EUROVOC descriptor: Mediterranean Sea maritime shipping environmental protection coastal region shipping policy maritime area maritime transport governance

To achieve this, I would like to make the following suggestions: that this committee call upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs and department officials from the non-proliferation and disarmament division to share with the committee members how Canada can support international space security efforts; number two, that parliamentarians establish an all-party informal network on space to consider the challenges faced by Canada and hear solutions from experts and stakeholders and to foment parliamentary cooperation on these issues; third, that the government be encouraged to establish a national space policy that will guide a whole-of-gover ...[+++]nment approach to space, putting principles of peaceful uses of space, international cooperation, and Canadian scientific and technical excellence at its core.

A good example of integrated management of marine space across sectoral policies is the decision (based on Article 9 of the Basic Regulation of the CFP)[30] adopted by the Commission at the request of the Dutch government to protect a habitat on the Dutch North Sea Coast (Voordelta area).[31] Given the interaction of fisheries with the ecosystem and the mobility of fish stocks, sustainable management of fisheries in EU waters would benefit from coherent MSP.

It should also be noted that in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission has maintained a green space policy for the last 50 years.

ANNEX JOINT DECLARATION ON POLITICAL DIALOGUE The EFTA States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and the European Union, recalling the declaration on political dialogue annexed to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and reaffirming their determination to strengthen their dialogue on foreign policy matters of common interest, have agreed to: - organize regular meetings between the Prime Ministers of the EFTA States party to the European Economic Area, on the one hand, and the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, on the other hand; - hold informal exchanges of views at m ...[+++]inisterial level at meetings of the Council of the European Economic Area.

Potential areas of cooperation Cooperation between the Community and the ESA could extend to the following fields : - telecommunications ; - interaction with scientific and technological programmes not related to space ; - industrial aspects : technology transfers to fields such as aeronautics or other sectors not currently related to space, the industrial repercussions of the large internal market on goods and services created by the space industry, etc. ; - remote sensing applications which would benefit in particular to Community policies on agricultural lan ...[+++]d management, the environment, regional development, fisheries, etc. ; - trade and commercial aspects associated with space operations and related goods and services ; - the problems of Community law raised by space operations. At the moment, international law does not cover certain aspects of activities in space.