The legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted on the basis of the Treaty on European Union prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon shall be preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties.

Community institutions and bodies shall as far as possible indicate where information collected before entry into force of this Regulation which is not available in electronic form is located.

Community institutions and bodies would take into account the outcome of the public participation in taking a decision on a plan or programme relating to the environment and inform the public about it; databases or registers should include information on steps taken in proceedings for infringement of Community law; a delay of 15 working days for an answer from the Community institutions or bodies to a request for access to information would be established; Community institutions and bodies have to interpret any grounds for refusing access to information in a restrictive way, taking into account the public interest served by disclosure and whether the information relates to emissions into the environment; extension to eight weeks of the ...[+++]delay to receive comments from the public to plans and programmes; extension to six weeks of the delay for any non-governmental organisation to present a request for the review of a Community act; the regulation would be applicable 9 month after its entry into force.

The agreement negotiated will specify the scope of the agreement, the composition, number of members and allocation of seats on the employees' representative body, the functions and procedure for the information and consultation of workers, the frequency of meetings of the representative body, the financial and material resources to be available to that body, and if need be the arrangements for participation, as well as the date of entry into force of the agreement and its duration.

The Protocol on the privileges and immunities of Europol, the members of its organs, the Deputy Directors and employees of Europol, is one of the legal texts needed for the practical application of the Europol Convention and for it to be brought into application once it enters into force.

The Commission, the Member States, Europol, as well as competent Council and Europol bodies are requested to prepare as far as possible the entry into force of the three Protocols amending the Europol Convention in order for them to be fully applicable as shortly as possible after their entry into force.