Translation of "améliorer l'état de marchandises d'occasion " (French → English) :

1. Stresses that Europe's freight transport systems must meet pressing challenges to increase effective integration and sustainability of freight transport in Europe, making a greater contribution to improving mobility, energy efficiency, reducing oil consumption, polluting emissions, and external costs, and therefore welcomes the above-mentioned Commission communications and Council conclusions; encourages the Commission, the Member States and industry to support in future a freight transport policy which is more sustainable in terms of mobility for the environment, climate, the economy, security and social interests, by promoting the ...[+++]use, in an enlarged European Union, of more efficient logistics systems as part of the gradual integration of priority cross-border rail freight corridors, hubs and conventional networks, and by promoting the user and polluter pays principles for all modes of transport;

B. whereas the newly conceived trans-European network of 'Motorways of the Sea', particularly the 'Motorways' in the Baltic, Western Europe, South-East Europe and South-West Europe, should have the aim of concentrating the movement of goods on maritime logistic routes in such a way as to improve existing short sea shipping services or create new, viable, regular and frequent short sea shipping services for the movement of goods and passengers between the Member States, so as to reduce road congestion and improve transport links with peripheral or island regions and States,

Mr. Hart referred to a number of things that must be undertaken here, like eliminating remaining restrictions on interprovincial trade in Canada; working with the U.S. to implement the thirty-point border agreement, and to implement it by June at the latest; simplifying the paperwork and the regulatory requirements for companies exporting and importing goods, as well as for bona fide travellers crossing the Canada-U.S. border; and lowering the costs and impediments of regulation more generally in Canada, largely by adopting mutual recognition agreements with the United States, with regulatory objectives that can be effectively met.

If we are to have free travel and trade routes and keep that trade flowing to eliminate hours of backlog at the border, we must address not only the concerns of the American people but also the concerns of Canadians who have come forward so strongly since September 11 (1055) Mr. Joe Comartin (Windsor—St. Clair, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it gives me pleasure to speak to the bill today, not because of what is in it but for the opportunity to address issues that should be raised concerning the travel of people and commercial goods across the border between ourselves and the United States.

Renewable energy programmes Programmes regarding Combined Heat and Power, energy efficiency improvements in the transformation sector and fuel switching to less GHG emitting sources Energy efficiency standards and/or improvements for household appliances, home entertaining equipment, office equipment, lighting products, space heating equipment and air compressors Energy efficiency in buildings Fuel efficiency improvement and CO emission reduction from passenger and freight vehicles Energy efficiency improvements and GHG emission reductions in heavy industry (iron/steel, chemicals, non-ferrous metals, non-metallic minerals, pulp and ...[+++]paper) and large combustion plants Limitation of emissions of HFC's, PFC's and SF6 Reduction of CH emissions N O reductions in the chemical industry Progressive reduction/removal of fossil fuel and other subsidies, tax schemes and regulations which counteract an efficient use of energy Increase of minimum tax levels as a way to reduce GHG emissions and improve energy efficiency Modal switch in transportation The Ad Hoc Group is requested to present to the next Council an overview of the progress concerning these common and coordinated policies and measures and their likely contribution to greenhouse gas reductions for the Community as a whole and the individual Member States.

- MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF THE VALIDITY OF MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS IN THE MEMBER STATES "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas, in its Resolution of 30 November 1995 on the integration of health protection requirements in Community policies, the Council considers that the Community must pay particular attention to the impact on health of action proposed in a number of areas, including free movement of goods; Whereas action to improve understanding of and address the impact on human health of the free movement of goods, in particular the free movement of medicinal products, ...[+++] should form part of the Community's overall strategy for action in the field of public health; Whereas the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured; Whereas patients, in moving from one Member State to another, could in practice be prevented from purchasing medicinal products prescribed by an authorized medical practitioner in another Member State; Whereas, pursuant to the Treaty and to Directive 93/16/EEC, all discriminatory treatment based on nationality with regard to establishment and provision of services is prohibited in medical practice; Whereas this Resolution does not affect provisions governing the financing or reimbursement of the cost of medicinal products by national social security schemes; Whereas, moreover, this Resolution does not cover prescriptions for a non-exempt dose of a substance classified as a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance under United Nations international conventions, CALLS on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and taking account of work in this area by the relevant international organizations, to look into the present position with regard to the mutual recognition of medical prescriptions in the Member States.