In accordance with Article 4 and without prejudice to Article 10, the Director-General shall also transmit to the institution, body, office or agency concerned the information referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, including the identity of the person concerned, a summary of the facts established, their preliminary classification in law and the estimated impact on the financial interests of the Union.

Statistics Canada found that a distinctly francophone identity remains well rooted solely in the bilingual belt portions of the rest of Canada.

There is an alarming increase of medicinal products detected in the Union which are falsified in relation to their identity, history or source.

As regards, in particular, Mrs Cresson’s claim that where the conduct complained of in criminal and disciplinary proceedings is the same, the findings of the criminal court are binding on the disciplinary authorities, the Court held that it is not bound by the legal characterisation of facts made in the context of the criminal proceedings and that it is for the ourt, exercising its discretion to the full, to investigate whether the conduct complained of in proceedings brought under Article 213(2) EC constitutes a breach of the obligations arising from the office of Commissioner.

Thus, the Court of Justice, recalling that the European Court of Human Rights has already held that the fact that it is impossible for transsexuals to marry in their acquired gender constitutes an infringement of their right to marry under Article 12 of the ECHR , finds that the legislation concerned must be regarded as being, in principle, incompatible with Community law.

UNHCR therefore stresses the need for harmonized approaches to, and support for, comprehensive and systematic registration and documentation of refugees and asylum-seekers including standards on exchange of information and incentives for asylum-seekers and refugees to retain and for States to provide travel and/or identity documents.