Translation of "Traite des mineurs " (French → English) :

A derogation may be granted from the Commission's consistent policy of not authorising State operating aid for the production, processing, marketing and transportation of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘the Treaty’) in order to mitigate the specific constraints on farming in the smaller Aegean islands as a result of their insularity, small size, mountainous terrain and climate, their economic dependency on a small number of products and their distance from markets.

At the committee, I introduced a motion to amend Bill C-268 to include the trafficking of minors for the sex trade essentially as an aggravated offence with a six-year mandatory minimum sentence, while the offence of trafficking of minors for other types of forced labour would remain as is with a five-year mandatory minimum, but it did not pass.

While not every committee member seemed to have complete faith in our judges to impose tough enough sentences for trafficking of minors, it seemed reasonable to me to leave the option open for judges to impose a sentence longer than the five-year mandatory minimum sentence of Bill C-268 when the factors of the particular case warrant a longer sentence, such as when a very young minor, for example a nine-year-old girl, is trafficked ...[+++].

9. Actions shall take account of gender-related issues, the best interests of children, the specific situation of vulnerable persons such as minors, unaccompanied minors, disabled people, elderly people, pregnant women, single parents with minor children, victims of torture, or rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence or abuse, victims of trafficking, and individuals in need of emergency care and es ...[+++]sential treatment of illness.

(6) The European Parliament, in its Resolutions of 18 January 1996 on trafficking in human beings(6), of 19 September 1996 on minors who are victims of violence(7), of 12 December 1996 on measures to protect minors in the European Union(8) and of 16 September 1997 on the need to establish a European Union-wide campaign for zero tolerance of violence against women(9) and of 16 December 1997 on trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation(10) has called upon the Commission to draw up and implement action programmes to combat such violence.

(4) Whereas the European Parliament, in its Resolutions of 18 January 1996 on trafficking in human beings, (4) 19 September 1996 on minors who are victims of violence (5), of 12 December 1996 on measures to protect minors in the European Union (6) and of 16 September 1997 on the need to establish a European Union-wide campaign for zero tolerance of violence against women (7)and of 16 December 1997 on trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation (8) has called upon the Commission to draw up and implement action programmes to combat such violence;