promoting private placements (i.e. the selling of securities to a limited number of investors), whereby companies issue debt instruments to institutional or other experienced investors, across the EU, building on successful experiences such as the one in Germany and through supporting market-led initiatives such as the one undertaken by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) to promote the use of standardised documentation; a review of the Prospectus Directive to reduce the cost and simplify the process of issuing a prospectus (see below); a review of the functioning of EU corporate bond markets focusing on how market liqu ...[+++]idity can be improved, the potential impact of regulatory reforms, market developments and voluntary standardisation of offer documentation; exploring with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) the possibility of developing a voluntary tailor-made accounting solution, which could be used for companies admitted to trading on SME Growth Markets; and addressing the debt/equity bias through work on the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (see IP/15/5188).

Based on the cost-effectiveness analysis undertaken, the Roadmap gives ranges for emission reductions to be achieved in key sectors by 2030 and 2050 (see table).

NRAs should estimate investment risk, inter alia, by taking into account the following factors of uncertainty: (i) uncertainty relating to retail and wholesale demand; (ii) uncertainty relating to the costs of deployment, civil engineering works and managerial execution; (iii) uncertainty relating to technological progress; (iv) uncertainty relating to market dynamics and the evolving competitive situation, such as the degree of infrastructure-based and/or cable competition; and (v) macroeconomic uncertainty.

*Question No. 73 Ms. Dawn Black: With regards to private contracting for food services on Canadian Forces Wings, Bases or Stations: (a) were requests for proposals (RFPs) issued for private companies to create franchise services for food services on military bases at any time over the last two years; (b) if RFPs were issued, was Public Works and Government Services Canada involved during the tendering process and were the tenders administered in accordance with the Financial Administration Act; (c) what directorate, group or principal of the Department of National Defence (DND) administered or managed the tendering process; (d) if, an ...[+++]d when, contracts were awarded, what were the agreements for utility costs such as water, electricity, heat, and sewage with the winning bidders; (e) for government-owned infrastructure occupied by private sector franchises or companies, are there lease or rental agreements in place; (f) who are the owners of freestanding buildings on military wings and bases, and if the sole occupant and owner is a franchise or company, how are the property taxes assessed and paid, including all utilities for these buildings; (g) for government-owned facilities that are occupied either partially or solely by private sector franchises or companies, how are maintenance costs to building repairs or preventive maintenance schedules handled for the private sector occupants, and who performs the work; (h) are private sector franchises required to carry and show proof of insurance for personal liability, personal and property damages for these facilities; (i) are there service level agreements set up for emergency services such as police, fire and paramedics between franchises, companies and DND; (j) who are the contract managers for any contracts let for private franchises; (k) what is the length of each contract for all aspects of utility costs, leasing, and rental agreements; (l) has there been any loss in income to any base commander’s budget b ...

Do you believe some hard-framed public interest criteria can be established based on the work this committee does and the work the minister could lay out, in order that the minister can present to the banks a defined road map of how to get through the public interest jungle, as they get through the Competition Bureau and OSFI, thereby giving the banks the high predictability where they can look at it and say, this is a non-starter, because we can't comply, or, yes, we can tailor our proposals so we are in compliance at all three levels?

For the Commission the principles are important for two reasons: for the contents themselves (they address a wide variety of issues ranging from the global agenda, limits to traditional growth patterns, equity and cost internalization, shared responsibility, to the challenges ahead) and for the application of these principles (a framework to test the sustainability of existing and new policies, evaluation of progress towards goals sets out in the Fifth Action Programme, basis ...[+++] for the Forum's ongoing work).