Kommissionen konkretiserede således de planer, den havde bebudet i sin meddelelse af 22. november
This gave practical expression to the inten­ tion announced by the Commission in its communication of 22 November 2000 on a European immigration policy (4), which was welcomed by the Econ­omic and Social Committee on 12 July (5) and the European Parliament on 3 October (6).