20. Supports the efforts of the VP/HR to enhance coordination of the assistance provided by EU institutions and the Member States; calls for the reinforcement of the EU office in Gaziantep, Turkey and the opening of an EU office in Erbil, northern Iraq, in order to improve the effectiveness and visibility of EU action on the ground, including better coordination of the humanitarian and development assistance and support to independent civil society organisations, notably independent media organisations;

23. Supports the Commission in its communication strategy aimed at increasing citizens" awareness of enlargement both in the Member States and the candidate countries; stresses that transparency and public access to documents, in particular regarding the state of transposition and implementation of EU legislation, as well as the common position on the enlargement process, are important elements in this respect; will contribute to this endeavour with the planned opening of the first EP information offices in four candidate countries later this year and supports efforts to decentralise the implementation of the communication strategy for ...[+++] each country; points out that these information offices should above all have the task of facilitating developments, which needs to be exercised with care;

16. Supports the Commission in its communication strategy aimed at increasing citizens’ awareness of enlargement both in the Member States and the candidate countries; will contribute to this endeavour with the planned opening of the first EP information offices in four candidate countries later this year and supports efforts to decentralise the implementation of the communication strategy for each country; points out that these information offices should above all have the task of facilitating developments, which needs to be exercised with care;

9. Calls on the Commission to contact Russia offering to open a branch of the EU mission in Kaliningrad, so that it can have an on-site presence to support the successful implementation of the EU action programme for the Kaliningrad region in cooperation with Russia; considers it conceivable that this branch might in future be given other tasks too;

9. Calls on the Commission to contact Russia offering to open a branch of the EU mission in Kaliningrad, so that it can have an on-site presence to support the successful implementation of the EU action programme for the Kaliningrad region in cooperation with Russia; considers it conceivable that this branch might in future be given other tasks too;

Spanish legislation has established two transitional provisions for this type of channel: the possibility of reserving 40% of air time for European works in the first year of broadcasting, and the counting of pay channels offered to subscribers in one inseparable bundle as one channel.