The adverse impacts of the proposed inclusion clause include: a fundamental change in the market upon which the exchange's current and potential products would be based in the future; the demise of the exchange's futures contracts as an effective international price-discovery mechanism and hedging tool; a contradiction to the domestic and global trend toward more open markets, including significant federal government investment in supporting a more open, self-reliant Canadian agriculture; the potential reduction in the pricing alternatives available to producers; increased uncertainty regarding the future market structure of Canadian ...[+++] agriculture, thereby representing a significant disincentive regarding investment in product development for Canadian grains and oilseeds-based industry; and the introduction of an opportunity for one segment of the market, producers, to make a fundamental change to the market structure without adequate representation from all interested parties and without adequate consideration of the best interests of Canada as a whole.

We do not know their share of market exchange-related products versus OTC, but we know that they play an important role in the exchange market, whether ours or any other futures markets around the world.

This should include an assessment of retail market shares in terms of the volume and value of products based on NGA regulated wholesale inputs and, where available, advertising expenditure. Flagship products are likely to be offered as a bundle. NRAs should assess innovative variations of such bundles, if they are likely to replace the flagship product.

Clarification of the purposes of the directive and the attribution of responsibility as regards conformity of EuP; Member States will designate authorities responsible for market surveillance; EuP must comply with eco-design parameters which are covered by the applicable implementing measure; While maintaining the choice for a manufacturer between the internal design control and the management system, the latter has been amended with a view to ensuring that it remains possible for the manufacturer to use quality management systems for proving conformity, as long as they meet the requirements governing management systems for assessing conformity; Eco-labels which will be regarded as fulfilling conditions equivalent to the Community eco-l ...[+++]abel will be presumed to be in conformity with the requirements of the applicable implementing measures; While it is stated that the Commission will adopt implementing measures, the criteria and the steps to be taken when preparing implementing measures, in particular a minimum sales and trade volume threshold, have been clarified and specified; The Commission will establish a work plan setting out a list of products which could be subject to implementing measures as a priority, in particular those products which have been identified by the European Climate Change Plan as offering a high potential for the cost-effective reduction of greenhouse gases; Consultation Forum : when envisaging the preparation of an implementing measure with regard to a given product, the Commission has to ensure the balanced participation of Member States and the proper involvement of all parties concerned.

An NRA should thus take into account the likelihood that undertakings not currently active on the relevant product market may in the medium term decide to enter the market following a small but significant non-transitory price increase.

Conversely, paging services and mobile telephony services, which may appear to be capable of offering the same service, that is, dispatching of two-way short messages, may be found to belong to distinct product markets in view of their different perceptions by consumers as regards their functionality and end use.