41. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the social partners and relevant national authorities, without prejudice to the principle of subsidiarity, to devote adequate human resources for cross-border matters concerning the abuse of employment protection rules and undeclared work – with a remit including, inter alia, the identification of letter-box companies and the control of transnational service providers – and to develop EU-wide further-training programmes for inspectorates that address challenges such as bogus self-employment and posting, the identification of new ways of circumventing the rules and the organisation of cross ...[+++]-border controls; recommends, in addition, that national inspectorates carry out occasional, joint cross-border inspections, particularly in areas close to border zones;

42. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the social partners and relevant national authorities, without prejudice to the principle of subsidiarity, to devote adequate human resources for cross-border matters concerning the abuse of employment protection rules and undeclared work – with a remit including, inter alia, the identification of letter-box companies and the control of transnational service providers – and to develop EU-wide further-training programmes for inspectorates that address challenges such as bogus self-employment and posting, the identification of new ways of circumventing the rules and the organisation of cross ...[+++]-border controls; recommends, in addition, that national inspectorates carry out occasional, joint cross-border inspections, particularly in areas close to border zones;

29. Takes note of the letter dated 23 January 2012 from the Commissioner for Budgets and Financial Programming expressing the Commission’s willingness to reduce the number of posts in its establishment plans by 1% as early as 2013, taking carefully into account the different effects for large, medium-sized and small directorates-general; intends to closely examine the Commission’s intention of reducing by 2018 the staffing level in EU institutions and bodies by 5% compared to 2013, and recalls that this is to be seen as an overall goal; ...[+++] recalls that any change to the establishment plan has a direct impact on the budget and should in no way compromise the budgetary prerogatives of the Committee on Budgets and of the European Parliament; considers that any short-term or long-term reduction in staff should be based on a prior impact assessment and take full account of, inter alia, the Union’s legal obligations and the institutions’ new competences and increased tasks arising from the treaties;

To show that the Canadian government, the Government of Ontario, and other credible organizations agree that DDT, hexachlorobenzene, and other pesticides are carcinogens and cause other terrible illnesses, we have the following: a description from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, a federal government agency, of the harmful effects of DDT and benzene, including the fact that they are carcinogens; an article quoting Johanne Gélinas, the federal environment commissioner, to the effect that pestic ...[+++]ides have been linked to lung disease, reproductive problems, birth defects, cancers, developmental disorders, allergic reactions, lowered resistance to diseases, and other illnesses; an article from Ontario showing that Worker's Compensation and the occupational health clinics for Ontario agree that benzene, to which we were exposed, is a known carcinogen; a position paper for the Canadian Associationof Physicians for the Environment indicating the biological effects of DDT exposure; a recent release from the Ontario College of Family Physicians indicating that pesticides are too harmful to use in any form and that exposure to pesticides causes brain cancer, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, and leukemia, among many other acute illnesses; and a list from OHIP that indicates the 53 different diseases and disorders with which I have been diagnosed in a seven-year period from 1987 to 1994 (1540) Further, to indicate that the Canadian army exposed troops to DDT, benzene hexacholoride, and other pesticides, I have the following: a copy of four pages from the Canadian Military Handbook of Army Health, issued in 1950, indicating that Canadian soldiers and their clothing should be sprayed with DDT and benzene hexacholoride, clearly indicating exposure; a letter from Paul Marsden, archivist for the military section of the government archives division, stating that DDT was used as a pesticide on soldiers while serving in Korea; a letter fro ...

This commitment by the Senegalese authorities was set out in concrete form in a letter of 17 April 1997 from the Minister for Fisheries to Commissioner Bonino detailing the Senegalese authorities' decision to allocate 50% of the total compensation to the Treasury and use the remaining 50% in the fisheries sector on the basis of the aims of sustainable development referred to under the headings of the protocol (knowledge of fish stocks, training, fisheries surveillance, institutional assistance, etc.).

In a letter of 5 July 2000 to Mrs Theato, Mrs Schreyer said she had 'just' learnt from her press officer that OLAF and the competent national authorities wished to inform the public about the case of fraud involving adulterated butter and that 'contrary to information I previously received, the Community's financial interests are also affected'.