Translation of "Visite des marchandises " (French → English) :

I recently visited Australia and, speaking to government representatives there, I understood that this vote would signify an important step, strengthening the cooperation already existing between Europe and Australia in the field of the security of passenger and freight transport.

Prior to the events of September 2007, Canada had already imposed a number of exclusionary bilateral measures on Burma, including the following: export controls on all but humanitarian goods; the withdrawal of preferential import tariffs; a visa ban on visits by high-level members of the government and armed forces; the suspension of bilateral aid and commercial support; exclusion from a market access initiative to eliminate most import duties and quotas; an in-Canada travel notification requirement imposed on Ottawa-based Burmes ...[+++]e diplomats; and official announcements discouraging Canadian tourism to Burma and urging our business community not to invest in or enter into commercial ventures in Burma.

3. Notes that, unlike the old paper-based procedure, the NCTS prevents false clearance of transit operations with the help of falsified documents or forged stamps; recalls that the NCTS should also help to detect, in real time, cases of goods being removed from customs supervision before their arrival at the final destination and to trigger the immediate start of enquiries; takes note of the Court of Auditors' findings and regrets that none of the 11 Member States visited respected the deadlines for starting enquiries; calls on the Commission to pay attention to the fact that the NCTS cannot prevent a false declaration of goods and to ...[+++] take appropriate action so that incorrect declarations of goods can be properly dealt with;

3. Notes that, unlike the old paper-based procedure, the NCTS prevents false clearance of transit operations with the help of falsified documents or forged stamps; recalls that the NCTS should also help to detect, in real time, cases of goods being removed from customs supervision before their arrival at the final destination and to trigger the immediate start of enquiries; takes note of the Court of Auditors' findings and regrets that none of the 11 Member States visited respected the deadlines for starting enquiries; calls on the Commission to pay attention to the fact that the NCTS cannot prevent a false declaration of goods and to ...[+++] take appropriate action so that incorrect declarations of goods can be properly dealt with;

As recently as 31 August 2007 I visited the traffic management headquarters for seven road tunnels, among them the longest tunnel in Germany, and became aware of the need for harmonisation, particularly of the provisions on the transport of dangerous goods in tunnels.

We visited the port of Vancouver because Prince Rupert was not shipping at that time and were concerned by the feeling of ``We are not as bad as Los Angeles, so we get the business'.