32. Welcomes the setting up of the public-private partnership made possible by the Sustainable Tourism Group; wishes to be involved and informed of the group's work and the progress thereof with a view to the elaboration of Agenda 21 with a view to European sustainable tourism; asserts that participation by organisations from this sector in the analysis, planning, monitoring and evaluation of policy at various levels in the tourist sector must be a fundamental and guiding principle;

32. Welcomes the setting up of the public-private partnership made possible by the Sustainable Tourism Group; wishes to be involved and informed of the group's work and the progress thereof with a view to the elaboration of Agenda 21 with a view to European sustainable tourism; asserts that participation by organisations from this sector in the analysis, planning, monitoring and evaluation of policy at various levels in the tourist sector must be a fundamental and guiding principle;

32. Welcomes the setting up of the public-private partnership made possible by the Sustainable Tourism Group; wishes to be involved and informed of the group’s work and the progress thereof with a view to the elaboration of Agenda 21 with a view to European sustainable tourism; participation by organisations from this sector in the analysis, planning, monitoring and evaluation of policy at various levels in the tourist sector must be a fundamental and guiding principle;

This Working Group reports regularly to the Joint Committee, the Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection and the Director-General of DG Taxation and Customs Union of the Commission.

That the Working Group is to report on a regular basis to the Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection and the Director-General of the Taxation and Customs Union Directorate General of the European Commission and annually to the JCCC on the progress of its work.

51. Emphasises the critical importance of prioritising the internal reform programme of the Commission both in the context of enlargement and also of the efficient and effective execution of the Union’s work, and specifically, the need to press for the adoption of the new Staff Regulations, the safeguarding of the independence of OLAF, the improved use of evaluation reports, the introduction of a binding code of conduct for the appointment of senior officials, the publication on the Internet of the financial interests of Commissioners and Directors-General, and the implementation of measures to encourage more openness and transparency wh ...[+++]en awarding contracts and grants;