the national Parliaments and the European Parliament to be
stepped up, in particular through the granting of appropriate reciprocal
facilities and regular meetings between members of Parliament
interested in the same issues.
DECLARATION
ON THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARLIAMENTS
The Conference invites the European Parliament and the national
Parliaments to meet as necessary as a Conference of the Parliaments
(or "Assises")
The Conference of the Parliaments will be consulted on the main
features of the European Union, without prejudice to the powers of the
European Parliament and the rights of the national Parliaments. The
President of the European Council and the President of the
Commission will report to each session of the Conference of the
Parliaments on the state of the Union.
DECLARATION
ON THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
The Conference agrees that the Member States will examine the
questions relating to the number of members of the Commission and
the number of members of the European Parliament no later than at
the end of 1992, with a view to reaching an agreement which will
permit the establishment of the necessary legal basis for fixing the
number of members of the European Parliament in good time for the
1994 elections. The decisions will be taken in the light, inter alia, of
the need to establish the overall size of the European Parliament in an
enlarged Community.
DECLARATION
ON THE HIERARCHY OF COMMUNITY ACTS
The Conference agrees that the Intergovernmental Conference to be
convened in 1996 will examine to what extent it might be possible to
review the classification of Community acts with a view to establishing
an appropriate hierarchy between the different categories of act.
DECLARATION
ON THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION
The Conference considers that transparency of the decision-making
process strengthens the democratic nature of the institutions and the
public's confidence in the administration. The Conference accordingly
recommends that the Commission submit to the Council no later than
1993 a report on measures designed to improve public access to the
information available to the institutions.
DECLARATION
ON ESTIMATED COSTS UNDER COMMISSION PROPOSALS
The Conference notes that the Commission undertakes, by basing
itself where appropriate on any consultations it considers necessary
and by strengthening its system for evaluating Community legislation,
to take ac