousness of this crime; the study and development of national police training standards; the study and development of national operational investigative policies and procedures; the development of child-parent reunification policies and procedures for police; the designation of an investigator in each police department with specialized training on missing children inves ...[+++]tigations; and the development of a check-list or booklet for searching parents to help police investigate the case and to serve the purpose of keeping the searching parent informed and involved in the investigation.