5. Believes that policy formulation in respect of cohesion policy and other fields depends increasingly on the timely identification of long-term global trends; notes, in this connection, various forward-looking reports such as Project Europe 2030 (the report to the European Council by the Reflection Group on the Future of the EU 2030) and ‘Global Trends 2030 – Citizens in an Interconnected and Polycentric World’, prepared by the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) as part of the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) project; recommends closer coordination of such reporting initiatives;

This includes also decisions concerning the adequate equipment.

The contracting entity such as a railway undertaking, an infrastructure manager, a rolling stock manufacturer or an authorised representative established within the community shall lodge an application for assessment of conformity of the Rolling Stock or Energy or Control-Command and Signalling or Infrastructure subsystems with a Notified Body of its choice

The choice of procedures should not lead to a lowering of safety standards of electrical equipment, which have already been established throughout the Community.

7. Notes, however, that there are differences between the existing means of structural support in the field of agriculture (Sapard, EAGGF Guarantee and Guidance Sections) as regards planning procedures, the choice of actions, the payment of assistance, the carrying-out of checks and the enforcement of possible penalties; calls on the Commission, therefore, to introduce simplification mechanisms aimed at establishing a uniform planning and management system which will make it possible to remedy the shortcomings referred to above and i ...[+++]mprove the structural results;

The first objective of this Decision is to guide the technical choices made by authorities responsible for planning, constructing, renewing, upgrading and operating the above-mentioned infrastructure and rolling stock.