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Record 1 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

... for the purposes of paragraph(a. 2), one or more risks insured by a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that, if this Act were read without reference to this paragraph, would not be specified Canadian risks(in this paragraph referred to as the "foreign policy pool") are deemed to be specified Canadian risks...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

[…] pour l’application de l’alinéa a.2), un ou plusieurs risques (appelés «groupe de polices étrangères» au présent alinéa) qui sont assurés par une société étrangère affiliée d’un contribuable et qui, en l’absence du présent alinéa, ne seraient pas des risques canadiens déterminés sont réputés être des risques canadiens déterminés […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Insurance
CONT

This anti-avoidance rule was amended in 2014 to curtail certain sophisticated tax-planning arrangements(sometimes referred to as "insurance swaps"). These arrangements were designed to circumvent the existing anti-avoidance rule while allowing the affiliate to retain its economic exposure to a pool of Canadian risks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Assurances
CONT

Cette règle anti-évitement a été modifiée en 2014 afin de mettre fin à certains mécanismes de planification fiscale sophistiqués (que l’on nomme parfois des «swaps d’assurance»). Ces mécanismes ont été conçus afin de contourner la règle anti-évitement actuelle, tout en permettant à la société affiliée de conserver son exposition économique à un ensemble de risques canadiens.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Weightless Environment Training Facility(WETF)... consists of a water-filled pool with dimensions of 25 ft.(depth) x 78 ft.(length) x 33 ft.(width). Also included, is a urification system, environmental controls, television monitoring, a 5-ton capacity overhead crane, a test director, and medical support personnel... The WETF is a controlled neutral buoyancy facility used to simulate the conditions of weightlessness for astronaut training. It provides for the evaluation of body restraints, handholds, and extravehicular activity(EVA) equipment; for the development of crew procedures and for the determination of EVA capabilities and workload limits. The facility provides high fidelity simulations of crew on-orbit operations in a controlled environment and substantially reduces human risks when performing EVA operations.

OBS

weightless environment training facility; WETF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
OBS

À la NASA, les astronautes s'entraînent dans un caisson aquatique où sont simulées les conditions d'impesanteur.

OBS

centre d'entraînement en impesanteur; WETF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Regulations (Urban Studies)
  • Municipal Law
  • Urban Sociology
CONT

Intercommunality is a range of tools which enables local authorities to pool their competence and their means. As such, it enables action needed for the prevention of natural risks(civil works and various programs) to be carried out jointly.

Key term(s)
  • inter communal cooperation
  • inter-communal cooperation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Réglementation (Urbanisme)
  • Droit municipal
  • Sociologie urbaine
CONT

coopération intercommunale : désigne les diverses et nombreuses formules permettant aux communes de se regrouper sans disparaître. La plupart de ces formules débouchent sur la création d'établissements publics (EP) selon les modalités fixées par le Code général des collectivités territoriales.

CONT

L'intercommunalité est une gamme d'outils permettant aux communes une mise en commun variable de leurs compétences et de leurs moyens. À ce titre, elle permet de mutualiser des actions inhérentes à la prévention des risques naturels (travaux, programmes divers).

CONT

Une telle conception s'oppose aux tentatives d'intercommunalité ou encore à une orientation économiste visant à tenir compte d'équilibre et d'activités entre résidence pour délimiter des zones d'intervention.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

Sharing of risks among members of an insurance pool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
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Record 6 1998-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Industries - General
  • Insurance
OBS

An association of 33 Canadian stock companies which operates as a pool, and provides property damage, differences in condition and time element coverages for large industrial oil, petro-chemical and service risks. Also provides an engineering and inspection service to policyholders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Industries - Généralités
  • Assurances
OBS

Renseignement confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

A system set up by the World Bank to equalize among all borrowers, at any time, the risks inherent in fluctuations in the exchange rates of the currencies disbursed and repayable on all Bank loans included in the system. Equalization is achieved by pooling all currencies disbursed and outstanding on participating loans and by expressing the outstanding principal amount of each such loan as a share of the pool. As a result, loan-service obligations on each participating loan are related to all amounts in various currencies disbursed and outstanding on all loans in the system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
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Record 8 1996-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Phraseology
CONT

A first loss facility would be considered significant if it meets the following conditions :-there is a documented and reliable credit history of at least a full business cycle for the specific type of assets in each underlying pool;-the financial institution's credit process properly assesses the credit and other risks in accordance with its standard credit policy for arm's-length counterparties; and-the facility adequately covers the expected losses in any foreseeable situation. [Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Une protection de premier niveau sera considérée comme importante si elle répond aux conditions suivantes : - il existe un dossier de crédit étayé et fiable couvrant au moins un cycle économique complet pour le type particulier d'actifs du bloc sous-jacent; - l'institution financière évalue convenablement les risques de crédit et autres, conformément à sa politique normale de crédit à des contreparties indépendantes; - la protection couvre les pertes attendues dans toute situation prévisible. [Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières].

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Phraseology
CONT

A first loss facility would be considered significant if it meets the following conditions :-there is a documented and reliable credit history of at least a full business cycle for the specific type of assets in each underlying pool;-the financial institution's credit process properly assesses the credit and other risks in accordance with its standard credit policy for arm's-length counterparties; and-the facility adequately covers the expected losses in any foreseeable situation. [Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Une protection de premier niveau sera considérée comme importante si elle répond aux conditions suivantes : - il existe un dossier de crédit étayé et fiable couvrant au moins un cycle économique complet pour le type particulier d'actifs du bloc sous-jacent; - l'institution financière évalue convenablement les risques de crédit et autres, conformément à sa politique normale de crédit à des contreparties indépendantes; - la protection couvre les pertes attendues dans toute situation prévisible [Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières].

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

For innovations that need development but for which either expertise or financing priority is missing within the company, seeking a joint venture partner is an appealing alternative. This is a much-touted approach today, appealing to the inclination of governments, academics and consultants alike to pool the risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

Pour les innovations qui ont besoin d'être développées mais pour lesquelles l'entreprise n'a ni l'expertise ni les fonds requis, la solution de la coentreprise est très intéressante. Cette approche jouit aujourd'hui de la faveur populaire : le partage de risques qui lui est propre plaît aux gouvernements, aux universitaires et aux experts-conseils.

Spanish

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Record 11 1981-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
OBS

There follows a list of risks such as restaurants, liquor lounges, taverns, beer parlors, bowling alleys, billiard rooms and pool halls for which the contents rate with 80% co-insurance must be used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
OBS

(...) (suit alors une énumération de risques comme les restaurants, bars, cabarets, tavernes, salles de quilles, salles de billard pour lesquels on utilise les taux de contenu avec règle proportionnelle à 80%).

Spanish

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