Translation of "overall transport safety policy " (English → French) :

10. Stresses the logistical importance of intermodal intelligent information systems and transport development; welcomes the various initiatives taken at Community level (such as SESAR, ERTMS, RIS and SafeSeaNet); calls on the Member States to step up their investment in infrastructure, with the aim of making transport accessible to all, especially to persons with reduced mobility, and intermodal intelligent transport systems, to promote the use of public transport and to introduce interoperable pricing with the issuing of multimoda ...[+++]l tickets in order to optimise the use and interoperability of the various transport modes, to reduce energy consumption and improve road and overall vehicle safety through the introduction of advanced technologies;

6. Considers it necessary for the EU to take into account the particular needs of urban transport in the policy areas where it has legislative power (e.g. budget policy, environment policy, social and labour market policy, competition policy, industry policy, regional and cohesion policy, transport and road safety policy, energy policy);

[Text] Question No. 208 Mr. Loyola Hearn: With regard to the use of chemical agents by the Canadian military, were chemical agents tested by the Canadian military and, if so: (a) in what year(s); (b) which chemical agents were tested; (c) where were chemical agents tested; (d) were there different locations where chemical agents were stored and not tested; (e) were there chemical agents tested or stored at CFB Shilo and posted to CFB Petawawa and, if so, what type of tests were performed and how often; (f) what quantity of agents were stored at CFB Shilo and CFB Petawawa respectively and for how long; (g) were there ongoing shipments of chemical agents from base to base; (h) were military personnel made aware when they were involv ...[+++]ed in the transport or storage of chemical agents; (i) was there a safety policy relative to chemical agents at the time of storage or testing; (j) how many times has the safety regulations protocol pertaining to chemical agents been amended since the 1960s; and (k) does the current policy differ greatly from military policies of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and, if so, in which way?

Hon. Bill Graham (Minister of National Defence, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, as agreed with the member of Parliament, the department has interpreted the original question on the order paper to read: With regard to the testing of agent orange/agent purple or other herbicides tested by the Canadian military, were such chemicals tested by the Canadian military at CFB Shilo and CFB Petawawa and, if so: (a) in what year(s); (b) which chemicals were tested; (c) where were these chemical tested; (d) were there different locations where these chemicals were stored and not tested; (e) what type of tests were performed and how often; (f) what quantity of these chemicals were stored at CFB Shilo and CFB Petawawa respectively and for how long; (g) were the ...[+++]re ongoing shipments of these chemicals between CFB Shilo and CFB Petawawa; (h) were military personnel made aware when they were involved in the transport or storage of these chemicals on or between these two bases; (i) was there a safety policy relative to these chemicals at the time of storage or testing; (j) how many times has the safety regulations protocol pertaining to chemicals been amended since the 1960s; and (k) does the current policy differ greatly from military policies of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and, if so, in which way?

21. Believes that road-safety policy must be seen in the context of the overall policy on sustainable mobility, implying more integrated use of all transport modes and promotion of more environmentally friendly modes of transport, such as rail, inland waterways, short sea shipping and combined transport, as well as the promotion of public passenger transport, in order to reduce the impact o ...[+++]f road transport; takes the view that it is also necessary to consider environmental aspects in the EU road-safety policy debate, assessing the effects of noise and air pollution generated by road traffic on public health and the urban environment, and adapting road-safety policy to these findings;

Under the Van Vollenhoven report, the ETSC's main objective will be to promote transport safety in Europe. Its twin roles will be: a. to advise on road and other transport safety policy-making; b. to advise on the independence and standard of enquiries conducted into the causes of serious transport accidents.