Sound public governance of the Galileo and EGNOS programmes requires, firstly, that there is a strict division of tasks, in particular between the Commission, the European GNSS Agency and the European Space Agency, and, secondly, that the governance is progressively adapted to the operational requirements of the systems.

(Return tabled) Question No. 1340 Mr. Matthew Kellway: With regard to the issue of the proposed for-profit blood plasma clinics in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario: (a) when was Health Canada approached by the operators of the proposed for-profit blood plasma clinics; (b) how many consultations took place between Health Canada and the operators of the proposed for-profit blood plasma clinics; (c) how many consultations took place between Health Canada and (i) Canadian Blood Services, (ii) the province of Ontario; (d) when did these consultations take place and if no consultations took place, how did Health Canada determine that consultations were not necessary; (e) when were the location ...[+++]s for the proposed clinics approved; (f) what process did the operators of the proposed for-profit blood plasma clinics follow to obtain approval for the location of the clinics; (g) what is Health Canada’s policy on the operation of for-profit blood plasma clinics in Canada; (h) what is Health Canada’s policy with regard to following the recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (“Krever report”); (i) what existing statutes, regulations, auditing processes, etc. are in place to ensure the safety of Canada’s blood supply; (j) with regard to ensuring the safety of Canada’s blood supply, what is the regulatory role of (i) Health Canada, (ii) the province, (iii) Canadian Blood Services; (k) what role does Canadian Blood Services play in the establishment or regulation of for-profit blood plasma clinics in Canada; (l) what does Health Canada’s auditing process for licensing for-profit blood plasma clinics in Canada involve; (m) what information is provided to Health Canada by the operators; (n) how often does Health Canada audit these clinics; and (o) what is the relationship between Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in ensuring the safety of blood plasma products purchased from the United States of America?

The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Affairs commissioned a study which showed that online gaming had no more damaging effect than ordinary gaming in a place run by a national lottery.

A study on this issue has shown that the risk of death in the workplace is 10 times higher in the case of farmers and that, although farmers represent only around 6% of the total population, more than 60% of deaths in the workplace occur among the farming community.

Farm Member States shall ensure that bluefin tuna are harvested from farms in the year in which they were caught, or before the beginning of the purse seiners fishing season if harvested in the following year.

``146.9 In determining whether the operation of a main line or a segment thereof is required in the public interest, the Agency shall consider all matters that in its opinion are relevant to the public interest, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing (a) the actual losses, if any, that have been incurred by the railway company in the operation of the main line or segment; (b) the alternative transportation facilities available or likely to be available in the area served by the main line or segment, including those proposed to be made available by the applicant, and the ability of those facilities to meet the needs ...[+++]of shippers located in that area; (c) the extent to which the applicant would be prepared to provide and support alternative transportation facilities in lieu of operating the main line or segment; (d) whether it would be more economical to use alternative transportation facilities in the area served by the main line or segment; (e) the period of time reasonably required for the purpose of adjusting any facilities that are wholly or partly dependent on the services provided by the main line or segment with the least disruption to the economy of the area served thereby; (f) the probable effect on other lines and other carriers and on the transportation system generally of the abandonment, on different dates, of the operation of the main line or segment; (g) the economic effect of the abandonment of the operation of the main line or segment on the communities and area served by the branch line; (h) the feasibility of maintaining the main line or segment as an operating line by changes in the method of operation through the interconnection with other lines of the company; (i) the feasibility of maintaining the main line or segment as an operating line, either jointly with or as part of the system of another company, by the sale or lease of the line or segment to another company or by the exchange of operating or running rights be ...