8. Calls on the Commission, furthermore, to improve its internet portal in order to make it more comprehensible and user-friendly, especially with regard to the information on its competences and the support that can be obtained for a successful application; considers that the Commission should, in addition to providing a clear list of its competences, clarify the registration procedure, given that the registration of a large number of the submitted citizens’ initiatives was rejected on the grounds that they manifestly fell outside the framework of the Commission’s competence; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to engage acti ...[+++]vely, providing the organisers of European Citizens’ Initiatives with detailed guidelines on the interpretation of the relevant legal provisions;

(b) in the case of business relationships and transactions, the supporting evidence and records, consisting of the original documents or copies admissible in court proceedings under the applicable national legislation for a period of five years following either the carrying-out of the transactions or the end of the business relationship, whichever period is the shortest.

The present increase in workload stems from (a) the increase in the number of admissible classes of action; (b) the increase in litigation following the 2004 and 2007 accessions; (c) the litigation engendered by the increase, resulting from greater European integration, in the number and variety of legislative and regulatory acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the EU; and (d) the growth of litigation relating to Community trade mark applications.

When the personal interview is recorded in accordance with paragraph 2 and the recording is admissible as evidence in the appeals procedures referred to in Chapter V, Member States need not request the applicant to confirm that the content of the report or the transcript correctly reflects the interview.

On a progressive basis, all new petitions are scanned and entered into the system along with other information such as name of petitioner, date of registration, admissible/inadmissible, open/closed, concerned country, and supplementary documentation.

In Luxembourg, the decision was taken that every Member State has to increase the number of unemployed who are offered training to gradually achieve the average of the three most successful Member States (at least 20%) and even improve it.