Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee 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 (EC) No 1035/97, andthe Proposal for a Council Regulation on the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (Recast version)(COM(2003) 483 final — 2003/0185 (CNS)).