Agriculture committee  Thank you very much.

Agriculture committee  Here, the same is valid for the broader SPS control. The supervision is also present here from the commission, so the other layer of control on how the member states correctly implement the EU legislation in this area of animal welfare is exactly the same.

Agriculture committee  I don't know it by heart, but it's much shorter than the two or three years that it normally takes at WTO. This is much faster, yes, and it also applies to the SPS chapter. I don't know the exact timing here. I don't have it with me.

Agriculture committee  Do you mean from the WTO or on the CETA?

Agriculture committee  I don't have it here with me, but this is a bilateral dispute settlement. I don't have the details here with me.

Agriculture committee  According to my knowledge, no, and certainly not in new legislation. We see that in supermarkets they want to go and walk this route. I saw something in the media by the Carrefour supermarket that they are thinking about launching this process, but it's not generalized in the EU.

Agriculture committee  I think it's the same on our side. For marketing, it is mainly the member states that are doing this work.

Agriculture committee  Animal welfare, yes?

Agriculture committee  Yes, it's not our field of competence, but as you know, under the CETA we also talk about geographical indications, which are recognized under the agreement specifically for the EU and vice versa for Canada. Where there is an overlap of using the same name or branding, there is a modus under CETA that has been worked out whereby they can coexist beside each other in the market.

Agriculture committee  If I understand you, the question is, what is the major challenge for European industry to meet the Canadian market?

Agriculture committee  I think Jan formulated it well. For the sanitary and phytosanitary area, Canada does a country-by-country assessment before authorizing these countries or individual member states to enter their market. From our perspective, as Jan also explained, due to the fact that we have harmonized standards for which several member states can already export a particular commodity to the Canadian market, we expect that there would be trade-facilitating measures that would simplify the procedure, and in particular, now that CETA is operational, it also means that resource-wise we both can relook at this issue to simplify the best use of resources and to trust each other on how this can be facilitated.

Agriculture committee  Can you repeat the question? It's not so clear.

Agriculture committee  Also, in the multilateral context—for example, the WTO—with Canada we have a very transparent exchange on fine-tuning positions or whatever, wherever needed. Where we have a common interest in the international arena, there is an open communication going on. In this particular area, it can only stimulate the trust and confidence in each other, because we depend so much on each other's systems for our trade purposes.

Agriculture committee  It's perfect.