In France the Inter-ministerial committee to combat social exclusion is undertaking a study to establish the methodology and tools for monitoring and assessing the NAP.

The Eastern Canada interdepartmental marine operations committee was revitalized under the chairmanship of the Coast Guard, Maritimes Region, and has now established links with the Interdepartmental Marine Security Working Group and the Pacific interdepartmental marine operations committee.

We have, however, agreed with the Auditor General's remark related to the interdepartmental committee; we are going to reconvene that committee and have it look specifically, in the context of today, at what role interdepartmentally would provide the best value for money for the government.

(Return tabled) Question No. 510 Ms. Christiane Gagnon: With respect to interdepartmental committees, is there or has there ever been an interdepartmental consultation or communication committee whose membership includes the Department of Environment, the Department of National Defence and/or the Department of Justice and that dealt with contamination of the soil or water table in Valcartier, Quebec, or contamination of property belonging to Canadian Arsenal (Industrie Valcartier Inc./SNC Tech Inc) and, if so: (a) what is or was the nature of this committee; (b) what is or was its mandate; (c) what were its objectives; (d) which other ...[+++] departments, if any, sat on this committee; (e) who were the individuals sitting on the committee; (f) did the committee’s membership change at any point and, if so, who was added or removed; and (g) are there any reports on the committee’s activities and, if so, (i) to whom were the reports sent, (ii) were the reports sent to the legal services units of the departments involved, (iii) when were the reports sent to the departments’ legal services units, (iv) who asked for the reports to be sent to the departments’ legal services units?

Those findings are not called in question by the fact that, since the adoption of the Italian Ministerial Decree of 2 February 1994 (G.U.R.I. No 34 of 11 February 1994), which increased the number of representatives of national road-haulier associations on the central committee from 12 to 17, the representatives of the economic agents are no longer in the minority on the central committee, or by the fact that, according to the information provided by the Italian Government, the 'Inter-ministerial Price Committee', a consultative body, ...[+++] was replaced by a body called 'the Italian Price and Tariffs Monitoring Authority', or by the fact that the Italian Law maintained the extension of tariffs to various services, such as contracts under invitation to tender and contracts for hire.

The Uzbek government has established an Inter ministerial Co-ordination Committee on European Union, headed by Mr Sultonov, and the Commission looks forward to liaising regularly with this Committee in the future as well as with key Ministries in Uzbekistan.