Translation of "région des amériques de l'aiplf " (French → English) :

whereas the European Union has strengthened its economic and trade relations with Latin America, becoming its second most important trading partner and the leading trading partner for MERCOSUR and Chile; whereas, according to Eurostat, trade volumes doubled between 1999 and 2008, with EU imports of goods from Latin America increasing to EUR 96,14 billion and exports of goods to the region to EUR 76,81 billion, while there was a steady rise in trade in services; whereas, owing to the dramatic effect of the financial and economic crisis, these figures dropped in 2009 to EUR 70,11 billion (imports) and EUR 61,57 billion (exports), but sta ...[+++]rted to grow again in 2010; whereas European countries constitute the largest source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America,

(3) On the basis of information collected in the United States of America during a mission carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) in March 2000, and supplied by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, it appears that new infestations of Xanthomonas campestris, strains pathogenic to Citrus were detected in Broward, Hendry and Hillsborough Counties in Florida; therefore the said counties should be deleted from the list of areas recognised in Florida as being free of Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus).

Presenting Reports from Inter-parliamentary Delegations Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Bélair (Cochrane Superior) presented the Report of the Canadian branch of the Assemblée internationale des parlementaires de langue française (AIPLF) respecting its participation at the Assemblée régionale Amérique held in Quebec City from July 12 to 14, 1995.

Mr. Réginald Bélair (Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34, I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, the report from the Canadian section of the International Assembly of French Speaking Parliamentarians, together with the financial report concerning the twelfth session of the AIPLF Regional Assembly of America, held in Quebec City July 12 to 14, 1995.

The Community side confirmed its commitment to "substantially increase" its overall aid to the region, with emphasis on supporting projects aimed at the reactivation of the Central American economic integration process, in particular as concerns, interegional trade development in the agro-industrial sector, and support for health programs, the establishment of cooperatives, etc.The Community side also undertook the firm insistance of the Central American side,to give particular attention to the problems resulting from variations in earnings from commodity expots from the countries of the region, as well as to seek further improvements in ...[+++] the GSP in the context of the cooperation agreement, and to help promote exports of non-traditional goods.

The Commission has decided to finance the following projects under the financial and technical assistance programme for Latin American and Asian developing countries: Bangladesh - Project to develop the central-northern region ECU 1 870 000 The aims of the project are: (a) to draw up a regional development plan for the central-northern region, focusing on flood prevention, drainage and irrigation, which are needed in order to improve agriculture and promote the region's social and economic development; (b) to conduct a feasibility study for a priority project on flood prevention, drainage and irrigation in the region, three areas which ...[+++]have been given priority in the action plan; (c) to conduct pre-feasibility studies for other projects identified in the regional plan.