Chain of custody procedure

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Where injured parties from different levels of the supply chain bring separate actions for damages that are related to the same competition law infringement, national courts should take due account, as far as allowed under applicable national or EU law, of parallel or preceding actions (or judgments resulting from such actions) in order to avoid under- and over-compensation of the harm caused by that infringement and to foster consistency between judgments resulting from such linked proceedings.

Question No. 419 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the risk of corrosion and spills and other safety concerns arising from the transport of bitumen in pipelines, and to government action to address these risks: (a) how does diluted bitumen compare with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) in terms of (i) abrasive material content, (ii) acid concentration, (iii) sulphur content, (iv) viscosity; (b) to what extent is diluted bitumen more likely than WTI to cause corrosion or erosion in the pipelines through which they respectively flow; (c) what is the composition of diluted bitumen in Canada; (d) what are all of the volatile chemicals, persistent organic pollutants or carcinogenic s ...[+++]ubstances present in diluted bitumen in Canada; (e) in the process of diluting bitumen in Canada, what are the (i) natural gas condensates used, (ii) other petroleum products used; (f) what is the process by which diluted bitumen corrodes pipelines, with specific reference to (i) abrasion, (ii) friction, (iii) high pressure, (iv) settling of sediment, (v) velocity, (vi) sulphur-reducing bacteria, (vii) other significant factors; (g) for all proposed or existing National Energy Board (NEB)-regulated pipelines, what is (i) the amount of hard sediment passing through the pipeline annually, (ii) the average pressure, (iii) the average temperature; (h) what, if any, (i) research, (ii) action, (iii) investment has the government undertaken to determine whether diluted bitumen can flow safely through pipelines; (i) what, if any, (i) research, (ii) action, (iii) investment has the government undertaken to determine whether or not conventional crude should be distinguished from diluted bitumen when setting minimum standards for pipelines; (j) what, if any, (i) research, (ii) action, (iii) investment has the government undertaken to design safety and spill responses and spill liability management capabilities that are appropriate specifically to diluted bitumen; (k) how does a diluted bitumen sp ...

2. Takes the view that, in the specific area of anti-terrorism sanctions, the distinction between 'external' and 'internal' threats is difficult to justify in practice, especially when such sanctions could also infringe the rights of EU citizens and residents under the Charter ; considers that a legal framework should be established under Article 75 TFEU for measures with regard to capital movements and payments, such as the freezing of funds, financial assets or economic gains belonging to, or owned or held by, natural or legal persons, groups or non-State entities, including (as pointed out also by its Committee on Legal Affairs) for restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the A ...[+++]l-Qaida network and the Taliban; such an approach would allow a proper level of democratic accountability through the intervention of Parliament by means of the codecision procedure (ordinary legislative procedure); due account should also be taken of the proper involvement of national parliaments;

2. Takes the view that, in the specific area of anti-terrorism sanctions, the distinction between 'external' and 'internal' threats is difficult to justify in practice, especially when such sanctions could also infringe the rights of EU citizens and residents under the Charter; considers that a legal framework should be established under Article 75 TFEU for measures with regard to capital movements and payments, such as the freezing of funds, financial assets or economic gains belonging to, or owned or held by, natural or legal persons, groups or non-State entities, including (as pointed out also by its Committee on Legal Affairs) for restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al ...[+++]-Qaida network and the Taliban; such an approach would allow a proper level of democratic accountability through the intervention of Parliament by means of the codecision procedure (ordinary legislative procedure); due account should also be taken of the proper involvement of national parliaments;