The present Brief addresses specifically the current main impediment to offshore treaty negotiations with the Government of Canada, namely, the issue of cash compensation (See Annex 1 to this Brief for a Map depicting the " Nunavik Marine Region" which is the offshore area under negotiation pursuant to the Makivik offshore treaty negotiation process.)

Although a network operator may be present in the zone targeted by the State intervention, certain categories of users may still not be adequately served in the sense that either some broadband services requested by the users were not available to them or, in the absence of regulated wholesale access tariffs, retail prices were not affordable compared to the same services offered in other more competitive areas or regions of the country . If, in addition, there are only limited prospects that third parties would build an alternative infrastructure, the funding of an alternative infrastructure could be an appropriate measure.

“Broadband for Kärnten” co-funds the provision of both basic broadband services for residential users and advanced services for businesses (mainly SMEs) and other professional users, at prices similar to those in urban areas, in specific geographic regions which are not currently served.

In the NSA, the NWMB’s role includes: establishing, modifying or removing Total Allowable Harvests and Total Allowable Harvest surpluses; setting Basic Needs Levels and non-quota limitations; and providing the federal government with advice and recommendations on all aspects of wildlife management within Zone I (located in NAFO Subarea 0) and Zone II (areas adjacent to the NSA in the Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay).

It is worth recalling that, in order to avoid an abrupt reduction of Community allocations which could have a negative impact on the areas concerned but no longer eligible, these are to receive a transitional support that will gradually be tailed off as from 2000 under the new regulation adopted on Structural Funds.

2 mega-bits and overOnly in particular, limited situations. e.g Not appropriate for: users in less densely populated areas, users requiring high reliability, or users preferring high quality pictures and "enhanced realism" ii.