1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission based its Recommendation 2008/867/EC on Recommendation 92/441/EEC which recognises the individual's fundamental right to sufficient resources and assistance to live in human dignity and defines common principles for implementing that right; endorses the common principles and practical guidelines presented in Recommendation 2008/867/EC on the active inclusion strategy based on three pillars, namely adequate income support, inclusive labour markets and access to quality services; and in particu ...[+++]lar points out that any active inclusion strategy has to be built on the principles of individual rights, respect for human dignity and non-discrimination, equality of opportunities and gender equality, on the promotion of labour market integration combined with full participation in society, and on the realisation of the principles of quality, adequacy and accessibility across all three pillars;

12. Calls on all EU institutions and bodies to fully implement Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents in a spirit of recognition that access to documents held by the European institutions and bodies is a fundamental right pursuant to Article 42 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and with the sincere objective of taking decisions as 'openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizen'; stresses that the institutions and bodies of the EU should examine each request extremely carefully and on a cas ...[+++]e by case basis before the provisions on derogations from the principle of free access are possibly applied;

12. Calls on all EU institutions and bodies to fully implement Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to EP, Council and Commission documents in a spirit of recognition that access to documents held by the European institutions and bodies is a fundamental right pursuant to Article 42 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and with the sincere objective of taking decisions as 'openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizen'; stresses that the institutions and bodies of the EU should examine each request extremely carefully and on a case by case basis befo ...[+++]re the provisions on derogations from the principle of free access are possibly applied;

The information policy introduces the principle of right of equivalent access to data.

As a matter of principle, the right of equivalent access should not diminish the effectiveness of existing Mutual Legal assistance instruments.

that citizens should be better informed about the SIS; refers to the principle that data subjects have a right of access to and rectification of their individual data and that, if the right of access cannot be observed in full or in part, data subjects must be notified of their right to appeal to the competent authority; asks that there be a right of appeal at the European level to the Ombudsman and/or the Data Protection Supervisor;