Brussels, 26/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - By adopting, while substantially amending, the Carlo Fatuzzo Report (Italy, EPP-ED), on the reform of pensions, the EP's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs urges: 1) the European Council of Barcelona to take concrete decisions on the contents and calendar of the co-ordinating method that has to allow for the setting up of an integrated framework aimed at guaranteeing adequate and viable long-term pensions; 2) the European Commission to: - make a distinction between collective pensions schemes through capitalisation and purely individual pensions or savings schemes, and to encourage the first solution; - organise and support, in collaboration with Member States, information campaigns on developments in the reform of pensions; - undertake a series of studies on social exclusion or management of pensions; - compare the pension schemes that exist in Europe, undertake studies of their workings and their effect from the point of view of viability and security; 3) Member States to: - ensure a universal pension scheme that works satisfactorily; - implement the Lisbon Strategy. Finally, the Parliamentary Committee calls for the EP to be involved in the whole process and to be consulted, especially on reports on national strategies or on the choice of common indicators.