33. Considers moreover that adequate resources for cohesion policy are crucial in order to accelerate the recovery of the European economy and to contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy for the regions; emphasises the synergetic effects of EU macro-regional cooperation in achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy and the need to allocate sufficient resources to the implementation of existing macro-regional strategies; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Council to present and adopt an amending budget without delay, should payment appropriations not be sufficient to cover needs;

In addition, toxicity data on soil micro and macroorganisms and other environmentally relevant organisms, such as birds, bees and plants, shall be included when available.

54. By letter of 1 March 2004 the applicant submitted his observations on the contested decision, requested additional documents and explanations and access to the full file that gave rise to the decisions affecting him.

133. Welcomes the Commission's positive assessment of Bulgaria's economic progress, in particular the fact that Bulgaria now has a functioning market economy; commends Bulgaria for having maintained macro-economic stability, contained inflation, decreased government debt, sustained a growth rate of 4% p.a. despite a difficult external economic climate, and for having made progress with structural reforms and privatisation over the past year; stresses that greater progress must be made on issues such as market flexibility, and deficiencies in the land market and administrative procedures, and reduction of the high external debt and the worsening trade deficit, as well as continuing high budget discipline, financial management and administr ...[+++]ative transparency; reiterates, furthermore, the urgent need for Bulgaria's macro-economic progress to be translated into tangible economic benefits for all, with concrete actions taken to tackle the statistically high levels of unemployment and poverty and to improve the efficiency of health care and education; is disturbed to learn that the official estimate of the 'grey' economy comprises some 25% of the labour market, thus affecting tax revenues;

125. Welcomes the Commission’s positive assessment of Bulgaria’s economic progress, in particular that Bulgaria now has a functioning market economy; commends Bulgaria for having maintained macro-economic stability, contained inflation, decreased government debt, sustained a growth rate of 4% p.a. despite a difficult external economic climate, and for having made progress with structural reforms and privatisation over the past year; stresses that greater progress must be made on issues such as market flexibility, and deficiencies in the land market and administrative procedures, and reduction of the high external debt and the aggravating trade deficit, as well as continuing the high budget discipline, financial management and administrati ...[+++]ve transparency; reiterates, furthermore, the urgent need for Bulgaria’s macro-economic progress to be translated into tangible economic benefits for all, with concrete actions to tackle the statistically high level of unemployment and poverty and to improve the efficiency of health care and education; is disturbed to learn that the official estimate of the grey economy comprises some 25% of the labour market, thus affecting tax revenues;

Although the territorial code "EU" has not yet been fully standardised and is not included in the primary list of ISO 3166 two letter codes, the code "EUR" has been standardised and allocated for use representing the Euro currency [12], and the code "EU" has been reserved for this purpose as well, and has accordingly been included in the list of reserved ISO 3166 codes.