The concept of country-by-country reporting builds on existing principles in the EITI, amongst others, and requirements laid down in the Dodd-Frank Act.

(a) to establish high-quality common regulatory and supervisory standards and practices, in particular by contributing to the development of guidelines, recommendations, and draft regulatory and implementing technical standards and other decisions which shall be based on the legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2);

The design and development phases will be completed by June 1, with a pilot course being delivered later that month.

4. Encourages, therefore, the Commission to continue its efforts to address the weaknesses in supervision and control by developing and implementing an internal reform programme and, together with the Member States, implementing an action plan to further improve the supervisory and control systems of the Union;

48. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the planning and development of innovative forms of aid and equipment, facilitating access for the disabled and the elderly to goods and services; ·

What is key to also highlight, is that governments are working to reduce wait times, reflecting their different starting points and priorities, by transforming the way access is managed involving improvements in the way wait times are monitored, measured and managed such as: developing improved information systems enabling policy decisions based on reliable wait times data; ongoing research to develop more benchmarks; funding additional procedures; adding new spaces in medical schools; posting wait times on web sites; developing standard prioritization systems; and, communicating information to Canadians.