11. Recommends the introduction of an obligation for all research laboratories and their staff to notify the competent supervisory authorities of the results of all food and feed tests that suggest fraud may have occurred or are relevant to combating fraud;

23. Urges the Member States to allocate adequate staff, expertise and budget resources to their national tax administrations and tax audit staff, as well as resources for the training of tax administration staff focusing on cross-border cooperation on tax fraud and avoidance, and to introduce strong tools against corruption;

13. Calls on the Commission to provide more budgetary resources and staff to DG TAXUD to help it develop EU policies and proposals concerning double non-taxation, tax evasion and fraud;

The envisaged measures on quality decision making, including arrangements on personal interviews, expert advice and training, should further enhance the preparedness of the asylum personnel to identify timely fraudulent or abusive cases.

In order to facilitate effective fraud prevention and combat payment fraud across the Community, provision should be made for the efficient exchange of data between payment service providers who should be allowed to collect, process and exchange personal data relating to persons involved in payment fraud.

8. Draws attention to the important role of the OHR anti-fraud unit in combating fraud and corruption, developing the free market economy and establishing government institutions which function democratically; regrets that due to the annual nature of the OHR's budget the maximum contract for staff is twelve months and urges that efforts be made to ensure maximum staff continuity in this unit; considers that staff should be employed at this unit for at least 24 months so that they can gain sufficient knowledge of the local situation to combat fraud efficiently;