(Return tabled) Question No. 130 Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia: With regard to rail safety in Canada: (a) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways were permitted to operate with a single operator; (b) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways had permission to leave trains unattended for limited periods of time on main lines with or without an idling locomotive(s); (c) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways had permission to leave trains unattended for limited periods of time on side lines with or without an idling locomotive(s ...[+++]); (d) with regard to the railways in (b) and (c), under what specific conditions could the trains be left unattended; (e) what legislative or regulatory framework governs local emergency preparedness plans in the event of a rail accident; (f) with respect to the plans in (e), (i) who is responsible for creating and executing such plans, (ii) by whom are they audited, (iii) how often are they audited, (iv) against what criteria are they audited; (g) by whom and how often are municipalities through which freight trains pass provided with regular reports on (i) the state of local emergency preparedness in the event of a rail accident, (ii) the state and maintenance record of the railway lines within their borders, (iii) the materials, hazardous or not, that are transported through their jurisdiction; (h) if reports referred to in (g) are not provided, why not; (i) how many of the DOT-111 railway tank cars and the DOD-112 tank cars are in use in Canada, for each year since 2006; (j) for each year since 2006, how many rolling stock and track safety inspectors were employed at Transport Canada, broken down by (i) province of work, (ii) oversight responsibility; (k) for each year since 2006, how many rolling stock and track safety inspectors employed by Transport Canada were responsible for inspections in (i) the Greater Montreal Area, (ii) the municipality of Pointe-Claire (iii) the municipality of Beaconsfield, (iv) the municipality ...

44. Believes that organic farming offers European farmers a major growth opportunity and that a programme of measures should be launched to enhance the credibility of the Community logo; notes, however, that the EU regulation on the subject lays down a single standard, even though the Member States apply the certification procedure differently, some of them choosing to delegate expensive inspection tasks to inspection authorities and others to state-accredited bodies; notes that the certification procedure varies between Member States and is expensive; calls for the harmonisation of legislation concerning ceiling detection levels of b ...[+++]anned pesticides in organic products; supports, in principle, the proposal for an EU organic label;

1. Where Member States use coercive measures to carry out the removal of a third-country national who resists removal, such measures shall be proportional and shall not exceed reasonable force.

We have reached an agreement – amongst other things, thanks to this Parliament, let us make this very clear – which in the end includes a series of guarantees which the European Union was demanding – a reduction in the amount of data, the type of data, a restriction in terms of the objective for which they will be used, a restriction of the time for which they can be used, in other words, all the elements which the honourable Members are perfectly aware of – which means that we can say that, by means of this agreement, the fundamental rights which our legislation affords o ...[+++]ur citizens are guaranteed, also in terms of the way the United States uses the information, while at the same time we are helping and cooperating in the improvement of safety in the air sector and the fight against international terrorism.

extends the scope of the Directive to road transport operators using vehicles with maximum authorised weights (MAWs) exceeding 3,5 tonnes, subject to a specific derogation for undertakings using vehicles with MAWs between 3,5 and 6 tonnes for local, short-distance haulage; lays down more stringent requirements with regard to good repute, namely that this condition is not or is no longer satisfied, in particular, where the operator has been convicted of serious offences against certain rules relating to transport, including offences relating to rules for the protection of the environment and other rules concerning professional liability; increases the amounts which must be available to the undertaking to fulfil the requirements relating ...[+++]to financial standing: the undertaking must have available capital and reserves of at least ECU 9 000 when only one vehicle is used and ECU 5 000 for each additional vehicle, existing undertakings must fulfil the requirement of financial standing two years after the deadline for the implementation of the Directive; makes provision for a more detailed examination procedure and the updating and extension of the list of examination subjects, introduces a harmonised minimum level of knowledge required in each subject and retains different examinations depending on whether the applicant wishes to carry out national or international transport operations; retains the measure laid down by Directive 96/26/EC on permanent exemption from examination for applicants who provide proof of at least five years' practical experience, but adds the condition that applicants may be subject to a test, the arrangements for which shall be determined by the Member States in accordance with the list set out in the Directive; as a transitional measure, allows a Member State to require any natural person who holds a certificate of professional competence issued by another Member State when the holder was normally resident in the first Member State to p ...

The Governments of the Member States and the Commission of the European Communities were represented as follows: Belgium: Mr Melchior WATHELET Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Justice and Economic Affairs Denmark: Mr Sven AUKEN Minister for the Environment Mr Jann SJURSEN Minister for Energy Mr Leo BJØRNESKOV State Secretary for the Environment Mr Soeren SKAFTE State Secretary for Industry and Energy Germany: Mr Clemens STROETMANN State Secretary for the Environment Mr Reinhard GOEHNER Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Greece: Mr Achillos KARAMANLIS Minister for the Environment, Regional Planning and Public Works Mr Vassilios KONTOYANNOPOULOS Minister for Energy Spain: Mr José BORREL Minister for ...[+++]Public Works and Transport France: Mr Michel BARNIER Minister for the Environment Ireland: Mr Michael SMITH Minister for the Environment Mr Noel TREACY Minister of State for Finance, with responsibility for Public Works Italy: Mr Rocco Antonio CANGELOSI Deputy Permanent Representative Luxembourg: Mr Alex BODRY Minister for Energy and the Environment Netherlands: Mr J.G.M. ALDERS Minister for Housing, Planning and the Environment Portugal: Mr Carlos BORREGO Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources Mr Luis MIRA AMARAL Minister for Industry and Energy United Kingdom: Mr Timothy EGGAR Minister for Energy Mr David MACLEAN Minister of State, Department of the Environment -------- Commission: Mr Yannis PALEOKRASSAS Member Mr Abel MATUTES Member COMMUNITY STATEGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE - PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS THE COUNCIL, stressing the serious global environmental issues at stake: WELCOMES progress achieved so far and ongoing work in developing the Community's overall strategy to limit carbon dioxide emissions and to improve efficiency of production, conversion, distribution and use of energy; STRESSES that measures to save energy, to improve energy efficiency and to promote the use of renewable energies constitute a fundamental el ...