4. Welcomes the Commission’s new initiatives to quadruple relocation places in order to ease the situation in Hungary and to further support Greece and Italy; takes the view, nevertheless, that ad hoc solutions for emergency situations can only produce limited effects; endorses, therefore, the Commission’s additional proposal for a permanent relocation mechanism to be activated in emergency situations; urges the Council to adopt both measures swiftly and without delay; is prepared to deal with the new emergency relocation scheme under a fast-track procedure and declares its intention to advance all other measures proposed by the Comm ...[+++]ission in parallel so as to ensure that Member States do not delay the permanent relocation scheme; regrets the lack of cooperation from the Council on the previous emergency relocation measure, as a result of which it ignored Parliament’s suggestions in the consultation procedure; reminds the Council that Parliament is strongly in favour of a binding relocation mechanism which, as far as possible, takes into account the preferences of refugees and which in principle requires the refugee’s consent to his or her transfer; urges the Council to take into account this suggestion when adopting the new emergency relocation measure; calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that all initiatives in this field are proposed and adopted through codecision as legally binding acts without the possibility of opt-outs ; calls on the Member States to implement such acts swiftly and in good faith;

Finally, collective management organisations should respond without undue delay to users’ requests for licences.

3a. The committee responsible shall deal with the request for consent without undue delay.

W. whereas European citizens and residents are legitimately entitled to expect that the issues they raise with the Committee on Petitions may find a solution without undue delay within the legal framework of the European Union, and in particular that the Members of the committee will defend the petitioner’s natural environment, health, freedom of movement, dignity and fundamental rights and freedoms; whereas the efficiency of the committee’s work is largely the result of swiftness of operation and thoroughness of its Secretariat, and this could be improved further, in particular by optimising the time taken to process petitions and by ...[+++]systematising the procedure for their assessment; whereas, in view of the ever-increasing number of petitions received annually, more resources and increased committee-meeting time should be devoted for this purpose; whereas there is a need for continuity in processing petitions, despite the changes in legislative periods and the resulting changes in personnel; whereas several petitions have been submitted by victims of the Franco regime and concerning abducted children in Spain;

9. Calls on the Member States to avoid excessive delay in the reimbursement of the costs of completed projects, noting that the insolvency caused by such a practice frequently prevents the recipients - mainly local authorities and non-profit-making organisations - from pursuing further activities specific to their area of action;

Animals brought into the slaughter hall must be slaughtered without undue delay.