Translation of "Groupe d'examen des demandes de crédits " (French → English) :

Given that our request for the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund is for $15.6 million, but that $7.2 million is available as a result of Budget 2012 and the review of departmental spending, that reduces our request for votes.

the Commission to explore, in that context and where appropriate, new approaches concerning access to asylum procedures targeting main countries of transit, such as protection programmes for particular groups or certain procedures for examination of applications for asylum, in which Member States could participate on a voluntary basis.

In order to assist the Commission with the examination of the requests and with the management and review of the lists, the Commission shall set up an expert group consisting of governmental and private experts.

Stresses the importance of reliable credit and fraud data for banks and other credit providers, accessible on a fair and transparent basis; insists, nevertheless, on the necessity to protect consumers' personal data; requests the Commission to identify obstacles to data sharing and to make proposals for the interoperability of data registers while respecting consumers' private lives and their rights of access and rectification; considers that consumers should be informed in the event of cross-border credit data inquiries relating to them; welcomes the Commission's intention to establish a group ...[+++] of experts on credit histories in order to assist the Commission in the preparation of measures in that regard;

As members know, very few claims for the disability tax credit accepted between 1985 and 1996 were subject to the current level of review.

In particular, it extends the timelines for review of applications, ensuring that all previously unprocessed applications can be reviewed; it ensures that all applications received during all phases of the enrolment process, except those previously rejected, will be assessed or reassessed; all those whose applications will be assessed or reassessed will be sent a written notification and will be able to provide additional documentation; it provides clarity regarding the assessment of an applicant's self-identification as a member of the Mi'kmaq group of Indians of Newfoundland; and it provides guidance related to an individual's acce ...[+++]ptance by the Mi'kmaq communities of Newfoundland, particularly as it relates to individuals residing outside of the Mi'kmaq communities listed in the agreement.