Council Resolution: 07-02
Distribution: General
C/C.01/07/RES/02/Final
ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
31 January 2007
Instruction to the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to make public the Factual Record for Submissions SEM-02-001 (Ontario Logging)/ SEM-04-006 (Ontario Logging II)
THE COUNCIL:
SUPPORTIVE of the process provided for in Articles 14 and 15 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) regarding submissions on enforcement matters and the preparation of factual records;
HAVING RECEIVED the final factual record for Submission SEM-02-001/SEM-04-006;
NOTING that pursuant to Article 15(7) of the NAAEC, the Council is called upon to decide whether to make the factual record publicly available; and
AFFIRMING its commitment to a timely and transparent process;
HEREBY DECIDES:
TO MAKE PUBLIC and post on the registry the final factual record for Submissions SEM-02-001 and SEM-04-006;
TO ATTACH to the final factual record comments provided by Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the United States of America to the Secretariat on the draft factual record; and
TO INCLUDE with the final factual record a disclaimer which states that the document was prepared by the Secretariat, and that the views contained therein do not necessarily reflect the views of the governments of Canada, Mexico or the United States of America.
APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL:
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Judith E. Ayres
Government of the United States of America
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Enrique Lendo Fuentes
Government of the United Mexican States
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David McGovern
Government of Canada
Instruction to the Secretariat to make public the Factual Record for Submissions SEM-02-001 (Ontario Logging)/ SEM-04-006 (Ontario Logging II)