4. Deeply deplores the lack of fairness and transparency in the judicial process in Iran and calls on the Iranian authorities to uphold due process in law and practice; appeals to the head of the Iranian Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani, to establish an independent commission to examine the prosecution of human rights lawyers and to hold accountable all officials who have participated in illegal procedures;

It should further strengthen enforcement, improve co-ordination both domestically and with foreign partners and prevent the obstruction of anti-drug investigations by public servants.

5. Invites its President to instruct the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Committee on Legal Affairs, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Petitions to monitor the implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry, especially those pertaining to the Commission's responsibilities on transposition and redress issues in the context of the internal market, and, if appropriate, to report thereon, in accordance with Rule 176(11) of its Rules of Procedure;

7. Supports Romania's efforts to root out the high level of corruption in state and society; strongly urges the Romanian Government to make use of the cooperation agreement it concluded with Europol on 13 May 2003 to render the fight against corruption more effective; takes the resignation of three ministers on 20 October 2003 to be a sign that this issue is taken seriously by the highest level of government; is, however, concerned that in general the services within the administration responsible for corruption appear to be too passive in investigating such cases; acknowledges that the legal framework to fight corruption is in place and calls on the Romanian authorities to focus attention on the enforcement of the existing legislation; ...[+++] in this context urges the government to further increase the staff at the National Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and to give permanent status to all of the prosecutors rather than having them seconded by other government bodies; asks the government to provide further training for all the staff as well as to strengthen the office's operational independence, in particular by eliminating the responsibility of political appointees and politicians to decide on the launching of anti-corruption investigations; notes that first and foremost there must be the political will to eradicate corruption, for only this will lead to a change in attitudes;

7. Supports Romania's efforts to root out the high level of corruption in state and society; strongly urges the Romanian government to make use of the cooperation agreement concluded between Europol and the Romanian government to render the fight against corruption more effective; takes the resignation of three ministers as a sign that this issue is taken seriously by the highest level of government; is, however, concerned that in general the services within the administration responsible for corruption appear to be too passive in investigating such cases; acknowledges that the legal framework to fight corruption is in place and calls on the Romanian authorities to focus attention on the enforcement of the existing legislation; in this ...[+++] context urges the government to further increase the staff at the National Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (NAPO) and to give to all of the prosecutors permanent status rather than having them seconded by other government bodies; asks the government to provide further training for all the staff as well as to strengthen the office's operational independence in particular by eliminating the responsibility of political appointees and politicians to decide on the launching of anti-corruption investigations; notes that first and foremost there must be the political will to eradicate corruption, for only this will lead to a change in attitudes;

After the Amsterdam Treaty entered into force, the European Council of Tampere added a number of important measures to be implemented in the area of police co-operation. The main ones were the establishment of a European police chiefs' operational task force to i.a. contribute to the planning of operative actions; a call to enable Europol to participate in investigation teams and to ask Member States to start investigations; and the establishment of a European Police College for the training of senior police officials.