M. whereas the system of distribution of the press has been monopolised by the state company Sajuz Pieczati and by the post office, and all private distribution of mass media was banned in 2004,

21. Notes the report adopted by its Bureau on information and communication activities with a view to the forthcoming European elections and agrees to place the appropriations for this purpose on the appropriate line; has decided, however, not to enter appropriations against Item 2721 ("Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events") and against Item 2360 ("Postage on correspondence and delivery charges") for the production, publication and distribution of the trimestrial magazine; invites its Bureau to consider the discontinuation of this publication, given the limited added value for the citizen; has dec ...[+++]ided, therefore, to enter against Item 2721 an allocation of EUR 11 450 000 and against Item 2360 an allocation of EUR 1 088 000;

- Ex-post evaluation of the Interreg II Community Initiative, 1994-1999, aimed at evaluating, for strand A (cross-border cooperation) and strand B (completion of energy networks), the degree to which these strands have made an effective contribution to promoting cross-border cooperation, to helping the border areas of the European Union overcome the specific problems stemming from their relative isolation from national economies and the Union as a whole, and to filling in the missing links in the trans-European energy distribution network.

The activities carried out in this area are intended to help establish the integrated scientific and technological bases needed to develop an environmentally friendly production and distribution chain of safer, healthier and varied food, including sea-food and to control food-related risks, relying in particular on biotechnology tools taking into account the results of post-genomic research, as well as to control health risks associated with environmental changes.

88. As far as the current WTO negotiations in services are concerned, the Community has addressed requests [101] to other WTO Members for liberalisation in most services sectors: professional and other business services, telecommunications services, postal and courier services, construction services, distribution services, environmental services, financial services, news agency services, tourism services, transport services and energy services.

the upgrading of 135 permanent posts and 11 temporary posts in the Secretariat of Parliament, 12 temporary posts in the political group secretariats, one LA4 post to LA3 in the Distribution Service and one upgrading for the non-attached Members' Secretariat;