Translation of "trade waste water " (English → French) :

130.Welcomes the European Raw Materials Initiative, the European Innovation Partnership on raw materials and its strategic implementation plan, as well as the Resource Efficiency Roadmap; highlights the need to address resource scarcity for crucial resources such as water and calls on the Commission to continue work on its three-pillar raw materials strategy of international partnerships and trade, supply of raw materials in the EU, and resource efficiency, recycling and re-use; calls on the Commission to include the ...[+++]waste policy goals in the European Semester and in country-by-country recommendations and the national reform programmes; calls on the Commission to further develop sectoral benchmarks for resource efficiency, particularly for public procurement purposes; calls on the Commission to mainstream a 3R strategy (reduce, re-use, recycle) and to study cautiously proposals calling for the limitation of important raw materials; stresses the importance of a global certification scheme for first-treatment recycling of hazardous waste and for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) materials; points out that relevant building collection and recycling schemes exist in some Member States; notes that the European extractive industries display some of the highest standards in the world and calls on the Commission to evaluate within two years the proposal to establish a European Geological Institute; calls on the Commission to come up with measures seeking to harmonise rules and licensing procedures for raw materials extraction in the EU; calls on Member States, industry, geological institutes and the Commission to cooperate in mapping the location of raw materials;

In making this commitment, we are providing over $17 billion in base funding to municipal governments for their infrastructure needs through the GST rebate, including $8 billion in new money to extend the gas tax transfers to 2014; $2.3 billion to provide equal per jurisdiction funding for provinces and territories of $25 million per year through 2014; $8.8 billion for the new Building Canada Fund to support large- and small-scale projects, such as waste water treatment plants, highways, public transit, and cultural and recreational facilities; $1.3 billion for a new national fund for public-p ...[+++]rivate partnerships, plus $25 million for a new federal office for P3s; and substantial support for international trade, including $2.1 billion for a new fund for gateways and border crossings, and additional funding for the Asia-Pacific gateway.

The statistics shall cover all economic activities defined in sections B (Mining and quarrying), C (Manufacturing), D (Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), E (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities), F (Construction), G (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles), H (Transportation and storage), I (Accommodation and food service activities), J (Information and communication activities), K (Financial ...[+++] and insurance activities), L (Real estate activities), M (Professional, scientific and technical activities), N (Administrative and support service activities), P (Education), Q (Human health and social work activities), R (Arts, entertainment and recreation activities) and S (Other service activities) of the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2)’.

Trade opening would only apply to the collection, purification and distribution of water and to waste water management, thereby allowing foreign companies to supply these services where host countries have decided they should be provided by the private sector.

International trade may, for example, make its contribution to the protection of the global environment by providing the developing countries and economies in transition with environmentally sound technologies, such as filter technology, processes for measuring harmful substances, waste avoidance, waste water purification and resource-conserving production processes, with as little impact on costs as possible.

The measures to achieve these objectives include: - adaptation of agriculture and development of natural resources by support for and the organization of the diversification of agricultural production (establishment of map-making, adoption of a reference farm network for extensive production systems, development of rural tourism, establishment of tourist centres, etc), by development of the forestry sector (improvement of coppices under grove, preparation of master plans for service roads, facilities to demonstrate forestry techniques, etc), better land management and an improvement in the quality of the environment (land holding adjustments, treatment of waste water ...[+++] from agricultural businesses, etc); - diversification of economic activity by improving the organization of the tourist sector and the services it supplies and by adapting those services (restoration of businesses and firms engaged in trade, etc).