The assessment of such risks and the compliance with critical levels for the protection of vegetation should therefore focus on places away from built-up areas.

In zones and agglomerations in which ozone levels meet the long-term objectives, Member States shall, in so far as factors including the transboundary nature of ozone pollution and meteorological conditions permit, maintain those levels below the long-term objectives and shall preserve through proportionate measures the best ambient air quality compatible with sustainable development and a high level of environmental and human health protection.

The crop protection business is active in the development, production and marketing of agricultural crop protection agents including herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, plant growth regulators and seed treatments. ACS' environmental science business develops, produces and distributes non-agricultural products, including household insecticides, industrial weed agents, and products for lawn and garden. The seed business is active in the research, production and breeding of field seeds and vegetable seeds. Finally, the bioscience business of ACS is active in the development of technologies to enhance plant value using input traits, agronomic traits and output ...[+++] traits.

ACS comprises four business segments: The crop protection business is active in the development, production and marketing of agricultural crop protection agents, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators and seed treatments, ACS's environmental science business develops, produces and distributes non-agricultural products including household insecticides, industrial weed agents, and products for lawn and garden. The seed business is active in the research, production and breeding of field seeds and vegetable seeds.

As the result of discussions held in Quebec in June 1998 by Fisheries and Oceans on marine protection areas, the report prepared by public officials states, and I quote: “There remains a lot of confusion among stakeholders about the various federal programs on marine protected areas,”—these are not our words, but the words of government officials—“marine protection zones, national marine conservation areas, marine fauna reserves, and so forth.

I would like to quote a report from a group of officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans who wrote the following: “There is still a great deal of confusion among stakeholders regarding the various federal programs on protected marine areas, marine protection zones, national marine conservation areas, wildlife marine preserves — The departments concerned should harmonize their actions and co-operate to create protected marine areas”.