Translation of "Air transportable unit " (English → French) :

on the conclusion of the Air Transport Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United States of America, of the other part

9. Where the transportation of a person by air is subject to an ad valorem air transportation tax imposed by the United States, the amount of the tax determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) of the Act in respect of an amount paid or payable outside Canada for the transportation is reduced to

In the United States the problem pre-September 11 was that the Air Transport Association and not the FAA was the advisory body to the Congress of the United States in great measure, and it was the dictates of the Air Transport Association that carried the day.

(Return tabled) Question No. 20 Mr. Alex Atamanenko: With regard to the horse slaughter industry in Canada: (a) what was the reason for the temporary halt, initiated by European Union (EU) officials, to horse meat imports from Canada on October 12, 2012; (b) has Canada participated in talks with EU officials regarding the safety of horse meat from Canada since that time, (i) if so, what topics were discussed, (ii) what conclusions were reached; (c) what restrictions effective in 2013 will be imposed upon the Canadian horse meat industry by the EU, (i) what is the anticipated impact of these restrictions on the frequency and type of drug residue testing on horse meat in Canada as well as on the data required on Equine Information Documents ...[+++] (EIDs), (ii) will the restrictions on prohibited/non-permitted drugs be further tightened; (d) is there any oversight by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on transport drivers and horse meat dealers listed on EIDs as current owners to check for a history of violations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Transport, or CFIA transport regulations, (i) does the CFIA enhance its scrutiny of such violators or conduct follow-up investigations on those who have been flagged for violations, (ii) is this information shared with any other inter-connected government agency either in Canada or in the United States; (e) how often do CFIA inspectors do a visual inspection of the transports that arrive at the slaughter plants to ensure that the horses have been transported safely; (f) how many transport violations concerning horse slaughter transportation have been issued to transport drivers within the last five years, (i) how many warnings of violations have been issued, (ii) if the warnings have been ignored, how does the CFIA restrict or prohibit those transport drivers from conducting business in Canada; (g) how often does the CFIA conduct inspections of feedlots and how many warnings or violations were ...

2. The rules applicable in the United States are currently laid down in Sections 40102(a)(2), 41102 and 41103 of Title 49 of the United States Code (USC), which require that licences for a US ‘air carrier’ issued by the Department of Transportation, whether a certificate, an exemption, or commuter licence, to engage in ‘air transportation’ as a common carrier, be held only by citizens of the United States as defined in 49 USC §40102(a)(15).

The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium: Michel DAERDEN Minister for Transport Denmark: Jan TRØJBORG Minister for Transport Germany: Matthias WISSMANN Minister for Transport Greece: Kosmas SFYRIOU Minister for Merchant Shipping Panayotis VOURNAS State Secretary for Transport and Communications Spain: Rafael ARIAS SALGADO Minister for Public Works, Transport and the Environment France: Anne-Marie IDRAC State Secretary for Transport Ireland: Michael LOWRY Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications Seán BARRETT Minister for Defence and the Marine Emmet STAGG Minister of St ...[+++]ate at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications Italy: Claudio BURLANDO Minister for Transport and Merchant Shipping Luxembourg: Mady DELVAUX-STEHRES Minister for Transport Netherlands: Lambert HANRATH Deputy Permanent Representative Austria: Rudolf SCHOLTEN Minister for Science, Transport and the Arts Portugal: João CRAVINHO Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Regional Management António Guilhermino RODRIGUES State Secretary for Transport Finland: Tuula LINNAINMAA Minister for Transport and Communications Sweden: Ines UUSMANN Minister for Transport and Communications United Kingdom: Sir George YOUNG Secretary of State for Transport Viscount GOSCHEN Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport Commission: Neil KINNOCK Member NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIELD OF AIR TRANSPORT The Council decided to authorize the Commission to open negotiations with the United States in the field of air transport.