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10. Recalls that the 28 EU Member States are still the world’s number two when it comes to both defence spending and arms exports; believes that this fact shows that the EU Member States and the Union still play a key role in global arms sales and defence procurement; considers a combined annual defence spending of 190 billion EUR an enormous amount of tax payer’s money; also recalls that numerous recent studies showed that the main problem lies in the fact that in many of the 28 EU Member States defence budgets are being spent in a very inefficient way leading to long delays, higher costs and in many cases to helicopters, fighter jet ...[+++]s and other technology being not operational although brand new; stresses the need to deeply restructure the relationships between national defence administrations and defence industries and to introduce strict qualitative criteria for the output of procurement projects;

(Return tabled) Question No. 1007 Mr. Craig Scott: With regard to the announcement made by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans on May 28, 2012, that “new funding totaling $17.5 million will be allocated over the next five years to four key activities: prevention, early warning, rapid response, and management and control” to protect Canada’s Great Lakes from the threat of Asian carp: (a) in what specific ways will emphasis be placed on initiatives to educate people about the danger of Asian carp; (b) in what specific ways will human beings be prevented from brin ...[+++]ging Asian carp into Canadian waters; (c) will public hearings be held in Canada to allow Canadians to provide input to key U.S. decision-makers on combating Asian carp migration; (d) what specific efforts will be made to raise the awareness of Canadians of the potential harm that Asian carp could cause in the Great Lakes; (e) what efforts will the government make to facilitate or mobilize public participation in decision-making concerning Asian carp; (f) what discussions or arrangements have been made by the government to work with American counterparts to develop an extensive early warning and monitoring system to alert officials of signs of any potential problems, along with rapid response protocols for both countries to be able to react quickly should there be signs that they are spreading; (g) when will the extensive early warning and monitoring system be put in place; (h) how does the government envision the extensive early warning and monitoring system working; (i) what discussions or arrangements have been made by the government to work with enforcement agencies to ensure compliance with regulations relating to the transport of Asian carp; (j) what tools will be used to ensure compliance with regulations relating to the transport of Asian carp; (k) what resources will be allocated to compliance efforts relating to the transport of Asian carp; (l) is the government aware of any plans, intent ...

Measures devoted to the commercialisation of products, process or services, marketing activities and sales promotion are excluded. – studies in support of the programme, including the preparation of future activities; – exchange of information, conferences, seminars, workshops or other meetings and the management of clustered activities; – dissemination, information and communication activities;

Measures devoted to the commercialisation of products, process or services, marketing activities and sales promotion are excluded. – studies in support of the programme, including the preparation of future activities; – exchange of information, conferences, seminars, workshops or other meetings and the management of clustered activities; – dissemination, information and communication activities;

It would be helpful to stress this convergence of intentions and efforts because I can see a particular problem with coordination, specifically between the Commission initiative – which certainly does not only address members of national parliaments, but also members of national parliaments – and our committee’s programme. Following the working meeting of 1 February, which Commissioner Barnier referred to and which benefited from the weighty contribution of the Commission, the committee intends to take stock of developments at the Intergovernmental Conference at all of its meetings.

Concrete proposals in the document include the eventual creation of a Transatlantic Economic Space; the launching of a joint EU-US feasibility study into the pros and cons of a transatlantic free trade area; the systematic discussion of NATO and European security developments during every transatlantic ministerial meeting; the identification of areas for common EU-US action on humanitarian aid, as well as action to combat drugs, international crime and tackle asylum and immigration problems; and rationalisation of contacts and mee ...[+++]tings to improve their effectiveness.