Translation of "Entente sur la gestion d'un centre commercial " (French → English) :

Transparency and understanding of commercial activity - A programme of action led by the Community's Statistical Office to provide for the first time a reliable and comparable set of statistics on the commercial sector in the Community; - creating reliable sources of reference on national and Community rules and regulations affecting commerce; - improving the level of understanding and debate on distributive issues, both by means of the Commission's in-house research and within university and other research centres ...[+++] specializing in commercial subjects; - improving the quality of information supplied to the business community, both through the Commission's information activities and via the specialist press, on the commercial implications of Community policies. The legal framework for distribution - The Commission's aim is to anticipate problems linked to differences between national systems of regulation and to encourage self-regulation. Formal proposals for directives and regulations to eliminate such difficulties will be tabled only as a last resort; - the newly emerging Community-wide market in mail order and telemarketing may require particular attention; - competition law, particularly as it relates to restrictive practices, may impose constraints at a time when the nature of relationships between firms is being transformed by the information revolution and by the growth of knowledge-based business services.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Cullen (Etobicoke North) , seconded by Mr. Harvey (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) , — That, in the opinion of this House, the government, in the context of the softwood lumber dispute with the United States, should: (a) negotiate an end to the United States' countervailing duty process by replacing this United States trade remedy with one which either focuses on net subsidies — taking into account tax-free bonds, sales tax abatements, property tax reductions, investment tax credits and energy co-generation agreements — which are available in the United States at the state and local government le ...[+++]vels, or that focuses exclusively on whether or not policies in Canada and elsewhere are anti-competitive in nature; and (b) that, in addition to the foregoing, the government should launch negotiations with the United States' government with a view to eliminating tax competition, in particular manufacturing subsidies, which is ongoing between Canada and the United States (Private Members' Business M-397)