Translation of "procéder par examen préalable " (French → English) :

9. Welcomes the Commission's decision (SEC(2001) 380/3 of 13 March 2001) to review legislative proposals and other decisions in advance to see whether they are compatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and to establish this in a special clause; calls on the Commission to provide Parliament with an overview of how many of its legislative proposals and other decisions now include such a clause and what percentage this represents of the total number of decisions;

We have an expectation for both comprehensive studies and major screenings we're involved with that there will be a public outreach program, not just of newsletters, but that there will be public meetings, at which time the experts will be accessible to members of the public (1035) Mrs. Karen Kraft Sloan: But it's a little different when the proponent or the agency or your commission is putting forward information, and I don't think that engenders a high level of comfort. It's a different situation, whereby independent, and certainly perceived to be independent, witnesses and experts come before a panel review and there is this free give ...[+++] and take on examination and cross-examination, so that a lot of individuals who may not have the time, the motivation, or the ability, what have you, to get through these hugely technical documents can sit and hear independent witnesses questioned.

The board conducts short 45-day assessments called screenings and larger environmental reviews that may take several years to complete, in addition to overseeing the monitoring of approved projects.

It provides that where a responsible authority is satisfied that a class screening report, which has been declared under new section 19(2)(b) to be appropriate for use as a “model for streamlining” the screening, new section 19(6) authorizes the responsible authority to make use or permit the use of the relevant class screening report, as well as any screening on which it is based, to whatever extent the responsible authority considers appropriate for the purpose of complying with the screening requirements under section 18.

It provides that where a responsible authority is satisfied that a class screening report, which has been declared under new section 19(2)(b) to be appropriate for use as a “model for streamlining” the screening, applies to a project, new section 19(6) authorizes the responsible authority to make use or permit the use of the relevant class screening report, as well as any screening on which it is based, to whatever extent the responsible authority considers appropriate for the purpose of complying with the screening requirements under section 18.

Proposed new section 19(5) absolves a responsible authority from having to take further action under section 18 (conducting a screening) and section 20 (deciding on the appropriate course of action), where the responsible authority is satisfied that the project falls within a class of projects for which a class screening report has been made and declared by the Agency under new section 19(2)(a) to be appropriate for use as a “replacement” for the screening and related decision, as long as the responsible authority ensures that the design standards and mitigation measures described in the report are implemented.