9. Maintains that the European Parliament must itself carry out the necessary internal reforms in order to adapt its structures, its proceedings and its working methods to the new competences and to the reinforced requirements of programming and interinstitutional cooperation deriving from the Treaty of Lisbon ; took note with interest of the conclusions of the Working Party on Parliamentary Reform and recalls that its competent committee has recently worked on the reform of its Rules of Procedure in order to adapt them to the Treaty of Lisbon ;

9. Maintains that the European Parliament must itself carry out the necessary internal reforms in order to adapt its structures, its proceedings and its working methods to the new competences and to the reinforced requirements of programming and interinstitutional cooperation deriving from the Treaty of Lisbon; awaits with interest the conclusions of the Working Party on Parliamentary Reform and recalls that its competent committee is currently working on the reform of its Rules of Procedure in order to adapt them to the Treaty of Lisbon;

17. Calls on the Commission to pay special attention to the significant potential offered in many developing countries for the development of different forms of solar energy and the development of hydrogen, produced either from biomass (steam reforming technology) or through electrolysis using solar energy;

Particularly promising would be the development of hydrogen, either produced from biomass (steam reforming technology) or through electrolysis using solar energy.

AY. whereas in respect of certain sectors which are not included in Agenda 2000 (such as fruit and vegetables, olive oil and dried fruit), Parliament has put forward recommendations which have not been taken up by the Commission in its successive reports and proposals; whereas certain problems should not be allowed to become chronic and the reforms recommended by Parliament on numerous occasions should be implemented,

A legal framework for co-operation would reap dividends for the internal market on the basis of the present EU consumer protection rules and without any of the reforms of consumer protection set out earlier in the paper being undertaken.