Translation of "Conclure un traité " (French → English) :

as regards the treaty-making power of the Union, the role of the Commission (in close association with the Vice-President of the Commission (High Representative)) is recognised in respect of the capacity to conduct negotiations, and the consent of the European Parliament will be required for the conclusion by the Council of almost all international agreements;

[Text] Question No. 184 Mr. Bill Casey: With regard to the government’s position and actions regarding employment insurance (EI) benefits for spouses of employees of the government or private sector employees who have been posted overseas and who are unable to receive unemployment insurance benefits, even though these citizens are still registered in constituencies across Canada: (a) how many spouses of Canadian diplomats, Canadian foreign-service employees or private sector employees have filed complaints with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), or Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) with regard to the their inability to receive EI benefits, even though they are still Canadian citizens who are registered in federal constitue ...[+++]ncies across Canada and still pay taxes to the government; (b) does the CRA collect the payment of EI premiums from the spouses of Canada’s diplomats, foreign-service employees and those from the private sector, and, if so, why is it that these individuals cannot receive the EI benefits for which they have paid through their salaries, and earned from Canadian employers either just prior to, or while living overseas; (c) is there a conflict between the CRA and HRSDC definitions of residency of a Canadian citizen and, if so, why; (d) has any action taken place between officials of CRA, HRSDC, Foreign Affairs Canada or Elections Canada to update or correct conflicts in the definition process for determining an individual’s residency; (e) has any action taken place within the CRA to update the NR-73 Determination of Residency Status form and resulting process to correct any determination conflicts with those of other federal departments for Canadians living and working overseas; (f) have HRSDC, CRA, Elections Canada or Foreign Affairs Canada ever discussed using a standardized or shared definition for determining who is a “spouse”, in cases of spouses of government (including diplomatic and foreign-service staff) or private secto ...

(Return tabled) Question No. 184 Mr. Bill Casey: With regard to the government’s position and actions regarding employment insurance (EI) benefits for spouses of employees of the government or private sector employees who have been posted overseas and who are unable to receive unemployment insurance benefits, even though these citizens are still registered in constituencies across Canada: (a) how many spouses of Canadian diplomats, Canadian foreign-service employees or private sector employees have filed complaints with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), or Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) with regard to the their inability to receive EI benefits, even though they are still Canadian citizens who are registered in federal ...[+++]constituencies across Canada and still pay taxes to the government; (b) does the CRA collect the payment of EI premiums from the spouses of Canada’s diplomats, foreign-service employees and those from the private sector, and, if so, why is it that these individuals cannot receive the EI benefits for which they have paid through their salaries, and earned from Canadian employers either just prior to, or while living overseas; (c) is there a conflict between the CRA and HRSDC definitions of residency of a Canadian citizen and, if so, why; (d) has any action taken place between officials of CRA, HRSDC, Foreign Affairs Canada or Elections Canada to update or correct conflicts in the definition process for determining an individual’s residency; (e) has any action taken place within the CRA to update the NR-73 Determination of Residency Status form and resulting process to correct any determination conflicts with those of other federal departments for Canadians living and working overseas; (f) have HRSDC, CRA, Elections Canada or Foreign Affairs Canada ever discussed using a standardized or shared definition for determining who is a “spouse”, in cases of spouses of government (including diplomatic and foreign-service staff) or priv ...

In order for it to radically change the institutions, it would need to be combined, as Mr Carnero González suggests several times in his report, with several other much more significant reforms: merging the pillars, the power to conclude treaties on its own behalf, generally incorporating decision-making into the Community sphere and adopting a supra-national constitution.

In a proposal like the one before us, before concluding a treaty or an agreement-and there are now such treaties and agreements with 55 countries in the world-, we look after Canada's interests.

The Community is largely competent in this subject matter by virtue of the Council Directive of 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products (1) although Member States remain competent in some aspects/ (1) Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 (O.J. L 24, 27.01.1987, p. 36 The Treaty has proved to be controversial because of its outright rejection by the United States and Japan, the two most important world producers of integrated circuits, on the grounds that it does not set high enough minimum standards of protection. However, certain other industrialised countries, while not denouncing the Treaty in such forthright terms, have also argued within the TRIPs negotiations for higher standards of protection ...[+++] than are provided in the Treaty. In April, the Community submitted within the GATT negotiations a comprehensive new proposal for an agreement on TRIPs which would include an obligation to respect the substantive provisions of the Washington Treaty, subject to additional provisions in three key areas which would result overall in a standard of protection equivalent to that so far adopted in the laws of the Community, the United States, Japan and other countries. * * * * * * * * * * * Joint statement by Messrs BANGEMANN and ANDRIESSEN on the subject of possible adherence by the Community and Member States to the Washington Treaty _____________ 1) In May of last year a Diplomatic Conference was held in Washington DC under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) with the aim of concluding a multilateral Treaty on the protection of intellectual property in respect of integrated circuits.