- Activities which build on the conclusions of the Lisbon European Council, most of them based on Commission Communications or staff working papers, are underway in relation to benchmarking of research policies; mapping of excellence; mobility of researchers; research infrastructures; networking of national research programmes; private investment in research; intellectual property; electronic networks for research; the international and regional dimensions of research; and issues relating to science and society.

I had personally asked the Council formally to present a much more ambitious proposal on the European Crime Prevention Network and to do so immediately after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon.

45. Points out that the programmes relating to the Trans-European Transport Network (TENs-T) and the Trans-European Energy Networks (TENs-E) should also make their full contribution both to the European Economic Recovery Plan and to the Lisbon Strategy goals; considers that the positive efforts of the coordinators as well as the setting-up of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency, together with the implementing legislation to improve the efficiency of co-modality, have resulted in a substantial number of fully completed TEN-T projects all over the European Union to boost sustainable growth and better mobility;

45. Points out that the programmes relating to the Trans-European Transport Network (TENs-T) and the Trans-European Energy Networks (TENs-E) should also make their full contribution both to the European Economic Recovery Plan and to the Lisbon Strategy goals; considers that the positive efforts of the coordinators as well as the setting-up of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency, together with the implementing legislation to improve the efficiency of co-modality, have resulted in a substantial number of fully completed TEN-T projects all over the European Union to boost sustainable growth and better mobility;

As a result, the European Judicial Network will be better able to fulfil its remit in the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters, especially in the event that the Lisbon Treaty does come into force, with the ensuing communitisation of judicial cooperation in criminal matters.

the Council and the Commission confirm the principle that costs, arising from legislative measures, incurred in combating crime, should be met by law enforcement agencies; in cases where, according to Union or national law, the cooperation of private entities, such as Internet service providers and network operators, is required for storing data, wiretapping, preservation and other requests which increase costs, these costs must be reimbursed; network operators/service providers must not be held responsible if they are unable to comply with contract obligations or for damages due to law enforcement requests (no liability); in general, notes that the Internet should be available to all and that the cost thereof should therefore be kept at ...[+++] as low a level as possible, in accordance with the conclusions of the Lisbon summit;