[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus] I want to welcome here today, from the Canadian Migration Institute, Ross Eastley, managing director and chief executive officer; and Dawn Moore, director. We also have Bruce Perreault and Associates.

Contributions from the relevant stakeholders can be sent to the mailbox: jls-economic-migration@ec.europa.eu by 15 April 2005.

With regard to the migration of the current electronic toll systems, based on microwave systems, to satellite technology, I will say that this is the only solution for the future which allows us to respond to the various needs of the European Union’s charging policy and which will furthermore allow us to considerably improve the quality of road transport, thanks to the establishment of new telematic services and new possibilities, particularly security systems, such as speed restrictors, anti-collision devices, the monitoring of the traffic in dangerous goods, information for travellers – in accordance with their position – on the situat ...[+++]ion on the different roads and on the fluidity of traffic at different points etc.

In the meantime, asylum data are becoming increasingly available via electronic dissemination, with the introduction in early 2003 of monthly public electronic reports on asylum and with the preparation of the first public annual report on asylum and migration in the EU and the accession countries to be released before mid-2003.

In the meantime, asylum data are becoming increasingly available via electronic dissemination, with the introduction in early 2003 of monthly public electronic reports on asylum and with the preparation of the first public annual report on asylum and migration in the EU and the accession countries to be released before mid-2003.

Migrate parallel IT support systems for security, television, telephone and electronic notification systems to the new infrastructure.