15. Reiterates that, while maintaining a high standard of work, it is also necessary to make more efficient use of language resources and to control their costs by looking at the overall workload for each language section and ensuring that the costs generated by the late cancellation of meeting requests and delegation visits with interpretation, in contravention of the deadlines laid down in the Code of Conduct, are reduced; insists that committees, delegations and political groups should be made aware of the rules laid down in the Code of Conduct;

It should take into account local context, in particular for States with low unit rates or under the ‘European Support Mechanism’, such as cost containment measures already undertaken, planned costs for specific programmes to gain performance improvements in dedicated performance fields, and specificities including achievements as well as failures.

11. Welcomes the fact that the Commission and the Council have managed to limit the increase in translation volume after the EU-10 enlargement, thereby curbing the cost increase; notes that Parliament introduced the concept of "controlled full multilingualism", thereby enabling it to maintain the level of service while controlling costs;

11. Welcomes the fact that the Commission and the Council have managed to limit the increase in translation volume after the enlargement of the EU in 2004 to include 10 new Member States, thereby curbing the cost increase; notes that Parliament introduced the concept of "controlled full multilingualism", thereby enabling it to maintain the level of service while keeping costs in check;

11. Welcomes the fact that the Commission and the Council have managed to limit the increase in translation volume after the enlargement of the EU in 2004 to include 10 new Member States, thereby curbing the cost increase; notes that Parliament introduced the concept of "controlled full multilingualism", thereby enabling it to maintain the level of service while keeping costs in check;

RECOGNISES that the challenges for the health systems such as population ageing associated with the rise of chronic diseases and multi-morbidity, rapid technology diffusion, shortages and uneven distribution of health professionals, increasing citizens' expectations and increasing cost of healthcare in the context of budgetary constraints due in particular to the economic crisis require the implementation of policies and measures aiming at increasing cost-effectiveness and improving cost-containment while ensuring sustainability of the healthcare systems, safety of patients and equitable access to high quality healthcare.