Translation of "Centre de distribution des cartes marines " (French → English) :

Chart Distribution Centre

Hydrographic Chart Distribution Office

(h) prepare in collaboration with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, publish and authorize the distribution or sale of charts delineating, consistently with the nature and scale of the charts, all or part of the territorial sea of Canada, the contiguous zone of Canada, the exclusive economic zone of Canada and the fishing zones of Canada and adjacent waters;

Along the way the company became a key investor and owner in building an oil transshipment terminal port at Whiffen Head which will be the storage and distribution centre for all the Newfoundland offshore oil.

Under the Oceans Act, the CHS is responsible for conducting hydrographic surveys, producing and distributing official government navigation charts in paper and electronic forms, and supporting nautical publications to help guide mariners.

What has been achieved Since 1985 a number of initiatives have been put into effect in response to these new stimuli, of which the most significant are : - 2 - - the issuing of Community passports in most of the Member States (1985-1986); - the mutual recognition of architects' and pharmacists' diplomas (June-September 1985); - the updating to 350 ECU of the duty-free allowance for travellers within the Community (October 1985); - equal access for young people to museums and cultural events (December 1985); - agreement by the Institutions on the use of the European flag (March-April 1986); - abolition of the postal tax known as the ...[+++]customs clearing charge on small consignments (March 1986); - several measures in the health sector, in particular the adoption of a European emergency health card, an anti-cancer campaign and a campaign in the field of toxicology (29 May 1986); - the COMETT programme which aims at giving a Community dimension to cooperation between universities,industry and research centres (7 June 1985).