a discussion of policies for securing collateral and establishing credit reserves;

I would note in passing, though, that most of the projects initiated by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited in Canada are subject to licensing decisions by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and so at least are covered under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act at the present time, in most instances.

*Follow-up to Russian requests for Euratom loan financing for the completion and safety upgrading of the Kalinin 3 reactor (VVER-1000 type).

(22) Whereas, in order to enable airports to fulfil their infrastructure management functions and to guarantee safety and security on the airport premises as well as to protect the environment and the social regulations in force, Member States must be able to make the supply of ground-handling services subject to approval; whereas the criteria for granting such approval must be objective, transparent and non-discriminatory;

- Objective: Stronger international cooperation in legal and judicial affairs By actions which include: - working together more closely on obtaining evidence and other information - developing a nowhere to hide policy for international fugitives through better international mechanisms for extradition, deportation and mutual legal assistance - Objective: To promote environmental protection and nuclear safety By: actions which include - a more intensive dialogue and coordination of negotiating positions on major global issues in fora such as the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and the Global Environmental Facility - more discussion on regulatory cooperation on chemicals issues such as trade in hazardous chemicals, harmonisation of cl ...[+++]assification and labelling and reduction of risks from hazardous substances - continuing work on biotechnology issues and stepping up efforts to decrease air pollution - joint projects to help Central and Eastern European countries and the countries of the former Soviet Union deal with their environmental problems - joint efforts to secure the safety of all nuclear power stations throughout Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Ukraine and the NIS - promoting the ratification of the International Convention on Nuclear Safety - Objective: A global early warning system and response network for communicable diseases By actions which include - a joint task force to develop and implement the system (see box) - increased training and professional exchanges - increased follow-up on World Health Organisation resolutions on outbreak and reporting responsibilities and strengthened response centres HEALTH Tracking viruses If an Early Warning System for communicable diseases was created, it would enable scientists to track mutations and variations in killer viruses such as HIV, Ebola and the Hanta.

Now that our position in the project is firmly established, we are turning our attention to our long-term financing, and that is the financing that would be, hopefully, at a significantly better rate than the backstop funding we have with the producers.