5. Environmental and town and country planning requirements, as well as requirements and conditions linked to the granting of access to or use of public or private land and conditions linked to co-location and facility sharing in conformity with Directive 2002/22/EC (Framework Directive) and including, where applicable, any financial or technical guarantees necessary to ensure the proper execution of infrastructure works.

For the future, Mr President, the Committee on Development and Cooperation basically proposes to invite the Assembly and its Bureau to continue to organise Question Time to make it livelier and more informal; to re-balance the agenda of the sessions and to give more speaking time to Members of the Assembly; to ensure better continuity between sessions by strengthening the facilities of the Standing Committees; to improve the availability of documents, in particular via greater use of the Internet; to develop the role of the Assembly in the implementation of the political dialogue provided for in Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement; to continue its work on human rights through greater involvement of civil society; to make ...[+++]practical arrangements for sending to Zimbabwe a joint delegation, freely chosen, provided that it can move around freely and meet anyone it wishes; to develop the role of the Assembly as a forum for dialogue with the World Trade Organisation; and, finally to take into consideration the desire of Members of the Assembly that the sessions in Europe take place under good conditions, outside of the workplaces of the European Parliament.

47. Notes that the detailed analysis of the costs of Parliament's three places of work was sent to the European Convention on 16 October 2002; notes that the annual cost of maintaining the three places of work is estimated at EUR 169 million, including EUR 120 million for the infrastructure (EUR 60 million rent of 300 000 square meter meeting rooms, offices and technical areas, EUR 18 million ancillary costs (water, gas, electricity, insurance, maintenance of technical installations, security) EUR 42 million for technical equipment, fitting-out and furnishing of premises), EUR 40 million for extra staff and missions (employment of super ...[+++]numerary staff - EUR 22 million; mission expenses - EUR 18 million) and EUR 9 million for miscellaneous and other costs (telephone subscriptions, charges for telephone and telematic communications, insurance cover for telephone, IT, audiovisual equipment, office supplies, handling operations involving 15 lorries transporting cupboards and tin trunks full of documents);

46. Notes that the detailed analysis of the costs of Parliament’s three places of work was sent to the Convention on the Future of Europe on 16 October 2002; notes that the annual cost of maintaining the three places of work is estimated at €169 million, including €120 million for the infrastructure ( €60 million rent of 300.000 square meter meeting rooms, offices and technical areas, €18 million ancillary costs (water, gas, electricity, insurance, maintenance of technical installations, security) €42 million for technical equipment, fitting-out and furnishing of premises), €40 million for extra staff and missions (employment of supernu ...[+++]merary staff €22 million mission expenses € 18 million) and €9 million for miscellaneous and other costs (telephone subscriptions, charges for telephone and telematic communications, insurance cover for telephone, IT, audiovisual equipment, office supplies, handling operations involving 15 lorries transporting cupboards and tin trunks full of documents);

After more than eight years, the Thessaloniki underground rail system – an infrastructure project designed to promote the sustainable economic development of the city – still unfortunately exists only on paper in the 2nd CSF, the local newspapers and the Ministry for the Environment, Regional Planning and Public Works.

Work on most of the infrastructure projects (improved access, reception, RD, tourist projects and restoration of waste land) was continuing or completed.