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Question No. 63 Mr. John Cummins: With regard to the expansion of the Roberts Bank Port Facility to include a third berth and a second terminal as per the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and related Side-Agreements, the Memorandum of Agreement between the Tsawwassen Band and the Vancouver Port Authority, and the related Settlement Agreement between the Tsawwassen Band, Canada, British Columbia (B.C.), Vancouver Port Authority, B.C. Ferry Services, B.C. Rail Ltd and B.C. Transportation and Financing Authority: (a) how many acres (or hectares) of farm land will be used for Roberts B ...[+++]ank port and rail related developments now underway or under study; (b) with the completion of the Roberts Bank port expansion, including both the third berth and second terminal, what plans, if any, are there to use the Brunswick Point farmlands; (c) is the affected Roberts Bank farmland presently protected by the B.C. Agricultural Land Reserve designation; (d) does the Tsawwassen Final Agreement address the issue of farmland protection and if so, how; (e) will the farmland continue to be protected by the Agricultural Land Reserve designation following ratification of the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and, if not, why; (f) did the Vancouver Port Authority undertake to work jointly with the Tsawwassen Band to ensure the removal of the Agricultural Land Reserve designation from the farmland and, if so, why and what alternate measures did it put in place to protect farmland adjacent to the Roberts Bank port, rail and highway expansion; (g) did the Vancouver Port Authority agree to jointly develop with the Tsawwassen Band a container handling facility on the farmland protected by the B.C. Agricultural Land Reserve designation and, if so, why did the Vancouver Port Authority enter into such an agreement rather than develop container handling facilities further inland in a less environmentally sensitive area; (h) did the Vancouver Port Authority agree that the land would be leased at lease rates ...

It is clear that there was administrative logic, consistency in personnel management, in order to ensure greater effectiveness of foreign policy, international trade, international assistance, and refugee policy (1720) There was also a concern in terms of financial effectiveness with being able to maintain a synergy among the various missions, while ensuring that ambassadors fulfil diplomatic, economic as well as human rights functions.

The present document sets out the Commission’s proposal on the criteria for thematic programmes, the scope and rationale for the programmes envisaged and critical aspects of the management procedures foreseen for their programming, budgeting and adoption.

The most logical solution would be to establish a reserve for crisis management [14] outside the heading for external actions (Heading 4). This would match the recent step change in both the ambition and capability of EU, Community and CFSP, to address crisis situations. But it could involve a revision of the financial perspective ceiling.

The main lines of action proposed are as follows : - phase complete opening of the terminal equipment market to competition ; - substantial opening of the telecommunications services market to competition with the exception, at this stage, of a limited number of basic services considered essential to satisfy current public service goals ; - the right to cross-frontier provision of services in the Community ; - continuation of exclusive or special rights for the telecommunications administrations (public or private carriers) regarding provision and operation of the network infrastructure, and recognition of the central role of telecomm ...[+++]unications administrations (public or private carriers) in the establishment of future generations of infrastructures ; - clear separation of the regulatory and operational functions of publics or private undertakings managing networks ; - opening-up of the market in satellite ground stations in so far as such equipement should be assimilated with telecommunications terminals rather than infrastructure ; - recognition of the fact that telecommunications tariffs should follow cost trends ; - development of a consensus by both sides of industry to smooth the transitions and take maximum advantage of the development of networks and services to create new jobs ; - fastening of economic development and reduction of the isolation of the outlying regions of the Community through telecommunications ; - establishment of common positions in the various international bodies (GATT, ITU, etc) ; - finally, as regards standardization, the Commission recommends the creation of a European Standards Institute : a small core team bringing together experts from public and private network operators and experts seconded by the industry would substantially accelerate the elaboration of the standards and technical specifications indispensable for an open and competitive market environment and the development of "made in Europe" Information Technolog ...