1. When carrying out in-depth monitoring visits in Member States, the Commission (Eurostat) can be assisted by experts from other Member States who shall be officials from the national statistical authorities or, on specific occasions, by other national authorities of the Member States being visited who have a functional responsibility for the control of the government accounts or by other Commission departments, following an agreement between the Member State being visited and the Commission (Eurostat).

1. When carrying out in-depth monitoring visits in Member States, the Commission (Eurostat) can be assisted by experts, most notably from other Member States, national authorities of the Member States being visited who have a functional responsibility for the control of the government accounts, and other Commission departments.

1. When carrying out in-depth monitoring visits in Member States, the Commission (Eurostat) can be assisted by experts, most notably from other Member States, national authorities of the Member States being visited who have a functional responsibility for the control of the government accounts, and other Commission departments.

While in Bouaké, Mr Michel visited a health centre born of the partnership between Unicef and ECHO, the European Union’s Humanitarian Office, which is the leading humanitarian aid donor in Côte d’Ivoire (€12.2 million in the period 2002-04 and €7 million currently allocated for 2005).

In that capacity, my responsibilities included the oversight of all aspects of the federal planning and implementation phases of the major event, the establishment of and participation in an inter-directorate working group made up of representatives from the federal and divisional sectors involved in the visit, for example, the Border Services Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Transport Canada, NAV CANADA, and CSIS; the establishment of and participation in an interdepartmental working group made up of representatives from the RCMP and outside partner agencies, namely, other police forces; the identification, in consultation ...[+++]with the operations and accreditation commanders, of the level of accreditation required for the visit; the monitoring of negotiations between federal, provincial and municipal authorities and the preparation of contractual agreements in the form of Memoranda of Understanding; the co-ordination with Transport Canada of the issuance of a “Notice to Airmen” for air-space closure over venues; the liaison with the U.S. security group and the dissemination of appropriate security information to them.

Taking into account the serious situation facing the health authorities as a result of these entries into France of animals without any sanitary check, the French delegation called for several measures which could improve risk management with regard to rabies, in particular : developing information and awareness campaigns for travellers and transporters, reinforcing sanitary checks at Community frontiers as well as promoting cooperation and technical support programs with Maghreb countries.