Given that I have already tabled a parliamentary question on this issue, I take the opportunity in this Chamber to stress the need for the Union to commit itself to supporting European producers in this sector with instruments appropriate to the seriousness of the crisis.

The Council changed the name of 'transitional areas of exceedance' to 'mixing zones', yet did not take this opportunity to make these zones a genuine tool for identifying and improving water quality: Parliament wanted the Member States to analyse these transitional areas to identify the sources of emission of pollutants so that, in the course of time, the necessary corrective measures could be taken to comply with the threshold values.

The amendments also provide for changes to the process with respect to the challenge of jurors to, among other things, assist in preserving their impartiality, which again is very important; summary dismissal by a single judge of the court of appeal when an appeal has erroneously been filed with that court; an appeal of a superior court order with respect to things seized lying with the court of appeal; a summary conviction trial with respect to the co-accused that can proceed where one of the co-accused does not appear; and the reclassification of the offence of possession of break and enter instruments into a dual procedure offence ...[+++] to allow the Crown to determine whether this offence should be prosecuted by way of indictment or by the more expeditious procedure of summary conviction, which again could save hours of court time and allow for much faster determinations.

45. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in using OLAF's Anti-Fraud Information System/CIGinfo (instrument of communication of information concerning cigarette seizures); believes this single administrative homepage could improve the exchange of data (especially on irregularities) between OLAF and the Member States once the national and the European systems are compatible;

Some of the concerns expressed included the need for effective powers of investigation, the need for federal coordination when an offence involved many provinces or states, and the need for powers to deprive fraudulent telemarketers of the tools required to commit the offence.

As an alternative, your committee believes that a comprehensive national integrated electronic health records system would be a more useful vehicle for capturing, maintaining and monitoring patient data, including that related to medical devices, to achieve the goals set out in Bill S-202.