34. Calls on the Bureau to consult fully, in advance, the individuals affected by its decisions in order to make decision-taking processes transparent; calls furthermore on the Bureau to submit an annual activity report, which, in keeping with democratic accountability, should be a component of the budget discharge procedure;

34. Calls on the Bureau to consult fully, in advance, the individuals affected by its decisions in order to make decision-taking processes transparent; calls furthermore on the Bureau to submit an annual activity report, which, in keeping with democratic accountability, should be a component of the budget discharge procedure;

24. Calls for the Bureau to consider its role in the Parliament specifically with regard to its democratic accountability, whereby the lack of consultation on the part of the Bureau with those affected by its decisions before they are taken is often criticised; calls on the Bureau better to provide for full consultation with all affected actors and urges that this be institutionalised in the Bureau’s procedures and that its decision-making procedures be transparent to Members and the public on a continual basis;

14. Has decided to transfer EUR 1 million from Chapter 103 ("Enlargement reserve") to Item 2000 ("Rent and annual lease payments") for the rent of the Montoyer 70 building to provide additional office space on a transitional basis until the D4 and D5 buildings projects have been completed, and to transfer EUR 2.8 million to the same item for the rent of the IPE III building in Strasbourg; has also decided to transfer EUR 5.6 million to Article 206 ("Acquisition of immovable property") for the financing of the Atrium II Building in Brussels; notes that the Bureau has taken a decision, in principle, to build two new conference rooms next ...[+++] to the LOW Building in Strasbourg and that an exploratory mandate has been approved; instructs its Bureau to consult the Committee on Budgets before any legally binding decisions are taken; notes, however, that no impact is expected on the 2003 budget from the Strasbourg measures;

4. EU TOP SECRET sub-registries shall be set up as specified in Section 22.2.3 in response to long term needs and shall be attached to a central EU TOP SECRET Registry. If there is a need to consult EU TOP SECRET documents only temporarily and occasionally, these documents may be released without setting up a EU TOP SECRET sub-registry, provided rules are laid down to ensure that they remain under the control of the appropriate EU TOP SECRET registry and that all physical and personnel security measures are observed.

In addition, the investigations carried out by the management consultancy firm Cowi Consult into the veterinary services of the Member States revealed, in the UK in November 1992, shortcomings which are highly significant in connection with the combating of BSE (Annex 40).