Translation of "programme relocation " (English → French) :

39. Welcomes the progress in the reform of the judiciary but calls for more efforts to ensure the professionalism of judges and prosecutors, as well as their independence from any political interference, and to tackle corruption in their ranks; welcomes, to this end, the active role of the Constitutional Court in ensuring the constitutionality of the parliamentary processes and in providing clarity on the issue of functional immunity; notes that, despite progress in some areas, the judicial system in Kosovo remains weak and that a significant backlog of cases persists; stresses, in this regard, the need to pursue reforms; underlines that for the justice system to function properly it is of utmost importance that fully functional and ...[+++]effective programmes for witness protection and witness relocation are in place, and calls for immediate steps to implement the witness protection law and to establish witness protection units within the police and the judiciary; calls, moreover, on the EU Member States, and on other countries participating in EULEX, to commit themselves to participate in witness relocation programmes; regrets the fact that the court in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica still does not function at full capacity, and calls on the Kosovar and Serbian authorities to resolve the issue in order to improve access to justice for citizens in the north;

To maximise the efficiency of ESF support, operational programmes shall, where appropriate, take particular account of the regions and localities facing the most serious problems, such as deprived urban and outermost regions, declining rural and fisheries-dependent areas, and areas particularly adversely affected by business relocations.

The strategy for the Mannheim area will try to motivate enterprises to relocate in the programme area and to foster the start up of new companies as well as securing existing companies.

Under the programme, about ECU 5.5 million will be devoted to supporting small businesses, helping them buy new plant, promoting craft industries, creating new businesses and relocating existing firms away from the urban centres to the industrial parks around Es Raiguer.

As it now stands the preliminary draft makes no provision for the financing of: - new staff posts for new tasks (extension of the PHARE programme, USSR, internal market controls, emergency aid, agricultural reform etc.) - removal and relocation of departments housed in the Berlaymont - further technical assistance for the Soviet Union recently approved by the European Council.