Working Method. A perimeter dyke shall be constructed around the perimeter of the clay disposal site utilizing the dredged materials or materials locally available in the vicinity. The Contractor shall divide the areas to be filled into compartments of adequate dimensions by the construction of temporary containment bunds of suitable material. These perimeter xxxxx shall be constructed before reclamation work in that area commences. The Contractor shall establish, to the satisfaction of the Engineer that the proposed perimeter xxxxx are sufficiently stable, durable, and erosion resistant and water tight for a period of not less than 1 year after completion of maintenance period of dredging. Geotextile filter material of approved type & grade shall be employed as filter material in making such perimeter xxxxx to sufficiently cover those sides of the dyke that are likely to be affected by erosion / slippage and flow of dredged materials to the river or other land underutilization, during dredging or rains. Dredged material placed by hydraulic means shall be placed in layer thickness appropriate to achieving the maximum amount of de-watering of the fill before subsequent layers are placed on top. Fill heights should not exceed 1.0 m in any one lift. Excess water above the clay layer should be removed in order to promote natural de-watering.
Working Method. Dredged material placed by hydraulic means shall be placed in layer thickness appropriate to achieving the maximum amount of de-watering of the fill before subsequent layers are placed on top. Fill heights should not exceed 1.0 m in any one lift. Excess water above the clay layer should be removed in order to promote natural de-watering.
Working Method. The Board of Directors meets whenever one of the members requests it. The call for a meeting is issued validly by letter, fax or e-mail and must mention the items on the agenda of the meeting of the Board of Directors. Concerning items that are not mentioned on the agenda, the Board of Directors may deliberate and pass legally valid resolutions only if all members are present at the meeting and approve them. Meetings of the Board of Directors are held validly at the corporate office of the Company or at any other location in Belgium as mentioned in the call for the meeting. Meetings may take place also by way of an audio- or videoconference. The members are obligated to attend the meetings of the Board of Directors. Minutes must be drawn up of the meetings containing as a minimum the following aspects: • day, hour and place of the meeting; • items on the agenda; • brief content of the deliberations; • decision; • signature by the members of the Board of Directors. The minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors are approved at the next meeting. The decisions of the Board of Directors are taken by simple majority of the cast votes. In case of a tied vote, the vote of the Chairman determines the outcome, except in cases when the Company has only two directors.
Working Method a. Parties commit themselves to the working arrangements as specified in the Agreement;
b. Parties will create a working group with civil servants from BZK and PES for the general coordination and implementation of the Agreement;
c. When several Dutch government ministries are involved in aspects of this Agreement, the Directorate-General for Kingdom Relations is tasked with the coordinating role;
d. Solution-oriented collaboration is always key where the PES wants to achieve results together with the Central Government. This principle is emphasised, and this practical cooperation between key figures from both the PES and the Central Government is the ‘backbone’ of this agreement;
e. The Executive Council of the PES drafts, in consultation with the Island Council, annual execution agenda’s for the implementation of the Agreement. In addition to its adoption in the CN steering group, the executive agenda requires the approval of the State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Executive Council of the PES;
f. The executive agenda that will be drafted each year is an integral part of this Agreement. The aforementioned agenda exists alongside the Public Entity Saba Organizational Development Plan 2023 – 2030 (Appendix I);
g. The Island Secretary of Saba and the Director of Caribbean Netherlands (BZK/DGKR) will periodically discuss the progress and bottlenecks of the Agreement as set forth in this document. The PES will draft a report detailing the progress of the agreement every 6 months;
h. The Caribbean Netherlands director (BZK/DGKR) shares said report with the CN Steering Group for discussion;
i. The Executive Council will discuss the report with the Island Council within six (6) weeks after sending the report to the Caribbean Netherlands director (BZK/DGKR);
j. Twice per year, the report on the implementation of the Agreement will be discussed in a meeting between the State Secretary of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Executive Council of Saba;
k. Regarding the implementation of this Agreement and its continuity, there is - in line with the current working method - frequent and operational contact between the PES and BZK/DGKR of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
Working Method. All trees within the one tree length buffer zone of environmentally sensitive riparian zones surrounding main water courses within the contract boundary must be felled back into the contract area and not felled across riparian zone water courses. If ground damage or environmental risk is anticipated, all trees must be manually felled to within the reach of the harvester for processing or manually felled and extracted via purpose built wire rope operations.
Working Method. 1. The parties referred to in Article 2 shall each designate a chairman. If a party submits a question to the Interpretation Committee, the chairman of the other party is in charge of the meeting on this.
2. If the chairman of one party is absent, the chairman of the other party becomes his deputy.
3. The chairman is appointed for the duration of the CLA.
4. The secretariat of the committee consists of one person designated by Xxxxxxx.
Working Method. 8.1 The mediator is responsible for the mediation process and shall monitor the course thereof.
8.2 Prior to the mediation, the mediator shall make a written mediation agreement with all parties which shall at least lay down the duty of confidentiality and the fact that the mediation is voluntary.
8.3 The mediator shall not involve any third parties in the mediation, subject to consent of the parties.
Working Method. During the last year, comprehensive metrics for ownership cost have been developed to compare the economics of different drivetrain vehicles in different markets. The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) considers all costs to a customer related to the purchase and operation of a vehicle during its service time. The exact definition of the TCO varies greatly. Xxxxx, Xxxx specifies a measure of vehicle ownership costs that is relevant to a consumer’s purchase decision. This cost measure is termed as relevant cost of ownership (RCO). The RCO may be reported as a cost (net present value e.g. in USD) or, as is done here, in cost per km. The RCO includes the investment cost, the up-front amount paid for the vehicle, including the purchase price and any fees, taxes, and incentives or disincentives (e.g., tax credit or bonus/malus “feebate”). Also relevant are all operating costs, which include the costs of fuel/energy, maintenance and repair and any annual fees or taxes. Furthermore, a resale or residual value, depending on a vehicle’s age and total mileage, is considered. The RCO (CRCO) is the sum of the investment cost and the present value of the annual costs subtracted by the expected residual value. Other cost factors, as insurance, risk aversion to new technology, and uncertainty CHAPTER 12 – PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES (TASK 25) of benefits of advanced technology to consumers are not included. Also not included is the cost of limited range of the XXX. These might be important influences but are subjective, widely variable among consumers, and difficult to quantify. However, neglect of the effective cost of the range limitation of the XXX might result in ownership cost estimates that appear low in comparison with the other powertrains. The RCO methodology was applied to a few vehicle powertrains to assess their vehicle energy consumption and economic impact across multiple countries. The latest work has been focused on significantly expanding the vehicles considered for the analysis. Vehicle system simulation was used to assess the impact of multiple component technologies over a wide range of vehicle classes, powertrain configurations and timeframes including uncertainties.
Working Method. Experts from member countries serve as delegates at Task 1 meetings held every six months in conjunction with the IA-HEV Executive Committee meetings. Country delegates also write country-specific information for IA-HEV publications, such as the country chapters in this annual report. Many country delegates also serve dual roles as the official Operating Agent for a specific Task. In this role, they may also represent IA-HEV to a public audience by presenting Task results at international conferences, such as the EVS (Electric Vehicle Symposium) meetings. The Task 1 Operating Agent (OA) is responsible for coordinating and leading the semi-annual experts’ meetings, compiling the minutes of these meetings, maintaining the IA-HEV website (Figure 1), and editing and supervising the production of the newsletter and the Executive Committee (ExCo) annual report. The OA also acts as liaison to the other Task OAs, the ExCo Chair (together with the Secretary-General), and the IEA Desk Officer. Since the end of 2014, the responsibility for Task 1 has been transferred to Xxxxxx Xxxxx of VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH (Germany) as the new OA. A significant component of the information exchange for the Task occurs at the experts’ meetings, where participants brief the attendees on relevant reports, facts, and statistics pertaining to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and electric vehicles (EVs) in their home countries. These presentations generally cover current developments on the market situations for EVs and HEVs (national sales and fleet penetration, by vehicle type); the progress of international, national, or local programs and incentives in the field; and new initiatives in vehicle and component development arising from both the private sector and public-private partnerships. Any member country of the IA-HEV can automatically participate in Task 1. There is no cost for Task membership. Each country designates an agency or non- governmental organization as its Task 1 expert delegate. Frequently, guest experts are invited to participate in Task 1 meetings to present their activities and to
Working Method. In order to study, analyse and elaborate a proposal governing the relation industry- TI in the prototyping activities, the working group AMICI-Industry played a central role, which along the three years activities has been a permanent forum for discussing the different approaches and points of view with the aim to achieve reasonable syntheses. After the Industry Days, six companies were actively working with WP5.4: ASG Superconductors (Italy), ANTEC Magnets, S.L.U. (Spain), Xxxxxxx Xxxxx GmbH (Germany), ELYTT (Spain), Xxxxx (Italy), Sigmaphi (France). As a first step, a questionnaire was sent to these companies for defining advantages and disadvantages when dealing with the collaboration between Technological Facilities and Industry in prototype developments. The industrial partners were asked to comment the different scenarios by assigning a rank to the entity of the advantage or disadvantage (High, Medium, Low and Negligible), and possibly commenting and adding further pros or cons. The construction of prototype with industry was debated in depth in two dedicated meetings of the T5.4 Working Group: the first was held in Milano (January 25th, 2018) and the second at Bruxelles (February 6th, 2018), this latter meeting being a satellite meeting of the “Accelerator- Industry Co-Innovation Workshop” (Bruxelles, 6-7 February 2018). Other meetings took place during the annual meetings of the AMICI collaboration. Two important aspects emerged from these meetings:
1) a Subsidiarity Principle, strongly supported by industries, stating that if industry is interested and has the technical capacity for developing a prototype, this should be favoured; the Technological Infrastructure (TI) should be involved only if industry is not able to do it.
