(b) the exclusion from the application of the definitions “deployment” and “internal appointment process” in subsection 2(1) and of paragraphs 22(2)(a) to (c)Footnote , and sections 40, 41Footnote , 48, 51 to 53Footnote , 57, 59 and 62 of that Act to positions in Statistics Canada whose function is solely to provide administrative or management support or to perform data processing duties for the purpose of conducting the population census and the agriculture census as described in the Statistics ActFootnote , or the National Household Survey made pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of the Statistics ActFootnote when the survey replaces the population census long-form questionnaire and is co ...[+++]nducted in conjunction with the population census and to the persons appointed or deployed to those positions on a specified term basis, except for other persons mentioned in subsection 5(1) of the Statistic ActFootnote .

This evaluation process involves a questionnaire and visits of EU experts to selected places, such as consulates, borders, etc, of the country under assessment.

7. Notes with concern that, according to the replies to the rapporteur's questionnaire, the ECA continues to face recruitment difficulties as regards professionally qualified staff for several posts from competitions organised by EPSO in part due to the higher cost of living in Luxembourg and the lesser attractiveness of the salary at the basic AD5 grade; welcomes however the significant decrease in the number of vacant posts from ...[+++] 74 in 2006 to 56 in 2007 and commends the ECA's intention to further reduce the number of vacant posts and their relative share in the total establishment plan in the current and coming years;

· Describe the methods used to collect the data (e.g. postal questionnaires, personal interviews, censuses or sampling, and frequency of surveys) for each part of the aquaculture sector.

· Describe the methods used to collect the data (e.g. postal questionnaires, personal interviews, censuses or sampling, frequency of surveys, estimation methods) for each part of the aquaculture sector.

22. Notes that, in response to a questionnaire tabled in the course of the budgetary procedure for 2004, it was established that, on average, it took considerably fewer years to obtain promotion at several agencies than is the policy in the Commission, that vacancy rates were considerably higher compared to other institutions and that several of the requested new posts were not proposed at the lowest grade; considers that staff policy should form an important part of a revi ...[+++]ew of the existing agencies;