"medical exposure" means exposure incurred by patients or asymptomatic individuals as part of their own medical or dental diagnosis or treatment, and intended to benefit their health, as well as exposure incurred by carers and comforters and by volunteers in medical or biomedical research;

That requirement should therefore be maintained in Annex IV to this Regulation and a condition should be included that the test should be performed in accordance with the methods laid down in the relevant Chapter of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

1. Instruments and apparatus intended for medical research, establishing medical diagnoses or carrying out medical treatment which are donated either by a charitable or philanthropic organisation or by a private individual to health authorities, hospital departments or medical research institutions approved by the competent authorities of the Member States to receive such articles duty free, or which are purchased by such health authorities, hospitals or medical research institutions entirely with funds supplied by a charitable or philanthropic organisation or with voluntary contributions, shall be admitted free of import duties, always ...[+++]provided that it is established that:

The companies' activities overlap in a number of product areas within the health and oral care sectors including, within oral care, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and cosmetic mouthwashes, and, within health care, products for treating mouth infection, acidity/heartburn, allergies, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Honourable senators, I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate Canada's dental professionals for their dedication to improving the oral health of Canadians and for sponsoring Dental Health Month in April.

A 1997 Ontario Gallup poll sponsored by the College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario revealed that 25% of Ontarians did not receive any oral health care services within the preceding 12 months.