The Commission's amended proposal includes some of the amendments approved by the European
Parliament in plenary. They concern the following aspects:
-addition of a reference to organizations 'in the Member States' in the provisions concerning national
and international organizations,
-clarification of the Centre's objectives and tasks:
.the data collected and analysed are to be supplied by research centres as well as the Member States
and international and non-governmental organizations,
.support is to be provided for the setting up and linking of documentation resources open to the
public,
.within the RAXEN network, cooperation with organizations active in the Member States (including
cooperation in the strict sense of the term),
-in the administrative sphere: the Director is to account for his activities to the Management Board,
and the experts on the Scientific Committee are to be appointed on the basis of proposals from the
Member States, the Commission and organizations associated with the Centre's work.�