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Benoît Sauvageau moved, That whereas 2,100 Canadian military personnel were captured in Hong Kong and held by the Japanese for 44 months during World War II; Whereas these prisoners suffered abuse and were forced into hard labour by the Japanese; Whereas these Canadians veterans are well founded in fact and in law to claim the amount of $18 per day for the work they carried out for the Japanese during their detention. Whereas no amount of money could really compensate for the years lost by our Hong Kong veterans and the suffering they endured in the service of Canada, our Hong Kong veterans deserve special consideration; Whereas the U ...[+++]nited Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights recognized the validity of the claims by the Canadian veterans with regard to their forced labour during World War II in concluding that the Japanese had seriously violated the Geneva Convention; Whereas the Sub-Commission also deems that there is no moratorium on war crimes, Whereas the 1952 peace treaty between Japan and the Allies cannot erase all the claims by Canadian World War II veterans, as their claims involve rights granted under customary international humanitarian law; Whereas the Canadian Government has never demonstrated the necessary will to support its veterans until now; The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade recommends that the Canadian Government:

This applies above all to integration of the new matrimonial property regime provisions into other EU legislation, in particular the new Regulation on wills and succession and the ‘Brussels I’ Regulation. In terms of details, this objective of ensuring equality affects the determination of the scope (e.g. excluding maintenance settlements from German law or similar structures in other Member States), reworking the rules on jurisdiction, the provisions on the adaptation of rights in rem and the recognition, enforceability and enforcement of judicial decision to be utilised from the Regulation on wills and succession (as proposed by the ra ...[+++]pporteur), and the acceptance and enforceability of authentic instruments.

proposals for a simple and autonomous European system for the attachment of bank accounts and the temporary freezing of bank deposits, the abolition of requirements for legalisation of documents, provisions to fill the gaps left in the Rome II Regulation concerning rights of the personality and defamation, a definitive solution to the problem of bilateral agreements dealing with jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments, if necessary by means of a Protocol to the next accession Treaty to be concluded; consideration to be given in addition to a proposal for an international instrument permitting a thorough check of al ...[+++]l judgments from third countries before they may be recognised and enforced in a Member State; and provisions to fill the lacuna highlighted by the Court of Justice in the field of company law, a proposal on the protection of vulnerable adults, and a proposal for a regulation, for adoption if necessary by recourse to enhanced cooperation, on the law applicable in matrimonial matters and parental responsibility, based on the best interests of children and non-discrimination between partners;

proposals for a simple and autonomous European system for the attachment of bank accounts and the temporary freezing of bank deposits, the abolition of requirements for legalisation of documents, provisions to fill the gaps left in the Rome II Regulation concerning rights of the personality and defamation, a definitive solution to the problem of bilateral agreements dealing with jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments, if necessary by means of a Protocol to the next accession Treaty to be concluded; consideration to be given in addition to a proposal for an international instrument permitting a thorough check of al ...[+++]l judgments from third countries before they may be recognised and enforced in a Member State; and provisions to fill the lacuna highlighted by the Court of Justice in the field of company law, a proposal on the protection of vulnerable adults, and a proposal for a regulation, for adoption if necessary by recourse to enhanced cooperation, on the law applicable in matrimonial matters and parental responsibility, based on the best interests of children and non-discrimination between partners;