Consisting of that part of the Regional Municipality of Niagara comprised of that part of the City of St. Catharines lying northerly and easterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the easterly limit of said city with Glendale Avenue; thence southwesterly along said avenue to Merritt Street; thence southeasterly along said street to Glendale Avenue; thence generally westerly along said avenue to Twelve Mile Creek; thence generally northerly along said creek to St. Paul Crescent; thence generally southwesterly along said crescent to St. Paul Street West (Regional ...[+++] Road No. 81); thence generally westerly along said street to First Louth Street; thence northerly along said street to Highway No. 406; thence generally northerly along said highway to Queen Elizabeth Way; thence westerly along Queen Elizabeth Way to Third Louth Street; thence northerly along said street, Courtleigh Road and its northerly production to the northerly limit of said city.

We'll now hear from the Regional Municipality of Ottawa—Carleton. We have with us Regional Councillor Clive Doucet; Regional Councillor Diane Holmes, who is also chair of the transportation committee; and also Helen Gault, director of planning and development, OC Transpo.

From the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton: Clive Doucet, Regional Councillor; Diane Holmes, Regional Councillor, Chair, Transportation Committee; Helen Gault, Director of Planning and Development, OC Transpo.

Regional investment aid to broadband networks may be considered compatible with the internal market if, in addition to the general conditions laid down in these guidelines, it complies also with the following specific conditions: (i) aid is granted only to areas where there is no network of the same category (either basic broadband or NGA) and where none is likely to be developed in the near future; (ii) the subsidised network operator offers active and passive wholesale access under fair and non-discriminatory conditions with the possibility of effective and full unbundling ...[+++]; (iii) aid should be allocated on the basis of a competitive selection process in accordance with paragraph 78(c) and (d) of the Broadband guidelines (15).

Regional investment aid to research infrastructures (16) may be regarded to be compatible with the internal market if, in addition to the general conditions laid down in these guidelines the aid is made conditional on giving transparent and non-discriminatory access to this infrastructure.

In general, the schemes approved on the basis of the regional aid guidelines 2007-2013 expire at the end of 2013 as stated in the corresponding Commission decision.