67a. ‘Powertrain’ means the components and systems of a vehicle that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, including the engine(s), the engine management systems or any other control module, the pollution control devices, the transmission and its control, either a drive shaft or belt drive or chain drive, the differentials, the final drive, and the driven wheel tyre (radius).

13. Stresses that the technology based on X-ray images emits a high dose of X-rays and should therefore not be considered for systematic screening as far as air safety is concerned;

18. Stresses that every passenger and staff member has the right to refuse a body scan, without the obligation to give any explanation, and the right to request a standard security check, with full respect for the rights and dignity of that person; calls in this regard for all security personnel to receive proper and extensive training; insists that the restriction of use of those scanners which use ionising radiation, for example x-rays, would avoid the need to lay down explicit exceptions for vulnerable persons such as pregnant women, children, handicapped people or people with medical conditions that would render such checks inappro ...[+++]priate;

The following equipment has been ordered and/or implemented at Canadian airports since September 11, 2001: mobile and stationary x-rays, ionscans, detector dogs, fibrescopes, density meters and mobile VACIS gamma ray systems.

On the expenditure side, we have managed to make proposals with the potential to curb expenditure in a number of areas, while on the resources side, as a previous speaker indicated – I think it was a Council representative – there will be increases ranging from about 8 to 15% in the final analysis, depending on the items, if I recall the figure that was quoted a short time ago. These, I repeat, are financially judicious positions.

The Regulation states that organic production may be referred to only where the product in question has been obtained and tested in accordance with the rules established therein, and in particular that it contains only substances listed in the Annexes, has not been subjected to treatments involving the use of ionising radiation and has not been made using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or products derived from these organisms, as this would be incompatible with organic production (Regulation (EC) No 1804/1999).