Translation of "Tribunal judiciaire compétent " (French → English) :

G. whereas a number of high-profile European court cases on jurisdiction and applicable law in relation to individual employment contracts and industrial action have led to fears that national provisions on employment law could be undermined by European rules which can lead, in certain cases, to the law of one Member State being applied by the court of another Member State ;

G. whereas a number of high-profile European court cases on jurisdiction and applicable law in relation to individual employment contracts and industrial action have led to fears that national provisions on employment law could be undermined by European rules which can lead, in certain cases, to the law of one Member State being applied by the court of another Member State;

- The third proposal is that sums owed to the Community should be considered equivalent to civil debts on the basis of the instruments adopted in the area of judicial cooperation in the civil sphere. In this field, immense progress has been made with a view to facilitating the recovery procedures for crossborder debts: there are Community regulations which now make it possible to know which court is competent and how a judgment of that court can be executed in another Member State.

V. There have been several attempts to call the Charter in aid of litigation in the European Courts. Advocates-General are making an increased number of references to the Charter in their Opinions, and it has become an important source of guidance for the judges . In one case the Court of First Instance has decided that the Charter confirms a right to judicial review as a general principle of Community law. In another case, the same Court, citing the Charter, has sought to widen the access to effective judicial remedy of a party directly but not individually concerned ; even though the Court of Justice has ruled against that interpreta ...[+++]tion because it would cause the Community courts to go beyond their competences , it has nevertheless, at the same time, suggested amending the Treaty accordingly . The European Court of Human Rights has also begun to make positive references to the Charter ;

A person entitled to claim contribution or indemnity under Part 2 from another person or ship that was or might be liable in respect of a loss could do so a) by adding the other person or ship as a party to the proceeding pending before a court or administrative or arbitral tribunal of competent jurisdiction, in accordance with the applicable rules of procedure or arbitration agreement; b) by commencing a proceeding in such a court or tribunal; or c) if the other person or ship had settled with the person suffering the loss, by commencing a proceeding before such a court or tribunal (clause 18).

Mrs. Suzanne Tremblay (Rimouski—Mitis, BQ): Mr. Speaker, I wish to table a petition on behalf of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, better known as SOCAN, calling on the government to respect the principle of collective management of copyright and requesting the Minister of Industry to immediately appoint a judge to chair the Copyright Board, thus giving effect to Parliament's intention that the board be a competent and objective quasi-judicial tribunal.