fastslir, at det at borgere og indbyggere nu har fået traktatfæstet retten til at indgive andragender, ikke udelukker muligheden af at tillade andragender fra personer, der ikke er borgere eller indbyggere, for så vidt de rejser spørgsmål, som Parlamentet mener, at det er hensigtsmæssigt at behandle (jf. punkt 4 ovenfor); fastslår, at ombudsmanden, som skal have til opgave at undersøge "tilfælde af fejl eller forsømmelser i forbindelse med handlinger foretaget af Fællesskabets institutioner eller organer", skal udføre sit hverv uafhængigt, men være underkastet Parlamentets kontrol (jf. punkt 10 ovenfor); sikrer, at ombudsmanden får rådighed over de midler og det personale, der er nødvendigt for løsningen af de opgaver, der knyttes til denne post, især hvad angår undersøgelse af klager; med dette for øje anmoder Budgetudvalget om at sikre, at der oprettes en budgetpost til dette formål; rådfører sig med Rådet med henblik på indførelse af en ordning for samarbejde mellem ombudsmanden og de nationale ombudsmænd på områder, der kan gavne udøvelsen af ombudsmandshvervet; gør det klart, at bestemmelsen om, at de forhold, der omtales i andragenderne, skal vedrøre andragerne direkte, vil blive fortolket således, at det kræves, at andragerne føler et reelt og konkret engagement over for andragendets indhold, uden at underskriverne behøver at nære en individuel og personlig interesse heri, således at andragender fortsat kan tjene som instrument til forsvar for kollektive interesser (jf. punkt 8 ovenfor); i overensstemmelse med forretningsordenens artikel 112, stk. 3, pålægger Udvalget for Andragender, der er kompetent hvad angår forbindelserne med ombudsmanden, at udarbejde en udtalelse til Udvalget om Institutionelle Spørgsmål, som allerede har fået pålagt at afgive betænkning om ombudsmandens status og de almindelige betingelser for udøvelsen af hans hverv, som derefter skal forelægges for Kommissionen til udtalelse og for Rådet til godkendelse (jf. punkt 13 ovenfor); pålægger Udvalget for Forretningsordenen, Valgs Prøvelse og Medlemmernes Immunitet at behandle ændringer til forretningsordenen med henblik på at indarbejde EØF-Traktatens artikel 138 D og 138 E (og de tilsvarende artikler i EKSF- og Euratom-Traktaterne), især for at få fastlagt bestemmelser om ombudsmandens udnævnelse, dennes forbindelse til Udvalget for Andragender, aflæggelse og behandling af hans årlige rapport og øvrige rapporter og meddelelser samt de forskellige former for fratrædelse (jf. punkt 15 ovenfor).
to welcome the incorporation into the Treaty of the right of petition to Parliament, entailing an enhanced responsibility on its part vi s-à-vi s both petitioners and all citizens and, accordingly, to take the necessary action, strengthening its existing resources for dealing with petitions and instructing all its committees to take adequate action to follow up the petitions forwarded to them as the committee responsible or for their opinion (cf. paragraphs 2 and 3 above); to stress that the off1cialization of the right of petition of citizens and residents does not rule out the possibility of admitting petitions from non-resident third country citizens raising matters which Parliament considers 1t desirable to discuss (cf. paragraph 4 above) ; to stress that the Ombudsman, whose role will be to investigate 'instances of maladministration in the activities of the institutions or the Community bodies', will be independent for operational and administrative purposes, but whose raison d'être will nevertheless be an expression of Parliament's powers of control (cf. paragraph 10 above) ; to ensure that the Ombudsman is provided with adequate resources and staff to carry out the tasks allocated to the office especially of investigation of complaints; to this end, to request Its Committee on Budgets to ensure that a budget line 1s established for this purpose; to consult the Council on the arrangements to be made for the Ombudsman to cooperate with his national counterparts in all areas where they can help him carry out his duties; specify that the provision to the effect that the subjects of petitions must be of direct interest to the petitioner should be interpreted as requiring a genuine and valid concern on the part of the petitioner with regard to the subject of the petition, without necessarily supposing a personal or individual interest on his part, so that petitions can continue to play their role as an instrument for the defence of collective interests (cf. paragraph 8 above); to instruct the Committee on Petitions, pursuant to Rule 112(3) of the Rules of Procedure, and as committee responsible for relations with the Ombudsman, to draw up an opinion for the Committee on Institutional Affairs, which has already been instructed to draw up a report on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties, to be forwarded subsequently to the Commission for its mandatory opinion and to the Council for its mandatory and binding opinion (cf. paragraph 13 above); to call on the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities to propose amendments to the Rules of Procedure to take account of Articles 138d and 138e of the EEC Treaty (and of the corresponding articles of the ECSC and Euratom Treaties), 1n particular with regard to the appointment of the Ombudsman, his relations with the Committee on Petitions, the submission and consideration of his annual report and other reports and