9. Notes especially the medium- and long-term property policy (buildings strategy) , which takes into account Parliament's increased responsibilities under the Treaty of Lisbon, the rules governing allocation of space, the need for accommodation of certain external staff and the need for maintenance/renovation of buildings; further, requests a detailed report on future accommodation needs and on where the funding for this may come from; calls further on the Secretary General to conduct negotiations with the Belgian authorities aimed at reducing the extra percentage (33%) to be paid if Parliament purchases "State" o ...[+++]wned property;

10. Notes especially the medium- and long-term property policy (buildings strategy) , which takes into account Parliament's increased responsibilities under the Treaty of Lisbon, the rules governing allocation of space, the need for accommodation of certain external staff and the need for maintenance/renovation of buildings; further, requests a detailed report on future accommodation needs and on where the funding for this may come from; calls further on the Secretary General to conduct negotiations with the Belgian authorities aimed at reducing the extra percentage (33 %) to be paid if Parliament purchases ‘State’ ...[+++] owned property;

In the interests of further clarity and transparency, the Commission shall, by 31 December 2004 at the latest, provide a detailed report to the European Parliament and the Council, setting out the distribution of tasks between the operational centres of the Agency and the "deconcentrated" Commission delegations in the respective regions, explaining the rationale behind this allocation and giving an analysis of how the allocation is working in practice for all the countries concerned and, in particular, for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the light of its application for EU membership".

"Article 15a In the interests of further clarity and transparency, the Commission shall, by 31 December 2004, provide a detailed report to the European Parliament and the Council, setting out the distribution of tasks between the operational centres of the Agency and the "deconcentrated" Commission delegations in the respective regions, explaining the rationale behind this allocation and giving an analysis of how the allocation is working in practice for all the countries concerned and, in particular, for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the light of its application for EU membership".

The work performed shall be described in detail in a report accompanying each application and claim, batch of applications and claims or, when appropriate, in a report covering one year.

13. Asks for clearer criteria in the Regulation for the indicative breakdown by objective and by Member State of 90% of the commitment appropriations available for the programming period 2000-2006. Considers that this breakdown has to be clearly presented in the annual budget, which shall itemise the annual breakdown of appropriations by Member State and objective; welcomes the proposed advanced fixing of deflators for adjusting annual allocations;