Translation of "Spécialiste principal de la qualité de l'environnement " (French → English) :

The Community's environmental policy, as set out in the action programmes on the environment and, in particular, in the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme adopted by Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), on the basis of Article 174 of the Treaty, aims to achieve levels of air quality that do not give rise to unacceptable impacts on, and risks to, human health and the environment.

In a 1995 survey of EU urban citizens, 51% gave traffic as the main reason for complaining about their environment, with two other transport related issues, air quality and noise, being cited by 41% and 31% [29].

Action 9 : Develop public health activities and networking on environmental health determinants through the public health programme Action 10 : Promote training of professionals and improve organisational capacity in environment and health by reviewing and adjusting risk reduction policy Action 11 : Coordinate ongoing risk reduction measures and focus on the priority diseases Action 12 : Improve indoor air quality Action 13 : Follow developments regarding electromagnetic fields

2. WELCOMES the CAFE programme, described in the Commission's Communication, as a project to establish a coherent, long-term, thematic strategy and integrated policy to combat air pollution, through cost-effective measures, protecting against its effects on human health and on the environment AND STRESSES that improvement of the quality of the environment, and in particular ambient air quality, should be the main driving force in the programme and the main criterion in establishing the strategy.

In principle, the department, or any other designated by the governor in council, may duplicate or even countermand the authorizations required by clause 22 of the Quebec environmental control act, and undertake the same impact studies as those covered by that act.

, and "Canada and the European Community .will join their efforts in the protection of the environment and the pursuit of sustainable development within each country as well as the preservation of the fragile global eco-system", Declare their intention to strengthen further their cooperation in the following areas: * multilateral negotiations of the conventions on climate change, on the conservation of biological diversity, and on a global forest convention or agreement; * preparations for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development currently underway; * the follow-up of the implementation of the Montreal Protocol ...[+++] on substances that deplete the ozone layer and the Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and their disposal; * the cooperation with Eastern and Central Europe in the G-24 and in the framework of the UN Economic Commission for Europe; * the bilateral ministerial initiative to ensure conservation and rational management of living marine resources in the Northwest Atlantic; - 2 - * the pursuit of effective measures to address the pressing issue of marine pollution, particularly from land-based sources; * working together through UNCED to develop comprehensive principles for the conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests; * the closely linked issues of the development and use of economic and fiscal instruments in the implementation of environmental policy objectives; * the exchange of views on waste management, the implementation of environmental impact assessment, the development and application of environmental legislation and all matters of water quality.