These six activity lines shall also include ICT specific research infrastructures such as living labs for experimentation, and infrastructures for underlying key enabling technologies and their integration in advanced products and innovative smart systems, including equipment, tools, support services, clean rooms and access to foundries for prototyping.

32. Stresses that the EU needs to possess capable crisis response structures with 24/7 monitoring and response capacity, able to provide early warning and up-to-date situation awareness to all relevant actors; notes the existence of a multitude of EU-level monitoring centres, and that this raises questions of efficient coordination in the event of complex, multidimensional crises; notes the establishment of the Situation Room within the European External Action Service, as well as the existence of a number of sectoral monitoring cen ...[+++]tres within Commission departments and specialised EU bodies; draws attention, in particular, to the Monitoring and Information Centre of DG ECHO, the Strategic Analysis and Response Capability of DG HOME, the Health Emergency Operations Facility of DG SANCO, and the situation room of Frontex;

At the start of the year, before it was reported in the media that translation into Spanish in the European Commission's press room was to be abandoned, and in protest against that proposal, I put a question on this matter to the Commission (P‑0903/05), which was answered by President Barroso, in which I urged against taking a decision that in my opinion flew in the face of Article 3 of the European Constitution, which the Commission supports and which has been ratified by over half of the Member States — including Spain, in a referendum — and which states that ‘[The Union] shall ...[+++] respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe's cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced’.

public buildings: buildings occupied by public authorities or frequently visited and used by the general public such as: schools, hospitals, public transport buildings, indoor sports centres, indoor swimming pools and retail trade services buildings larger than 1000 m2;

– (FI) Mr President, the postal service is not a normal service provider like a hairdresser’s or a fitness centre.

Service is extremely slow (this may be due to the distance between the dining room and kitchen or perhaps there are not enough waiting staff).