DECLARATION ( No 14 )
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 ( No 15 )
on the number of Members of the Commission and of the European Parliament

The Conference agrees that the Member States wilt 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 to overall size of the European Parliament in an enlarged Community.

DECLARATION ( No 16 )
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 ( No 17 )
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 ( No 18 )
on estimated costs under Commission proposals

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