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MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING [5 records]

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Record 1 2020-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Law
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
DEF

An agreement between interested parties establishing their respective rights and responsibilities regarding a project and serving as a basis for a future formal contract.

OBS

memorandum of understanding; MOU: term and abbreviation in use at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Policy and Framework for Developing, Implementing and Domestic Arrangements, 2005

OBS

memorandum of understanding; MOU: term and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit administratif
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
DEF

Convention passée entre les parties intéressées traduisant l'ensemble de leurs obligations et droits respectifs par rapport à un projet et servant de document préparatoire à un contrat.

OBS

protocole d'entente; PE : terme et abréviation en usage au ministère de la Défense nationale et à la DSTM - Affaires indiennes.

OBS

protocole d'entente; PE : terme et abréviation en usage à la Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire, politique et cadre d'élaboration, de mise en œuvre et de maintien des accords intérieurs 2005.

OBS

protocole d'entente; PE : terme et abréviation normalisés par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
DEF

A document [that] contains the mutually agreed statements of facts, intentions, procedures and parameters for future action and matters of coordination.

CONT

Foreign aircrew on exchange shall log their personal flying in accordance with their home nation's directives or in accordance with an applicable memorandum of understanding (MOU).

OBS

memorandum of understanding; MOU: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces; designation standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
DEF

Document dans lequel sont consignés, après avoir fait l'objet d'une entente réciproque, des énoncés de faits, intentions et modalités, de même que des paramètres établis en vue d'activités ultérieures et de besoins de coordination.

CONT

Le personnel navigant étranger volant dans le cadre d'un échange inscrira son temps de vol personnel conformément aux directives de son pays d'origine ou conformément au protocole d'entente pertinent.

OBS

protocole d'entente; PE : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes; désignations normalisées par l'OTAN; désignations et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • Federal Administration
  • Federal Laws and Legal Documents
DEF

[An] international instrument of a less formal kind, often setting out operational arrangements under a framework international agreement or otherwise dealing with technical or detailed matters.

CONT

memorandum of understanding: It will typically be in the form of a single instrument signed by the governments concerned, recording their understandings as to matters of fact or their future conduct, but in such a way as to reflect an intention on their part not to enter into a legally binding agreement upon the matters covered or otherwise to create legal rights and obligations for themselves ... has political or moral force, but it is not legallly binding (although it may not be without legal effects ...).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Administration fédérale
  • Lois et documents juridiques fédéraux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Administración federal
  • Leyes y documentos jurídicos federales
OBS

protocolo de intenciones: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 4 2010-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • International Public Law
OBS

memorandum of agreement: ... an intention on the part of the participating governments to enter into an informal but nevertheless legally binding agreement giving rise to legal rights and obligations. ... less formal type of international agreement.

OBS

Reproduced from "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", with the authorization of Unesco.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Droit international public
OBS

Document établi hors toute formalité par accord [...]

OBS

mémorandum d'accord : reproduit de «Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco», avec l'autorisation de l'Unesco.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Derecho internacional público
OBS

memorando de acuerdo: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

OBS

Reproducido del "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", con la autorización de la Unesco.

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Record 5 - external organization data 2005-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Law
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

A domestic arrangement between the CNSC [Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission] and a department or agency, or departments or agencies, or combination thereof, of the Government of Canada, where only human and/or material resources are implicated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit administratif
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Accord intérieur entre la CCSN [Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire] et un ou plusieurs ministères ou organismes ou toute combinaison de ministères ou organismes du gouvernement fédéral prévoyant uniquement l'engagement de ressources humaines ou matérielles.

Spanish

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