5. Notes with concern the varying degrees of commitment demonstrated by Member States to implementing last year’s CSRs and the generally poor implementation record; reiterates the need for coordinated policy within the Union and stresses the importance of implementing the CSRs in order to ensure consistent and fair implementation of the economic governance framework across Member States; underlines that insufficient implementation of CSRs in some Member States is an obstacle to creating a growth- and investment-friendly environment; ...[+++] calls on the Commission to consider, taking note of Parliament’s resolution of 24 June 2015 entitled ‘The review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges’, the possibility of introducing a mechanism encouraging Member States to implement the CSRs, especially in areas with the most considerable spillover effects, and proposing ways of ensuring that the recommendations of the European Semester are implemented and followed more effectively and consistently; asks the Commission, in this respect, to publish a document providing a comprehensive assessment of the state of implementation of CSRs in every Member State, as well as explicitly identifying recommendations aimed at fulfilling updated Europe 2020 national targets; recommends that an analysis be conducted of the relevance of past CSRs for different Member States, in order to assess on an ex post basis whether they were valid in terms of their scope, timing, phasing, sequencing and social impact and of reducing economic divergences between regions of the Union and between Member States; notes the Commission’s intention to move three of the current so-called auxiliary indicators to the headline scoreboard;

Areas of cooperation will include exchange of information, update on progress, joint evaluation of potential synergies, and joint efforts on the EU and Middle-East and North Africa level to obtain a more favourable regulatory framework for renewable energy markets.

Question No. 899 Mr. Hoang Mai: With regard to the proposed new bridge on the St. Lawrence River: (a) why did the 2012 budget not include long-term planning for the proposed bridge; (b) have the cost estimates been further refined since initial estimates of between three and five billion dollars were made, and how are these estimated costs broken down, in as much detail as possible; (c) what further factors need to be taken into account to refine the estimates; (d) at what time in the financial analysis process will the Treasury Board of Canada or the Department of Finance be involved and to what extent; (e) has Transport Canada chosen the funding model and, if so, which one, and why; (f) will there be any public consultation concernin ...[+++]g the funding model; (g) have any economic models been created to understand the financial impacts of the various options for the project; (h) is public-private partnership (P3) still an option (i) who is involved in making the decision about P3, (ii) have there been concrete steps made in order to finalize a decision, (iii) will there be any public consultation regarding P3; (i) has Transport Canada decided on the type of structure (bridge or tunnel); (j) what are the initial outcomes of the government’s collaboration with the province of Québec to integrate transit onto the new bridge; (k) has Transport Canada been involved in the study of integrating a Light Rail Transit (LRT) onto the bridge, (i) at what stage in the planning process will the government define the parameters of public transportation on the bridge, (ii) how is the government coordinating the planning process with the government of Québec, the Agence métropolitaine de transport and other interested parties, (iii) when are the results of this study expected and will they be made public, (iv) is the LRT the preferred option according to the current status of the study, (v) will the government help fund a project of this calibre if LRT is chosen as the appropr ...

For that reason, I would really have liked us to have discussed the state of play on Galileo some time ago, and would also have liked to see more regular follow-up.

Specifically, urgent action is advocated to: Accelerate preparations in public administrations, particularly at local and regional level; establish mechanisms for the co-ordination and monitoring of public sector progress; develop sound contingency plans to ensure the business continuity of vital public sector and infrastructure operations; encourage the active participation of industry sectors in international Year 2000 Computing initiatives, especially external testing; monitor and report upon the readiness of the energy and transport sectors; focus on providing information to and protecting the rights of consumers; facili ...[+++]tate greater co-operation within and between industrial sectors, and between private and public sectors; improve information disclosure about the ability to deal with the year 2000 problem of products, services and organisations; Adopt the use of common reporting templates to form part of a country-wide strategy for communicating readiness, tracking progress, and promoting public confidence.

This annex would consist of a description of the studies pursued by the holder of the diploma, the aim being to facilitate transparency and recognition of the studies in States other than that in which they were dispensed; it would take into account the experience that other organizations such as the Council of Europe and UNESCO have had in this area, = the desirability of identifying and giving wider publicity to procedures at national or Community level which might facilitate amicable settlement of disputes concerning recognition o ...[+++]f qualifications, in response to individual requests sent directly or preferably through the NARIC network or through the network of coordinators of the various Directives, = to submit a report, by the end of 1998, to the European Parliament and the Council on progress achieved in this area and on the situation regarding the various initiatives taken at Community and national level.