19. Notes with satisfaction the Practical Guide to EU Funding Opportunities for Research and Innovation; recommends that in future such guidance notes be provided immediately after the legislative frameworks come into effect; awaits the Commission Staff Working Document containing examples of synergies in practice; calls on the Commission to act as a facilitator, promoting the exchange of good practices, and to evaluate the possibility of providing additional expert support on Community funding opportunities through ex-ante guidance notes and a ‘user's manual’ for the practical management and administration of research and i ...[+++]nnovation projects with a view to achieving the intended results;

19. Notes with satisfaction the Practical Guide to EU Funding Opportunities for Research and Innovation; recommends that in future such guidance notes be provided immediately after the legislative frameworks come into effect; awaits the Commission Staff Working Document containing examples of synergies in practice; calls on the Commission to act as a facilitator, promoting the exchange of good practices, and to evaluate the possibility of providing additional expert support on Community funding opportunities through ex-ante guidance notes and a ‘user's manual’ for the practical management and administration of research and i ...[+++]nnovation projects with a view to achieving the intended results;

19. Notes with satisfaction the Practical Guide to EU Funding Opportunities for Research and Innovation; recommends that in future such guidance notes be provided immediately after the legislative frameworks come into effect; awaits the Commission Staff Working Document containing examples of synergies in practice; calls on the Commission to act as a facilitator, promoting the exchange of good practices, and to evaluate the possibility of providing additional expert support on Community funding opportunities through ex-ante guidance notes and a ‘user’s manual’ for the practical management and administration of research and i ...[+++]nnovation projects with a view to achieving the intended results;

3. The Agency shall prepare a draft guide to implementing the registers of infrastructure and rolling stock; the guide shall specify the contents of the registers and recommend their format, revision cycle and instructions for use.

In addition to the above, the Council was guided by the following principles in establishing the draft budget for 2004: examination in the autumn, as provided for in the Interinstitutional Agreement, of an amending letter concerning agricultural expenditure, in order to take account of the updated estimates of requirements, without immediately ruling out a reduction in appropriations for agricultural expenditure.

Establishment of national priorities and project selection procedures: the priorities for implementing Tempus are the result of a consultation procedure between the Commission and the authorities in each partner country; the priorities for 1994-95 were established in the first half of 1993 and published in the Applicants' guide; projects are selected, within the limits of the Tempus share of the PHARE budget for each partner country, under a codecision procedure in which the merits of the projects are assessed by the Commission and ...[+++]the national authorities.