In the light of the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon, COSAC also encourages the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament to create a mechanism to inform national parliaments when the final translation of a legislative proposal is transmitted to the relevant national parliament; and to indicate the date when the eight week period to submit a reaction to the proposal expires.

98. Takes the view that, although the conditions for this are not yet in place, the FTA should be complemented by the phased and conditioned introduction of free movement for workers, while taking account of the situation on the European employment market and current thinking in the international community on the links between migration and development; stresses that it is important and necessary to reduce the cost of transfers of remittances by migrant workers so as to maximise their use in the local economy; regards it as a matter ...[+++] of urgency to establish the legal and administrative procedures likely to facilitate the granting of visas, in particular for the players in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, students, university staff and socioeconomic players;

17. Believes that district heating systems refurbishment and modernisation as well as co-generation should be strongly supported by means of clear targets and incentives;

45. Believes that the refurbishment and modernisation of district heating systems, as well as co-generation, should be strongly supported by means of clear targets and incentives;

– having regard to the Commission’s third progress report on economic and social cohesion, issued on 18 February 2004 (COM(2004)0107; its resolution on the Commission’s third report on economic and social cohesion; and the opinion delivered by the Committee of the Regions on 16 July 2004 on the third report on economic and social cohesion (CR/2004/120) and the opinion delivered by the European Economic and Social Committee on 30 June 2004 on the Commission’s third report on economic and social cohesion (CES/2004/962); having regard also to the first contribution from the outermost regions on the future of economic and social cohesion, delivered to the Com ...[+++]mission in February 2002,

4.6. The Commission therefore rejects the idea of blanket remission of customs debts.