· vessels and producers in third countries that are allowed to export fish or fishery products to the EU, as included on lists drawn up by the third country and published by the Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection, must be cross-checked with black lists of vessels drawn up by RFMOs or other third countries; the Commission should use all possible means to ensure that vessels on such black lists are not allowed to export fish or fishery products to the EU; to that end, consideration could be given to an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal ...[+++]origin intended for human consumption;

However, there is little official recognition of the history of black Canadians in many other respects.

10. Believes that the European Union should also be very worried about the quantities of oil and other wastes pumped deliberately from ships' bilges, a practice which causes considerably more maritime and coastal pollution than Erika- type spillages;

During the 1996 census one in every five Canadian households was asked: ``Is this person white, Chinese, South Asian, black, Arab, West Asian, Filipino, Southeast Asian, Latin American, Japanese, Korean or other?'' For the first time in our history Canadians were required to define and identify themselves by race.

I am also pleased that it is a votable motion. I would like to refer specifically to question No. 19, under socio-cultural information, on the long 1996 census form, which asks: ``Is this person white, Chinese, South Asian, black, Arab, West Asian, Filipino, Southeast Asian, Latin American, Japanese, Korean or other?'' The list appears to follow no logic.

Canada's First Nations and Black communities are represented, along with Canadians of Arab, Asian, Italian, Jewish, Ukrainian, and other origins.