Translation of "Special risks related to the environment " (English → French) :

Recommendation for second reading (A5-0255/2002 ) by Eija-Riitta Anneli Korhola, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council directive providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC (5475/2/2002 – C5-0227/2002 – 2000/0331(COD))

(11) To take account of the principle in Article 6 of the Treaty that environmental protection requirements should be integrated into the definition and implementation of Community policies and activities, the definition of public authorities should be expanded so as to encompass government or other public administration at national, regional or local level whether or not they have specific responsibilities for the environment. The ...[+++] definition should likewise be expanded to include other persons or bodies performing public administrative functions in relation to the environment under national law, as well as other persons or bodies acting under their control and having public responsibilities or functions in relation to the environment.

(11) To take account of the principle in Article 6 of the Treaty that environmental protection requirements should be integrated into the definition and implementation of Community policies and activities, the definition of public authorities should be expanded so as to encompass government or other public administration at national, regional or local level whether or not they have specific responsibilities for the environment. The ...[+++] definition should likewise be expanded to include other persons or bodies performing public administrative functions in relation to the environment under national law, as well as other persons or bodies acting under their control and having public responsibilities or functions in relation to the environment.

Thus Member States should endeavour to ensure sustainable forestry management on a national basis; 12. INTEND to give priority to a fast implementation and follow-up of the resolutions adopted at the Ministerial Conference on Protection of Forests in Europe (Helsinki, June 1993); 13. WELCOME the draft Council Regulation on operations to promote tropical forests, which will enable the Community to play a more active role within the field of tropical forestry on a sustainable basis and in particular promote Community policies within this field; 14. REAFFIRM the undertaking of the Community and its Member States to participate actively in the work of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an International Convention on Desertificat ...[+++]ion which is due to be opened for signature in Paris in June 1994; 15. UNDERLINE the fact that the effective use of financial resources and their delivery are decisive for meeting the environmental goals set at the UNCED Conference and WELCOME that the Development Council on 25 May confirmed that following the global financial commitment of ECU 3 billion made in Rio, the Community and its Member States would provide an initial tranche of ECU 600 million in 1993 for specific projects and programmes in key Agenda 21 sectors; 16. ACKNOWLEDGE in this respect the important role of the international and regional financial institutions in enabling the developing countries to carry out the decisions of UNCED, and CALL UPON the international financial institutions to give urgent priority to the follow-up to UNCED; 17. They further ACCENTUATE the special importance of the Global Environment Facility and STRONGLY SUPPORT the current process of replenishment and the restructuring of the Facility before 31 December 1993 into an effective and transparent body with a balanced and equitable representation of all countries, in order to make it available as the permanent financial mechanism for the Climate Change and Biodiversity Conventions, an ...

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Neufeld, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fortin- Duplessis, for the second reading of Bill C-16, An Act to amend certain Acts that relate to the environment and to enact provisions respecting the enforcement of certain Acts that relate to the environment.

Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-16, An Act to amend certain Acts that relate to the environment and to enact provisions respecting the enforcement of certain Acts that relate to the environment, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Wednesday, May 27, 2009, examined the said bill and now reports the same without amendment.