(1) Forming part of the Union’s general strategy aimed at combating organised crime, increasing the resilience of computer networks, protecting critical information infrastructure and data protection, the objective of this Directive is to approximate rules on criminal law in the Member States in the area of attacks against information systems, and improve cooperation between judicial and other competent authorities, including the police and other specialised law enforcement services of the Member States, the Commission, Eurojust, Europol, Union and national computer emergency response teams and the European Network and Information Securi ...[+++]ty Agency, to enable a common and comprehensive Union approach.

12. Acknowledges that 26 out of the 54 recommendations made by the Internal Audit Service (IAS) have been implemented since 2006; notes that, amongst the 28 which still need to be implemented, eight are considered to be ‘very important’; in particular, urges the Foundation to put in place the remaining internal control standards (i.e. delegation for financial actors), to follow up the implementation of other internal control standards (i.e. effective coordination of the internal control system and compliance of procurement procedures with the Financial Regulation and its implementing rules), and to introduce an effective planning and m ...[+++]onitoring system (e.g. by setting up a risk assessment system in respect of the Foundation's activities, putting in place an activity-based methodology and monitoring IT tools);

12. Acknowledges that 26 out of the 54 recommendations made by the Internal Audit Service (IAS) have been implemented since 2006; notes that, amongst the 28 which still need to be implemented, eight are considered to be 'very important'; in particular, urges the Foundation to put in place the remaining internal control standards (i.e. delegation for financial actors), to follow up the implementation of other internal control standards (i.e. effective coordination of the internal control system and compliance of procurement procedures with the Financial Regulation and its implementing rules), and to introduce an effective planning and m ...[+++]onitoring system (e.g. by setting up a risk assessment system in respect of the Foundation’s activities, putting in place an activity-based methodology and monitoring IT tools);

· Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environments: enabling research, including "omics" technologies, such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, systems biology, bioinformatics and converging technologies for micro-organisms, plants and animals, including research on the exploitation and sustainable use of their biodiversity.

What the proposal for a directive sets out to do is to provide a restrictive restatement of the law as it has been applied by the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, in order to ensure that patents for computer-related inventions are granted on the same basis everywhere in the European Union and that the national courts deal with contested patents on the basis of uniform principles.

Department of Health Canada Ottawa, Ontario ð Barbara Ouellet, Director ð Nancy Garrard, Director, Division of Aging and Seniors, Health Promotion and Programs Branch ð Dr. Christina Mills, Director, Cancer Bureau, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Protection Branch; ð Leslie Gaudette, Section Head, Treatment and Palliation Section, Cancer Control Assessment and Surveillance Division, Cancer Bureau, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Protection Branch; ð Debra Gillis, Director, Health Programs Support Division, Medical Services Branch; ð Cliff Halliwell, Director General, Applied Research & Analysis Dir ...[+++]ectorate, Information, Analysis and Connectivity Branch