The European Community has taken an active part in drawing up an international action plan under the FAO's fisheries committee (COFI) within the framework of the FAO's code of conduct for responsible fisheries, which more than 170 member states adopted in 1995.

In so far as they were achievable after the transfer, despite the clear separation between the two entities, and arise from the merger of Wfa with the housing promotion division of WestLB, which had already in the past worked exclusively for Wfa, it is difficult to understand why it should not also have been possible to obtain such synergies without the transfer.

On 14 March Mr Edmond Alphandéry, the French Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, presented to Mr Van Miert the broad outlines of the plan for restructuring Crédit Lyonnais. While Mr Van Miert acknowledged that the plan was fundamentally a step in the right direction, there was a presumption of state aid and substantial compensation had therefore to be provided in the form of the sale of real assets.

If, within five years of the first application, one or more subsequent applications for authorization to place a product containing the same active principle derived from the same route of synthesis on the market are made to the competent authorities of the other Member States by the person responsible for placing the original product on the market or with his consent, that person shall forthwith in form the competent authorities of the Member State to whom the first application was made and t ...[+++]he matter shall be brought before the appropriate Committee for an opinion.

BACKGROUND On 14 March the French Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, Mr Edmond Alphandéry, transmitted to Mr Van Miert the broad lines of the plan for restructuring Crédit Lyonnais. The substance of Mr Van Miert's reply was that, while the plan was a step in the right direction, there was a presumption of State aid and a substantial quid pro quo had therefore to be given in terms of the sale of sound assets.

On SOR/99-144 - St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Divestiture Regulations; SOR/98-230 - Portions of the Department of National Defence Divestiture Regulations; SOR/98-231 - Por tions of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Divestiture Regulations; SOR/98-232 - Regulations Amending the Airport Transfer Regulations; SOR/99-3 - Portions of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Divestiture Regulations; SOR/99-247 - Portions of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Divestiture Regulations; SOR/2000-1 - Certain Canada Port Authorities Divestiture Regulations; and SOR/2000-60 - Portions of the Canada Ports Corporation Divestiture Regulations, it was agreed that Counsel to the Committee correspond wi ...[+++]th the Designated Instruments Officer of the Treasury Board Secretariat with respect to certain comments made by the Committee.