Work done jointly by government and industry was already under way to determine how to adapt benchmarked standards to Canadian circumstances in the pulp and paper sector through the Pulp and Paper Air Quality Forum, in the refining sector through the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment national framework for petroleum refinery emission reductions, and in the base metal smelting sector through the base metal smelting pollution prevention plan.

According to Statistics Canada, motor vehicles is about a $70 billion industry, petroleum refining is at about $55 billion, with $32 billion for motor vehicles parts, followed by plastics at $22.5 billion.

The emissions trading scheme starts in 2005 and covers five major sectors of EU industry: power generation, oil refineries, steel, building materials and pulp and paper.

Industrial gases form an important component in the production process of many industries including, for example, iron, steel, refining, chemicals, glass, electronics, paper and pulp industries.

Whereas Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 establishes the maximum presumed supply needs of the refining industry expressed as white sugar per marketing year for the 1995/96 to 2000/01 marketing years; whereas when partial deliveries of raw sugar are imported the white sugar equivalent cannot actually be determined until after the raw sugar has been analysed or refined; whereas application of Article 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 would have a disproportionately severe financial impact on operators; whereas there therefore appears to be no justification for not allowing quantities imported within the tolerance to qualify for ...[+++] the preferential arrangements; whereas in any event the quantities qualifying for preferential conditions in any one delivery year may not exceed the above maximum needs allocated to each refining Member State; whereas a derogation should therefore be granted from Article 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88;

Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2782/76 of 17 November 1976 laying down detailed implementing rules for the importation of preferential sugar (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 (7), stipulates that a quantity which exceeds the relevant agreed quantity must be attributed by the Commission to the following delivery period; whereas when partial deliveries of raw sugar are imported the white sugar equivalent cannot actually be determined until after the raw sugar has been analysed or refined; whereas application of Article 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 would have a disproportionately severe financial impact on operators; whereas there therefore appears to be no ju ...[+++]stification for not allowing quantities imported within the tolerance to qualify for the preferential arrangements; whereas a derogation should therefore be granted from Article 45 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88;