Where testing or sampling is required that is not covered by these methods and sampling techniques, the Competent Body or bodies assessing the application (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Competent Body’) shall indicate which testing and/or sampling methods it considers acceptable.

Where testing or sampling is required that is not covered by these methods and sampling techniques, the Competent Body or bodies assessing the application (hereinafter referred to as the Competent Body) shall indicate which testing and/or sampling methods it considers acceptable.

3. Where, as regards an accredited paying agency, one or more of the accreditation criteria are no longer respected or so seriously deficient as to affect the agency’s ability to fulfil the tasks set out in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the competent authority shall put the agency’s accreditation under probation and draw up a plan to remedy the deficiencies found within a period to be determined according to the severity of the problem, which shall not exceed 12 months from the date on which the accreditation is put under probation.

Until the science can relate the result of drug testing to the relevant time of driving and set specific limits to acceptable levels of drugs or combinations of drugs and alcohol in the body as an index of impairment, then invasive, mandatory drug testing is not justified, nor is this crime of refusal to submit to such testing justified, and those parts of Bill C-16 should not become law.

I understand what you're saying about drugs and marijuana in particular, which stays in the body for a long time, but, before undergoing the marijuana test, isn't there still the erratic driving test, followed by reflex tests?

- 2 - The approach adopted by the directive includes the following main points: - any terminal certified as conforming with the technical requirements will be authorized for marketing; - the "right of connection" to public telecommunications networks in the Community will be guaranteed for certified equipment, without the need for repeated testing and approval procedures; - the tests will be carried out and approval issued by approved laboratories and certification bodies set out in a Community list. To be on this list laboratories and bodies must meet strict criteria of competence, impartiality and independence which are harmonized at ...[+++] Community level; - the certificates of conformity issued under the procedure laid down by the Directive will be fully recognized in all Member State; - to assess conformity manufacturers will have the choice of two procedures, the EEC type-approval examination and the EEC declaration of conformity; - manufacturers will have the right to choose the laboratory or body that carries out the tests for conformity with the common technical specifications on their equipment. Accreditation of the laboratory of the manufacturer is possible as long as it satisfies the selection criteria; - the directive demands that the Member States should take all suitable measures to ensure that only terminals which meet the requirements set out in the directive are marketed. The Member States may take measures to disconnect any equipment which is not approved; - certified equipment will all bear an identical mark, namely, the "EC" mark, and other distinctive symbols making them readily identifiable.