the Commission: is facilitating SMEs’ access to the Eco-Audit and Management Scheme (EMAS) through lighter environmental procedures, reduced fees, and the option of cluster registration will finance a network of environment and energy efficiency experts in the Enterprise Europe Network providing advice on eco-efficient operations, markets potential and funding opportunities for more efficient operations in particular for SMEs is developing new forms of support for innovative start-ups and SMEs in the field of eco-innovation, with a view to facilitating ma ...[+++]rket access, technology transfer, use of standards and access to finance, in line with existing State Aid provisions the Member States are invited to: provide incentives for eco-efficient businesses and products (e.g. tax incentive schemes and prioritising subsidies for funding sustainable business) in line with the Community Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection and make use of the simplified approach to environmental aid for SMEs developed in the GBER make full use of the around €2.5 billion allocated in Cohesion Policy programmes for the support of eco-friendly products and processes in SMEs.

16. 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;

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;

8. Points out that effective governance of RM policy is key to an effective RM strategy; notes that an effective strategy must include a continuous dialogue with the stakeholders concerned; emphasises the need for close coordination and provision of information within the Commission and the European Parliament and between Member States; recommends the establishment of a high-level interdepartmental RM task force in 2011, as is the case in France and the United States, encompassing the relevant DGs, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Environment Agency and the EEAS, to elaborate, monitor and review policies, including partne ...[+++]rship agreements, to ensure strategic coherence and to promote the establishment of an early-warning system, inter alia for market distortion and resource-fuelled conflicts, complemented by a monitoring group; calls on the Commission to set up a long-term ‘European Raw Materials Roadmap to 2050’, which would identify future developments, threats and opportunities in the RM and CRM sectors and which could help European industries, academic and research institutions to engage in long-term planning and investment; calls further on the Commission to support Member States in developing their own RM strategies and to foster coordination and the exchange of best practice among them, including on the external dimension; suggests that the upcoming communication on the external dimension of energy could serve as a template;

108. Stresses that, while maintaining a high standard of work, it is also necessary to achieve a more efficient use of language resources and to control their costs by looking at the overall workload for each language section and by ensuring that costs generated by the late cancellation of meeting requests, delegation visits with interpretation and the non-respect of the translation deadlines laid down in the Code of Conduct are reduced; insists that committees, delegations and political groups ...[+++] which persistently ignore the deadlines set in the Code of Conduct should more strictly observe them;

19. Recalls its resolution of 26 October 2000 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2001: Section I European Parliament; Section II Council; Section IV Court of Justice; Section V Court of Auditors; Section VI Economic and Social Committee; Section VII Committee of the Regions; Section VIII European Ombudsman (C5-0300/2000 1999/2191(BUD)) in which the Secretary General was instructed to submit a coherent overall strategy for the Directorate-General for research with a view to building a modern and efficient research ...[+++]service in order to strengthen the independence of Members and to allow Parliament to be more visible; points out that the proposals which were presented can only be seen as a first step and that further measures should be examined; expects that the external study under way and the recommendations of the Secretary-General will be submitted to Parliament before 15 July 2002;