At the sitting of 25 September 2003 the President of Parliament announced that the Committee on Budgets, which had been asked for its opinion, would be involved in drawing up the report under Rule 162a.The Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy had appointed Lennart Sacrédeus rapporteur at its meeting of 8 July 2003.
Au cours de la séance du 25 septembre 2003, le Président du Parlement a annoncé que la commission des budgets, qui avait été saisie pour avis, participerait à l'élaboration du rapport conformément à l'article 162 bis du règlement.