Translation of "Groupe africain de la Quatrième Commission " (French → English) :

Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation to the Fourth Conference for Members of Parliamentary Committees on the Status of Women and Other Committees Dealing with Gender Equality Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Geneva, Switzerland September 28-29, 2009

Thus, Article 30 of the Staff Regulations and Article 3 of Annex III to the Staff Regulations provide, first, that for each competition a selection board is to be appointed by the appointing authority; second, that, apart from the chairman of the selection board, the members must be designated in equal numbers by the appointing authority and the Staff Committee; third, that the members of the selection board must be chosen from officials; fourth, that the members of the selection board must be of a function group and grade at least equal to that of the post to be filled; and, fifth, that if a selection board consists of more than fou ...[+++]r members it must comprise at least two members of each gender (judgment of 15 June 2010 in Case F‑35/08 Pachtitis v Commission, paragraphs 53 and 54).

This is due to a number of reasons: first, a July 27 meeting to which the CWB was not invited; second, an unbalanced and anti-Wheat Board task force; third, the minister's order in council restricting the Wheat Board's right to openly communicate with the farmers in the way it sees fit; fourth, changing the director election process in mid-stream; and fifth and most recently, the intention of the minister to fire Adrian Measner.

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND SPACE - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS The Council: - considered that the communication of the Commission offered a pertinent overview of the situation of space activities in Europe and that its broad objectives constituted a useful basis for the possible definition of future Community activities in this field; - considered, that the Commission should continue to develop its role as a user of space technology, in particular in the field of earth observation, with a view to contributing to the optimization of the use of satellite data as well as to the implementation of Community policies; - agreed that the question of C ...[+++]ommunity support for space- related RTD activities, including, if appropriate, development of instruments, should be considered when deciding on the Community RTD Fourth Framework Programme and its specific programmes, according to the normal rules and procedures; noted, however, that the Commission does not intend to propose a specific Community space research programme within the fourth Framework Programme; - invited the Commission to continue its efforts, within its sphere of competence and in the appropriate fora, in order to establish favourable conditions for the development of space application markets and for competitive European space industries. - agreed that synergy and complementarity between the Community RTD programmes and the activities of ESA and, while respecting the provisions of the Treaty, activities of the Member States and other international organisations should be further developed, whilst avoiding any duplication of efforts and whilst fully respecting the operating rules and procedures of both the Community and ESA; - noted the Commission's intention to establish an ad hoc group on Space with representatives of all the Member States.

Fourth Conference for Members of Parliamentary Committees on the Status of Women and other Committees Dealing with Gender Equality Geneva, Switzerland Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

The Commission has cleared a proposed joint operation between the Frantschach group which is based in Austria and the South African company Mondi.