Title: Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 12 February 2004 on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the committee of the Regions on the activities of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, together with proposals to recast council regulation EC1035/97 and the proposal for a Council regulation on the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia