Traduction de «Qualité moyenne transmise limite » (Français → Anglais) :

Question No. 140 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to development of the oil sands, its impacts on the environment and surrounding communities, and the economic effects of these impacts: (a) what, if any, steps has the government taken to establish air emission limits or air quality standards to achieve the World Health Organization’s Air Quality Guidelines to protect air quality and human health; (b) what, if any, steps has the government’s sector-by-sector approach taken to regulate carbon emissions in the oil sands to ensure the oil sands industry makes appropriate reductions in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to contribute to Canad ...[+++]a’s GHG emission reduction goal of 17% below the 2005 level; (c) what, if any, studies has the government undertaken to examine the effect of the oil sands expansion on (i) GHG emissions, (ii) Canada’s ability to meet its GHG emission reduction goals, (iii) Canada’s contribution to the goal of staying below a 2°C increase in global average surface temperature, relative to the pre-industrial level, as articulated at the G8 meeting in L’Aquila, Italy and at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations through the Copenhagen Accord in December 2009 and the Cancun Agreements in December 2010, (iv) the full suite of sustainability criteria, including environmental, economic and social sustainability, and (v) what were the results of any studies identified in (c)(i), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), and (c)(iv); (d) what, if any, studies has the government undertaken to examine (i) the scope of oil sands expansion if the oil sands sector is not required to deliver its proportional share of GHG reductions, (ii) the impacts such a decision would have on other sectors’ allowable GHG emissions, (iii) whether other sectors of the Canadian economy would have to do more than their proportional share to reduce emissions, (iv) what were the results of any studies identified in (d)(i), (d)(ii), and (d)(iii); (e) what, if any, studies ...

2. Ambient concentrations provided shall be presented as average values according to the appropriate averaging period as laid down in Annex VII and Annexes XI to XIV. The information shall at least indicate any levels exceeding air quality objectives including limit values, target values, alert thresholds, information thresholds or long term objectives of the regulated pollutant.

Water quality data submitted show that in Wallonia in 2005 average nitrate concentration in surface water in nitrate vulnerable zones was 16,7 mg/L, with stable or decreasing trends in 84 % of monitoring sites in the period from 2001 to 2005.

Whereas examination of the information forwarded has shown that the tolerances laid down for verification of the declared fat content are too narrow; whereas the tolerances for the averages of the results obtained from samples taken and for individual results should be doubled; whereas, under those circumstances, the requirement that each sample must comply with the limits laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2991/94 can no longer be maintained; whereas the requirement that the average content established must comply with those limits must be stipulated;

Commission statement: "It should be noted that compliance with common quality standards is recommended for this type of sales but is not compulsory" (c) A uniform transitional period of 5 years will be allowed for all measures (application of the final measure from the 6th year/marketing year), for each of the measures concerned: - adjustment of existing POs to the new requirements, - adjustment of new POs to the new requirements, - financial limitation of withdr ...[+++]awals, - quantitative limitation of withdrawals, - reduction of Community Withdrawal Compensation (CWC): the final level of CWC will be achieved progressively, in equal stages, except as regards the first reduction for fruit (other than citrus) and vegetables (d) Minimum number of members and minimum production volume of the PO: these will be determined by the Commission under the Management Committee procedure, subject to the following statement: "The Council notes the Commission's intention of determining the minimum number of producers and minimum production volume of POs on the basis of a pragmatic approach, taking account of economic and administrative realities in the Member States" (e) Special measures for regions with a small number of producer organizations: - The following new provision was inserted: "In regions of the Community where the degree of organization of producers is particularly low, Member States may be authorized, upon duly substantiated request, to pay producer organizations national financial assistance equal to half the financial contribution of producers.

It is easily argued that disposable income in many of these countries is limited; however, with growing middle-class societies in all of three of these markets, this is slowly changing, and we need to begin targeting and educating these potential consumers on the high quality of Canadian food products.